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Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso , the 14th Dalai Lama, is a practicing member of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism and is influential as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the world's most famous Buddhist monk, and the leader of the exiled Tibetan government in India.

Tenzin Gyatso was the fifth of sixteen children born to a farming family. He was proclaimed the tulku of the 13th Dalai Lama at the age of two.

On 17 November 1950, at the age of 15, he was enthroned as Tibet's ruler. Thus he became Tibet's most important political ruler just one month after the People's Republic of China's invasion of Tibet on 7 October 1950. In 1954, he went to Beijing to attempt peace talks with Mao Zedong and other leaders of the PRC. These talks ultimately failed.

After a failed uprising and the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, the Dalai Lama left for India, where he was active in establishing the Central Tibetan Administration and in seeking to preserve Tibetan culture and education among the thousands of refugees who accompanied him.

Tenzin Gyatso is a charismatic figure and noted public speaker. This Dalai Lama is the first to travel to the West. There, he has helped to spread Buddhism and to promote the concepts of universal responsibility, secular ethics, and religious harmony.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, honorary Canadian citizenship in 2006, and the United States Congressional Gold Medal on 17 October 2007.

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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

The Tibetan Book of the Dead. First Complete Translation

The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality

The Way of the Bodhisattva

Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World

Ethics for the New Millennium

Thoughts Without A Thinker: Psychotherapy From A Buddhist Perspective

How to See Yourself As You Really Are

The Words of My Perfect Teacher

Buddhism for Beginners

The Art of Happiness at Work

The Dalai Lama’s Book of Wisdom

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living

My Spiritual Journey

Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation

The Wisdom of Forgiveness

Nonviolence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea

Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart

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