Crossword clues for dalai lama
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lama \La"ma\, n. [Tibet. blama (pronounced l["a]"ma) a chief, a high priest.] In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.
The Grand Lama, or Dalai Lama [lit., Ocean Lama], the supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy. Until the Chinese occupied Tibet he resided in Lhasa, but now (1998) is in exile. See Lamaism.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
literally "the Ocean Lama," from Mongolian dalai "ocean" + lama.
Wiktionary
n. (''Tibetan Buddhism'') The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalokitesvara, and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
Wikipedia
The Dalai Lama ( US), ( UK) is a monk of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa. The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso.
The Dalai Lama is considered to be the successor in a line of tulkus who are believed to be incarnations of Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, called Chenrezig in Tibetan. The name is a combination of the Mongolic word dalai meaning "ocean" (coming from Mongolian title Dalaiyin qan or Dalaiin khan, translated as 'Gyatso' in Tibetan) and the Tibetan word (bla-ma) meaning "guru, teacher, mentor". The Tibetan word "lama" corresponds to the better known Sanskrit word " guru".
From 1642 until the 1950s (except for 1705 to 1750), the Dalai Lamas or their regents headed the Tibetan government (or Ganden Phodrang) in Lhasa which governed all or most of the Tibetan plateau with varying degrees of autonomy, up to complete sovereignty. This government also enjoyed the patronage and protection of firstly Mongol kings of the Khoshut and Dzungar Khanates (1642–1720) and then of the emperors of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty (1720–1912).
Usage examples of "dalai lama".
They'd all been briefed about the tense political situation over here, and Monk Lin had even been bold enough to allude to the way the Dalai Lama had been forced into exile in India by the Chinese government and how an army had desecrated the holiest of temples, when merely talking politics could land a local Tibetan in prison for twenty years.
Many of these participants in the tale I sought out only through my own memory -- wonderful people such as Lhomo Dondrub, last seen flying off on his wings of pure light in his gallant and hopeless battle against the Pax warships, and Rachel, living the second of several lives she was destined to fill with adventure, and the regal Dorje Phamo and the wise young Dalai Lama.
On the night before the Dalai Lama's reception I am tired but I cannot sleep.
The same style is said to have been followed in the best images cast in Lhasa, but it is not clear whether this is a reference to the 'Dod-li images, named after a workshop situated at the foot of the Potala in Lhasa and founded in the time of the fifth Dalai Lama (1617-82).
He's sitting down there right now, plotting to overthrow the Dalai Lama.
Do you know what it means if we've got the Dalai Lama on a datacube that you've been carrying around in your pocket?
You are then to inform His Holiness the Dalai Lama that I long for our Empire to enjoy the benefits of the Tantric doctrine, which I acknowledge to be the most perfect vehicle of Buddhist truth, and have therefore invited these lamas to Peking, where they will be able to worship after their fashion and promote their doctrine among my people.
Yes, the Dalai Lama agreed, but I must admit I am having a hard time finding a new body to inhabit.
The thirteenth Dalai Lama proved deficient as a political strategist.
This is the Dalai Lama saying a big fat Om and handing you back to the studio.