The Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso Tibet Tibetan Buddhism
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Family Ties
In this photograph, the young Tenzin Gyatso poses with his mother. The Dalai Lama's parents had 16 children, 9 of whom survived. His brother Thupten Jigme Norbu is also recognized as the High Lama Taktser Rinpoche.

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