The Role of the Dalai Lama in Tibetan Buddhism
The Dalai Lama is more than just a spiritual figurehead for the Tibetan people; he embodies the culmination of spiritual authority and, until 1959, also wielded secular power over Tibet.
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The Dalai Lama is more than just a spiritual figurehead for the Tibetan people; he embodies the culmination of spiritual authority and, until 1959, also wielded secular power over Tibet.
The Wheel of Life is a mandala—a complex picture representing the Buddhist view of the universe. To Buddhists, existence is a cycle of life, death, rebirth, and suffering from which