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Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}UK: /ˈdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə/, US: /ˈdɑːlaɪ/; Tibetan: ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་, Wylie: Tā la'i bla ma ) is the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism. The term is part…

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First holder
Gendün Drubpa, 1st Dalai Lama (posthumously awarded after 1578)
Formation
1391; 635 years ago (1391)
Residence
McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, India (1959–present) · Potala Palace (1649–1959, winter residence) · Norbulingka (1783–1959, summer residence)

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dalai lama tibet tibetan gyatso lhasa qing chinese emperor mongol lamas khan china died years also gelugpa monastery government power

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Dalai LamaFirst holderGendün Drubpa, 1st Dalai Lama (posthumously awarded after 1578)1.00infobox
Dalai LamaFormation1391; 635 years ago (1391)1.00infobox
Dalai LamaResidenceMcLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, India (1959–present)1.00infobox
Dalai LamaResidencePotala Palace (1649–1959, winter residence)1.00infobox
Dalai LamaResidenceNorbulingka (1783–1959, summer residence)1.00infobox
Dalai LamaWebsitedalailama.com1.00infobox
Dalai Lamais aliving proof of this0.90text
Dalai Lamais anational institution it was up to the people of Tibet to decide whether the Dalai Lama should reincarnate.The government of the People's Republic of China0.90text
Melvyn Goldstein have called Tibet a vassal state or tributaryinstance ofHistorians0.80text
subject to external controlinstance ofHistorians0.80text
the Dalai Lamasinstance ofhas a special relationship with the people of Tibet and intervenes in their fate by incarnating as benevolent rulers and teachers0.80text
Songtsen Gampoinstance ofIt traces the legend of the bodhisattva's incarnations as early Tibetan kings and emperors0.80text

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