DALAILAMA

Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Tsongkhapa . The name is a combination of the Mongolian word dalai meaning "ocean" and the Tibetan word meaning "guru, teacher, mentor".

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