1939
The Dalai Lama, age four.
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Of course, no one had any idea that I might be anything other than an ordinary baby.
The 14th Dalai Lama
1940
The Dalai Lama, age five. This painting by Indian artist Kanwal Krishna after the installation of Tenzin Gyatso as 14th Dalai Lama became the official representation of the young spiritual chief of the Tibetan people.
Image: Kanwal Krishna/Keystone-France/Getty Images
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was born Lhamo Thondup to a family of farmers and horse traders in the Tibetan hamlet of Taktser on July 6, 1935. He had two sisters and four brothers who survived past infancy. Two of these brothers had already been recognized as reincarnations of high lamas, according to Tibetan Buddhism beliefs. Read more...
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