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Dalai Lama

Gelug · Public teachings

Head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the world's most recognised Buddhist teachers, now teaching mainly from Dharamsala.

GelugTibet / India
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Dalai Lama

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (born 6 July 1935), is the traditional head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism and has lived in exile in Dharamsala, India, since 1959. His teaching combines classical Gelug philosophical training with decades of dialogue with Western science, and he remains one of the most widely recognised religious figures in the world.

Now 91, he continues to give public teachings, but almost exclusively from his main temple in Dharamsala rather than through international tours, including a long-life ceremony in February 2026 and public teachings in March, April and October 2026. All teachings are free and available by live webcast.

“My true religion is Kindness.”
Dalai Lama
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3 min
Talk

Overcoming Negative Emotions

A teaching on working with anger and other negative emotions through Buddhist practice.

2 min
Talk

Real Beauty Is Inner Beauty

The Dalai Lama on cultivating inner qualities rather than outward appearance.

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Reason as practice

Gelug

Systematic philosophical study, monastic scholarship and tantric practice.

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