14th Dalai facts
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The current Dalai Lama was selected for the role when he was only 2 years old, and formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama when he was 4.
The characters "Monk Gyatso" from Avatar: The Last Airbender and "Tenzin" from The Legend of Korra are both named after the same man; the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
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Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama has received 25+ honorary degrees, in addition to a Nobel Peace Prize and 70+ other awards and honorary citizenships. He has also written over 100 books.
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The 14th Dalai Lama, was a Marxist. He has been a life long supporter of the ideology.
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The 14th Dalai Lama was chosen at age 2 as the next Dalai Lama because of a series of visions and omens. One omen came from the embalmed head of the 13th Dalai Lama; at first facing south, the head had turned to face the north-east, indicating the direction in which his successor would be found.
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Tibet had a system of serfdom before it was incorporated into China in 1951. China argues that both the 13th and 14th Dalai Lamas were "slave owners" and that 95% of the population lived in "feudal serfdom".
