GettoknowtheDalaiLama,Tibet’sspiritualleaderandoneofthemostpopularworldleaderstoday.Two-year-oldLhamoThondupneverimaginedhewouldbeanythingotherthananordinarychild,butafterundergoingaseriesoftests,hewasproclaimedthe14thDalaiLamaofTibet.Byage15,hefoundhimselftheundisputedleaderofsixmillionpeoplewhowerefacingthethreatofafull-scalewarfromtheChinese.AfterthedefeatoftheTibetannationaluprisingin1959,theDalaiLamahadtofleeTibetandwentintoexileinIndia.Fornearly50years,hehasaimedtoestablishTibetasaself-governing,democraticstate.In1989,hewasawardedtheNobelPeacePrizeforhisnonviolenteffortsfortheliberationofTibetandhisconcernforglobalenvironmentalproblems.AsthespiritualleaderofTibetanBuddhism,theDalaiLamacontinuestospendhislifeworkingtobenefithumanityandpreservingTibetanculture.
