• Birth

    Tenzin Gytaso born on July 6, 1935
  • Education

    He began monastic education at the age of 5 and was separated from his family
  • Recognition

    Was recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of 15
  • Exile

    He fled to India and there he started a spiritual movement
  • Autobiography

    Dalai Lama published his first autobiography
  • Meeting

    Had the first meeting between a pope and a Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader
  • Prize

    Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize