14th Dalai Lama: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso • Tenzin Gyatso • Bstan-’dzin-rgya-mtsho • Lhamo Thondup • Lhamo Dhondup
Born July 6, 1935 (age 91) • Tibet
Title / Office Dalai Lama (1950-2011), Tibet
Awards And Honors Templeton Prize (2012) • Nobel Prize (1989)

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