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...past 20 years, Tibet's exiled leader, Tenzin Gyatso, 54, has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize. His nonviolent Buddhist philosophy and advocacy of a peaceful approach to determining Tibet's future would seem to make the 14th Dalai Lama (meaning "Ocean of Wisdom") a natural for the honor. So when the Nobel Committee in Oslo finally named him the winner of the $445,000 cash award last week, the question was not "Why him?" but "Why now?" Surely the choice of the Dalai Lama, who has been living in India since he fled Chinese occupation forces...
...Dalai Lama, 54, was born Tenzin Gyatso. The son of a poor farmer, he was named spiritual and temporal ruler as the 14th Dalai Lama at age five, just before the Chinese army marched into Tibet. He fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule...
...Angeles, where he was attending a conference, the Dalai Lama said, "I very much appreciate that kind of recognition about my beliefs. In fact. I always believed in love, compassion and a sense of universal respect. Every human being has that potential...
Despite the Dalai Lama's teachings of non-violence, bloody clashes with Chinese authorities have occurred in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, over the past two years...
Wang Guisheng of the Chinese Embassy in Oslo, said, "this has hurt the people's feelings. The Dalai Lama is not only a religious leader but also a political figure in exile, who carries out political activity aimed at splitting the fatherland and undermining national unity...