Essay --

Peace Amongst All Nations Most religions have a leader to provide spiritual guidance and support for their followers. The Catholics have the pope, the Jewish have their head Rabbi, and the Tibetan Buddhists have the Dalai Lama. The current Dalai Lama is the fourteenth in line. He promotes peace and spirituality for his homeland, Tibet, and for the whole world. Born in 1935 as Lhamo Thondup, His Holiness grew up with simple surroundings in a small farming village in Tibet called Takster. His family were average peasants and they worked hard for their small living wage. He grew up with his mother, father, his four brothers, and his two sisters. His mother gave birth to 17 children but only 7 children survived being a toddler. Lhamo, now named Tenzin Gyatso, was chosen as the next Dalai Lama at the age of two, so that once he was of age, he could immediately start his political and religious career. He began training to be a monk at age six. His schooling consisted of five core subjects: logic, Tibetan art and culture, Sanskrit (ancient Indian language), medicine, and Buddhist philos...