Recent Examples on the WebThe Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet, held in high regard around the globe.—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2024 The search for him began soon after the 13th Dalai Lama died.—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023 The story is inspired both by the life of Belgian-French Buddhist scholar Alexandra David-Néel, who was the first western woman to gain an audience with the Dalai Lama, and Tenzin Gyatso who is the 14th Dalai Lama.—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024 Pictures on the walls of the restaurants reveal the famous people who have visited the iconic spot including Dalai Lama, Congressman John Lewis, James Brown, Beyonce, Senator Hillary Clinton, Alan Jackson and President Jimmy Carter.—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024 Dozens of Buddhist monks have committed self-immolation, to protest the suppression of Buddhist leaders in Vietnam in the middle of the last century and, more recently, to draw attention to Chinese rule over Tibet, and the exile of the Dalai Lama.—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2024 This is true in the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.—Lobsang Sangay, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023 Others also pointed to a 2010 Bon Jovi gig in Tokyo that featured images of the Dalai Lama – Beijing’s bete noire – on the stage background.—Heather Chen, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024 Its tools have played a role in uncovering the financial fraud carried out by Bernie Madoff, rooting out Chinese spyware installed on the Dalai Lama’s computer, and allegedly aiding in the hunt for Osama bin Laden—a long-standing rumor the company has been careful not to dispute.—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
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