Dalai Lama...

Another interesting topic that i have been reading offlate is about the Dalai Lamas from the Tibetan Buddhism. It is very intersting to note how they arrive at a 'spiritual teacher' and how he is trained to take the qualities by the other Lamas(equivalent of Gurus in India). There is also the concept of the Panchem Lama whose primary responsibility is to come up with the Dalai Lama.
In short the story goes like this. After the People Republic of China(PRC) took over Tibet which used to be administered by the Dalai Lama they started electing the Dalai Lama using a process unacceptable to Tibetans. And so there arose a conflict as the Dalai Lamas elected by either parties where different and the Tibetan Dalai Lama(14th one in the picture) had to escape and seek asylum in India. So here he is fighting for more rights for the Tibetan Buddhist ideas against a fairly huge opponent which is the government of Peoples Republic of China(PRC)!!!


Dont limit yourself to this - get more information from the link below. Happy enlightenment!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_lama