Dalai Lama

Short bio of teacher

Dalai Lama 1st, Gedun Drup: 1391-1475 [MR]

Dalai Lama 2nd, Gedun Gyatso: 1475-1542 [MR]

Dalai Lama 3rd, Sönam Gyatso: 1543-1588 [MR]

Dalai Lama 4th, Yonten Gyatso: 1589-1617 [MR]

Dalai Lama 5th, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho), (1617-1682). [RY]

Dalai Lama 6th, Tsangyang Gyatso: 1683-1702 [MR]

Dalai Lama 7th, Kalsang Gyatso (skal bzang rgya mtsho: 1708-1757 [MR]

Dalai Lama 8th, Jampal Gyatso: 1758-1804 [MR]

Dalai Lama 9th, Lungthok Gyatso (lung rtogs rgya mtsho): 1805/6?-1815 [MR]

Dalai Lama 10th , Tsultrim Gyatso, born in Lithang : 1816-1837 [MR]

Dalai Lama 11th, Khedrup Gyatso: 1838-1855 [MR]

Dalai Lama 12th, Trinle Gyatso: 1856-1875 [MR]

Dalai Lama 13th, Thubten Gyatso: 1876-1933 [MR]

Dalai Lama 14th, Tenzin Gyatso: 1935- RWB

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was born Lhamo Dhondrub on 6 July 1935, in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. Born to a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama, and thus an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, the Buddha of Compassion.

Source: Official website of the Tibetan Government-in-exile

Primary Teachers

Senior Tutor to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Ninety-seventh Throneholder of Je Tzongkhapa, Yongdzin Ling Dorjechang, Jetzun Thubten Lungtog Namgyal Trinley Palzangpo.

Junior Tutor and philosophical assistant, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche (for more than forty years).

Primary Lineage

Gelug

External Links

Articles about and by His Holiness on the official website of the Tibetan Government-in-exile.