Dalai Lama

Who is he? (1 sentence)

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the tibetan people according to tibetan buddhism.

Why is he a civic role model? (3 sentences)

Dalai Lama believed to be the current incarnation of a long line of Tulkus, or Buddhist Masters, who have become exempt from the wheel of death and rebirth.

These ascended masters have chosen of their own free will to be reborn to this place in order to teach humanity.

During the Kalachakra Empowerment last week in Bloomington, in the presence of an international audience of some 5000 people, HH would laugh at himself when he made a mistake during a most complex part of the ceremony, when we, the participants, were probably getting a little tight trying so hard to follow along and do the visualizations.