Last updated on: 2/13/2008 | Author: ProCon.org

Dalai Lama Biography

Title:
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Head of State and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people
Position:
None Found to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Feb. 13, 2008

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Head of State of the government of Tibet in exile, 1950-present
  • Spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, 1940-present
  • Considered as the reincarnation of the Buddha of Compassion by Tibetan Buddhist
  • Human Rights Award, International League for Human Rights, 2003
  • Nobel Peace Prize, 1989
  • Raoul Wallenberg (U.S.) Congressional Human Rights Award, 1989
Education:
  • Doctorate of Buddhist Philosophy, Tibet, 1959
Other:
  • Name: Tenzin Gyatso
Quoted in:
  1. Does Buddhism Accept Same-Sex Behavior?
  2. Does Buddhism Accept Same-Sex Behavior?