Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Döndrub), the 14th Dalai Lama, is a practicing member of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism and is influential as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the world's most famous Buddhist monk, and the leader of the exiled Tibetan government in India. Tenzin Gyatso was the fifth of sixteen children born to a farming family. He was proclaimed the tulku (an Enlightened lama who has consciously decided to take rebirth) of the 13th Dalai Lama at the age of two. On 17 November 1950, at the age of 15, he was enthroned as Tibet's ruler. Thus he became Tibet's most important political ruler just one month after the People's Republic of China's invasion of Tibet on 7 October 1950. In 1954, he went to Beijing to attempt peace talks with Mao Zedong and other leaders of the PRC. These talks ultimately failed. After a failed uprising and the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, the Dalai Lama left for India, where he was active in establishing the Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan Government in Exile) and in seeking to preserve Tibetan culture and education among the thousands of refugees who accompanied him. Tenzin Gyatso is a charismatic figure and noted public speaker. This Dalai Lama is the first to travel to the West. There, he has helped to spread Buddhism and to promote the concepts of universal responsibility, secular ethics, and religious harmony. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, honorary Canadian citizenship in 2006, and the United States Congressional Gold Medal on 17 October 2007.
Books
The Art of Happiness at Work
2003
Meditation on the Nature of Mind
1999
Ethics for the New Millennium
1999
Von Herz zu Herz
Eine Geschichte von Hoffnung und Liebe zu unserer Erde | Der Dalai Lama und ein Panda erzählen, wie wir unsere Erde achten und schützen können
2023
The Little Book Of Buddhism
2019
Kalachakra Tantra
Rite of Initiation
1985
Goal Mapping
How To Turn Your Dreams into Realities
2006
The Way to Freedom
1994
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment
2002
The Dalai Lama's Big Book of Happiness
How to Live in Freedom, Compassion, and Love
2016
Eight Verses for Training the Mind
1999
Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience
Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Spiritual and Scientific Views of Our Minds
2018
Dzogchen
The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection
2001
Mahamudra
The Moonlight -- Quintessence of Mind and Meditation
1550
The Complete Foundation
The Systematic Approach to Training the Mind
2018
The Union of Bliss and Emptiness
Teachings on the Practice of Guru Yoga
1988
The World of Tibetan Buddhism
An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice
2005
Many Ways to Nirvana
Discourses on Right Living
1988
A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night
1992
Toward a True Kinship of Faiths
How the World's Religions Can Come Together
2000
Se voir tel qu'on est
2009
Live in a Better Way
Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness
2001
The Dalai Lama's Book of Transformation
2001
My Spiritual Journey
2009
The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace
1991
The Book of Joy Journal
A 365-Day Companion
2017
Spiritual Advice for Buddhists and Christians
1998
Opening of the Wisdom-Eye
1966
Commentary on the Thirty Seven Practices of Bodhisattva
1996
The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra, Volume One
Tantra in Tibet (Revised Edition)
2016
Open Heart, Clear Mind
An Introduction to the Buddha's Teachings
1990
Four Essential Buddhist Texts
2014
Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature (3)
2019
Be Brave
2022
The Power of Buddhism
1992
Ocean of Wisdom
Guidelines for Living
1989
Courageous Compassion (6)
2021
The Wisdom of Compassion
Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights
2012
Be Angry
The Dalai Lama on What Matters Most
2019
The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Buddhism
1999
An Open Heart
Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
2001
Emotional Awareness
Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion
2008
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By Dalai Lama El Arte De La Felicidad ( " Mitos Autoayuda " ) [Paperback]
2025
Imagine All the People
A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be
1999
How to See Yourself As You Really Are
2006
Tantra in Tibet
1977
The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra, Volume Two
Deity Yoga
1987
The Good Heart
A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus
1996
In Praise of Great Compassion
2020
The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom
1997
Following in the Buddha's Footsteps (4)
2019
The Transformed Mind
Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness
1999
El poder del aquí y ahora
2021
The Buddhism Of Tibet
1975
Stages of Meditation
2003
Che cosa è il Buddhismo
Un maestro e molte tradizioni
2016
A Call for Revolution
A Vision for the Future
2018
The Art of Living
2001
Buddhism
One Teacher, Many Traditions
2014
The Path to Freedom
2000
Basic Sources of Happiness, The
2013
Consciousness at the Crossroads
Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism
1999
Advice On Dying
And Living a Better Life
2002
The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World
2008
The Middle Way
Faith Grounded in Reason
2009
Ancient Wisdom, Modern World
Ethics for a New Millennium
1999
My Tibet
1990
MindScience
An East-West Dialogue
1991
Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart
1991
Mind in Comfort and Ease
The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection
2008
Beyond Dogma
1996
Opening the Eye of New Awareness
1984
Our Only Home
A Climate Appeal to the World
2020
The Little Book of Joy
2022
Lighting the Path
the Dalai Lama Teaches on Wisdom and Compassion
2003
Transforming the Mind
2000
Bodhicaryavatara
2012
Approaching the Buddhist Path (1)
2017
Learning to Breathe
One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival
2008
Transcendent Wisdom
1955
The Path to Tranquility
Daily Wisdom
1988
Living Wisdom with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
2006
Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Vol. 1
The Physical World
2017
For the Benefit of All Beings
A Commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva
2009
The Dalai Lama at Harvard
Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace
1988
Freedom in Exile
The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama
1990
365 Dalai Lama
Daily Advice from the Heart
2001
The Compassionate Life
2001
Sorrow Mountain
The Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun
2000
A Simple Path
2000
Lighting the Way
2005
Beyond Religion
Ethics for a Whole World
2011
Más allá de la religión
2016
Perfecting Patience
Buddhist Techniques to Overcome Anger
1997
Be Here
2019
The Path to Bliss
A Practical Guide to Stages of Meditation
1991
Mind of Clear Light
And Living a Better Life
2004
Essence of the Heart Sutra
The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings
2002
Answers
Discussions with Western Buddhists
2001
The Little Book of Encouragement
2021
The Dalai Lama's Book of Awakening
2003
An Appeal by the Dalai Lama to the World
2015
The Heart of Meditation
Discovering Innermost Awareness
2016
The Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra
1997
The End of Suffering and the Discovery of Happiness
1998
An Introduction to Buddhism
1966
The Little Book of Joy
2022
The Dalai Lama's Book of Love and Compassion
2002
The Buddha Nature
Death and Eternal Soul in Buddhism
1997
From Here to Enlightenment
An Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa's Classic Text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
2012
Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying
An Exploration of Consciousness
1997
How to Expand Love
Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships
2005
The Four Noble Truths
1997
Cultivating a Daily Meditation
1991
The Foundation of Buddhist Practice (2)
2018
The Power of Compassion
A Collection of Lectures
1955
A Profound Mind
Cultivating Wisdom in Everyday Life
2011
Violence and Compassion
1995
The Wheel of Life
Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect
2015
The Dalai Lama
A Policy of Kindness
1990
My Land and My People
The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet
1962
The Wisdom of Forgiveness
2004
Our Human Potential
The Unassailable Path of Love, Compassion, and Meditation
2019
The Heart of Compassion
A Practical Approach to a Meaningful Life
2002
The Universe in a Single Atom
The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
2005
The Essence Of Happiness.
2001
Words of Wisdom from the Dalai Lama
2002
So Einfach Ist Das Glück
2004
Heart to Heart
A new guide on compassion, climate change, and living a meaningful life from His Holiness The Dalai Lama
2022
The Seed of Compassion
Lessons from the Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
2020
Path of Wisdom, Path of Peace
A Personal Conversation
2002
The Dalai Lama's Book of Daily Meditations
1999
Buddha Heart, Buddha Mind
Living the Four Noble Truths
1999
My Spiritual Autobiography
2009
Cartea înțelepciunii
1999
How to Practice
The Way to a Meaningful Life
2002
Kleines Buch der inneren Ruhe
2014
An Appeal to the World
The Way to Peace in a Time of Division
2017
The Art of Happiness
A Handbook for Living
1998
The Meaning of Life
Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect
1993
Worlds in Harmony
Compassionate Action for a Better World
1992
The Essential Dalai Lama
His Important Teachings
1995
Be Happy
2019
The Book of Joy
Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
2016
Be Kind
2019
Kindness, Clarity, and Insight
1984
Practicing Wisdom
The Perfection of Shantideva's Bodhisattva Way
2004
Return to the Rivers
2013
