His holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama.
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Current Dalai Lama: Tenzin Gyatso Born in: 1935 Born on: Taktser, Qinghai (known to Tibetans as Amdo) Nationality: Tibetan Information: The Dalai Lama is the political and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. The people of Tibet believe that when one Dalai Lama dies he is reincarnated (reborn) as a young child. In other words, they believe that the soul of the current Dalai Lama is the same soul that was in the first Dalai Lama. There have been 14 different people as the Dalia Lama over past years. Tenzin Gyatso is the current and 14th Dalai Lama. He believes in the promotion of compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment and self-discipline. He is also the free spokesperson for the Tibetan people who are currently fighting for justice. Tenzin Gyatso was born at 1935 in eastern Tibet. He grew up with his parents who were barley field farmers. They were not rich, but lived in a community where everyone looked out for each other. Tenzin was like any ordinary Tibetan child, when he was growing up. A search party was sent to locate the new incarnation of the previous 13th Dalai Lama. At the age of two, Tenzin Gyatso became the 14th Dalai Lama through a sign from the previous Dalai Lama. Once the previous Dalai Lama had past away, he left a necklace with a religious elder. The religious elder, in search of the new Dalai Lama, left to the small village of Kumbum, where the necklace has originally come from. Tenzin Gyatso walked up to the elders once they had arrived in the village and politely asked to have the necklace that belonged to the previous Dalai Lama. The religious elder took it as a sign and took Tenzin away from his family in order to teach him the ways of being a Buddhist monk. His brother also came with him to the temple where they both studied to be Buddhist monks. It is said that, amongst other omens, the head of the embalmed body of the 13th Dalai Lama at first facing south-east, had mysteriously turned to face the northeast—indicating the direction in which his successor would be found. |
This song is written by Dawa Tsona and he raps a brief information of His Holinesses about how he did not really have a childhood time since the Dalai Lama had taken his position as the leader of Tibet at the young age of 16. Tsona speaks his heart out on how thankful he is of his holiness the Dalai Lama and raps of the hardships that the Dalai Lama had faced and how thankful he is that we are all alive due to him and in the song he prays for His Holiness The Dalai Lama's long life and his happiness. Such a strong message and is very powerful.