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The Birth of Tenzin Gyatso
The 14th Dalai Lama was born in July 6th of 1935 with a farming family in a small sector in Northern Tibet. -
Education in Tibet
His Holiness began his monastic education at the age of six. The curriculum consisted of five major and five minor subjects. The major subjects were logic, Tibetan art and culture, Sanskrit, medicine, and Buddhist philosophy which was further divided into a further five categories: Prajnaparimita, the perfection of wisdom; Madhyamika, the philosophy of the middle Way; Vinaya, the canon of monastic discipline; Abidharma, metaphysics; and Pramana, logic and epistemology. -
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Uses power wisely, Decision maker, Positive, Change Master.
In 1950 His Holiness was called upon to assume full political power after China's invasion of Tibet in 1949/50. In 1954, he went to Beijing for peace talks with Mao Zedong and other Chinese leaders, including Deng Xiaoping and Chou Enlai. But finally, in 1959, with the brutal suppression of the Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa by Chinese troops, His Holiness was forced to escape into exile. Since then he has been living in Dharamsala, northern India. -
Courage, Good decision making
Dalai Lama calls up a meeting with Chinese dictator Mao Zedong. This shows courage because he could've been killed. Mao Zedong was a ruthless leader and is one of the most evil men in human history. But, the Dalai Lama managed to speak to him and end the invasion of Tibet (home country). -
Courage, Realistic and Persistent, Risk Taker
On 21 September 1987 in his address to members of the United States Congress in Washington, DC, His Holiness proposed a Five-Point Peace Plan for Tibet as the first step towards a peaceful solution to the worsening situation in Tibet.
