Word: tenzin
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...Tenzin Dickyi ’06, who grew up hearing the Dalai Lama speak on religious occasions in Dharamsala, India, said the talk was appropriate for the largely student audience...
...Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso fled Tibet in 1959, when Chinese troops crushed an attempted uprising in the region...
...Tenzin Deki Chokteng, the U.S.-based entrant, is more focused on the pageant's political aspects. The 19-year-old, who moved to Colorado from India with her family at 13, acts like a typical American teen, chewing gum and wearing tight jeans. But she's proud of her Tibetan heritage and sees the contest as a great way to get involved: "We were not born in Tibet, we have not suffered like our parents, so we have to find our own way to be a part of the cause." As a junior in an American college, she's often...
China also reacted furiously in 1989 when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, that country's exiled spiritual leader. China has occupied Tibet since troops first invaded the mountain nation...
Melissa Mathison's script dares to tell an Asian tale with no Westerners, not even Brad Pitt. At two, Tenzin Gyatso is found in a remote village and proclaimed Buddha's incarnation. Schooled and coddled, he grows to manhood. He confronts Mao and his acquisitive legates, and he finally flees to India...