Dalai Lama, 13th
From Khyentse Lineage - A Tsadra Foundation Project
ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
The Thirteenth Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso(1856/05/27 - 1933)
The Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Tubten Gyatso, lived through a turbulent time in Tibetan and world history. Forced into exile first by a British invasion and then by a Chinese invasion, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama learned about modern technology and different forms of government. Following the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, he declared independence for Tibet. His reforms and religious eclecticism put him in conflict with many conservative members of the Geluk clergy, who resisted his efforts to modernize Tibet.
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