The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has been living outside of his native Tibet for over 40 years – and the exiling of the Dalai Lama has been an important issue in the cause to free Tibet.
The current Dalai Lama was born in Tibet on July 6, 1935. He was proclaimed to be the tulku, or rebirth, of the 13th Dalai Lama at the age of two, when he was residing with his farming family (the fifth of sixteen children) in the Tibetan province of Amdo. At the age of 15, the Dalai Lama was designated as the Tibetan Head of State, on November 17, 1950 – just as the country was facing occupation by the People's Republic of China.
After a failed attempt to overthrow the Communist rule of China in 1959, the exiling of the Dalai Lama began. He had gone to India to urge the Prime Minister to pressure China into giving Tibet their own autonomous rule. India did not agree to be party to this, fearing retribution from China, and urged the Dalai Lama to continue talks with China on his own. These talks failed, and in 1959 the Dalai Lama moved into India, setting up the government of Tibet in exile in Dharmasala, India.
Dharmasala became known as “Little Lhasa”, and many other Tibetans followed the Dalai Lama into exile here. The numbers kept increasing, so after setting up the government in order to rule Tibetans in India, the Dalai Lama also went about setting up schools so that Tibetan children residing there would be able to learn the important subjects of traditional language, history and culture. In 1959, the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts was established, as well as the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies.
While in exile, the 14th Dalai Lama became the first Dalai Lama to visit the West, and he has continued to do so – even keeping an office and temple in the United States (in New York). He has been appealing to the United Nations on the behalf of Tibet since 1959, and there have been three resolutions adopted by the UN in regards to Tibet. These resolutions are aimed at making sure that China respects the human rights of Tibetans as well as seeing to further the country's goals of self-rule. In the 1980's, the Dalai Lama also developed the Five-Point Peace Plan, in hopes to reach the goal of Tibet's freedom.
The exile of the Dalai Lama has not been easy for this religious leader, but he has worked hard throughout his life while exiled in India. Striving for Tibetan independence, this leader hopes to see his homeland free before he leaves this earth.
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