The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people, is respected worldwide for his message of compassion and tolerance, his promotion of human values, and of inter-religious understanding, and his focus on peace through non-violent conflict resolution, including the issue of Tibet.
He was born on July 6, 1935 in the village of Taktser in the Tibetan area of Amdo (now Qinghai province) and, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama. Tibetan Buddhists believe that the Dalai Lamas are the manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Chenresig, who choose to reincarnate to serve the people. Dalai Lama is a combination of Tibetan and Mongolian terms, meaning Ocean of Wisdom. Tibetans normally refer to His Holiness as Yeshin Norbu (the Wish-fulfilling Gem) or simply, Kundun, meaning "The Presence".
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