• Spot the difference: Dalai Lama greets his waxwork double

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    Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, right, stands alongside his Madame Tussauds wax double at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on Friday. The Dalai Lama is on a national tour of Australia with events throughout the visit carrying the message "Beyond Religion; Ethics for a Whole World". 

    On Thursday, he told reporters that Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule are having little effect on Beijing's policies, Reuters reported.

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  • Tibetans celebrate Dalai Lama's 77th birthday

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    Tibetans gather to mark the birthday of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at a monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 6, 2012.

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    A Tibetan school girl prepares to perform at a cultural show in Kathmandu on July 6, 2012.

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    The Dalai Lama, center, is escorted by Tibetan monks as he leaves Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, on July 6, 2012.

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    Exiled Tibetan performers in traditional attire look on before festivities honoring the 77th birthday of their spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama, at Boudha on the outskirts of Kathmandu on July 6, 2012.

    Tibetans waved banners and lit incense in celebration of the Dalai Lama's 77th birthday at his headquarters in northern India on Friday.

    Thousands of Tibetans also gathered to mark the occasion in Kathmandu, with the Nepalese government saying it would not tolerate anti-China activities on its soil.

    Dalai Lama: China unrealistic on Tibet, talks futile

  • Dalai Lama receives 2012 Templeton Prize, gives away $1.7 million award

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    Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, center, with Bishop of London Richard Chartres, right, and St.Paul's Cathedral Canon Pastor Reverend Michael Colclough as he leaves St. Paul's Cathedral in London after receiving the 2012 Templeton Prize awarded to him for encouraging scientific research and harmony among religions, on May 14.

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    Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, center left, with St. Paul's Cathedral Canon Pastor Reverend Michael Colclough, center right, waves as he arrives at St. Paul's Cathedral in London to receive the 2012 Templeton Prize awarded to him for encouraging scientific research and harmony among religions, on May 14.

    The Dalai Lama received the 2012 Templeton Prize for his work linking science and wider questions of faith and religion. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader was given the prize, which comes with $1.7 million, today at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.

    Most of the money from the award will be given to Save the Children, and the rest to two charities which provide research and education in science and Buddhism.

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    The Dalai Lama leaves after being awarded the Templeton Prize during his first visit to St Paul's Cathedral in London May 14, 2012. The Templeton Prize valued at $1.7 million is the world's largest award given to an individual, honouring a living person for making exceptional contributions to spiritual life.

  • John Gress / Reuters

    His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet laughs while wearing a Loyola University visor during a speech on non-violence at the university's Lake Shore Campus in Chicago on April 26. The Dalai Lama, who was in Chicago for the three-day World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, received an honorary degree from Loyola.

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  • Dalai Lama shares laughs, blessings with Hawaiian voyagers

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    The Dalai Lama, center, jokes with members of the crew of the Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hokulea following the Earth Blessing and Consecration of the the canoe on April 16, 2012 in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The Hokulea is being prepared for a round-the-world trip.

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    Jeremiah Taleni, right, gives a Shaka, a Hawaiian greeting gesture, as he shares a laugh with the Dalai Lama after presenting him with a gift of a paddle from the Kailua High School student body.

    Read more about the Hōkūle’a project and see more pictures of the Dalai Lama and Hawaii on PhotoBlog.

  • Monks gather in northern India to hear the Dalai Lama

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    Monks attend the Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama's teaching session during the fourth day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on Jan. 4, 2012.

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    Buddhist monks pray with their Spiritual Leader, The Dalai Lama, during the fourth day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on Jan. 4, 2012. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations takes place in the northern Indian state of Bihar.

     

  • Tibetan Buddhist monks gather in Gurupura, India to see Dalai Lama

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    Exile Tibetan monks arrive to attend teachings by their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, at the Gyurmey Tantric Monastery in Gurupura, Karnataka state, India, Monday, Dec.5, 2011. The teachings will continue till Dec.7.

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    Supporters gesture in respect as Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, unseen, arrives to give teachings at the Gyurmey Tantric Monastery in Gurupura, Karnataka state, India on Monday.

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    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets before he gives teachings at the Gyurmey Tantric Monastery.

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  • Dalai Lama visits Japan, meets with disaster survivors

    By Jim Seida

    According to the Kyodo news service, The Dalai Lama on Saturday visited an area devastated by the March earthquake and tsunami and took part in a Buddhist memorial service for the victims.

    The 76-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader offered words of encouragement to survivors during the service at Saiko Temple in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

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    Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on board a Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train and a baby held by a mother touch through the window at Koriyama railway station, northern Japan, Nov. 6, after delivering a speech to Fukushima residents racked with the aftermath of the March 11 tsunami and radiation damage caused by the accident at Fukushima nuclear power plant.

     With about 1,000 people attending, the Dalai Lama said that as a human being he shares the pain of survivors who lost their loved ones, and that he hopes people will be able to overcome their sorrow and rebuild their lives.

     

    In Ishinomaki, about 3,800 people were killed or went missing in the disaster, the largest number of victims in a single municipality.

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    Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (L) is welcomed by tsunami survivors and relatives of victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami as he arrives in Ishinomaki.

    The Dalai Lama also plans to visit other hard-hit areas, including Sendai and Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture.

    He visited Tokyo in April and held a special Buddhist service for victims of the March 11 disaster, but was unable to visit the devastated area.

    Before his visit to Ishinomaki, the Dalai Lama, who arrived in Japan on Oct. 29, made a speech in the city of Osaka and visited Wakayama Prefecture's Koyasan University, which is affiliated with Koyasan Kongobuji Temple. The university invited the Dalai Lama to celebrate its 125th anniversary.

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    Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama comforts a kindergarden child, who lost his parents in the tsunami caused by the March 11 earthquake, as he visits Saikoji temple to hold a memorial service for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, northern Japan, Nov. 5. An estimated 15,800 people died in the earthquake and tsunami.

     View our slideshow of the Dalai Lama's life.

  • More than 100 Tibetan protesters detained in Nepal

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    A Tibetan woman, center, chases a Nepalese policeman, right, as he takes away a banner of the Dalai Lama during a protest near the Jwalakhel Refugee Camp in Katmandu, Nepal, on November 1.

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    Riot police arrest Tibetan protesters near the Jwalakhel Refugee Camp on November 1.

    The AP reports:

    Nepalese police detained more than 100 Tibetan exiles on Tuesday who had gathered to pray for nine Tibetans who set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule.

    A group of Tibetans including 150 monks were holding a prayer meeting on the outskirts of Katmandu in honor of the monks, former monks and a nun who have self-immolated since March in a restive Tibetan area of western China that has been under martial law-type police controls.

    Aged in their late teens and twenties, at least five died of their injuries, while the condition of the other four is not known.

    An Associated Press reporter saw police in riot gear enter the prayer meeting at the Tibetan Refugee Center and pull down a banner of their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. This angered the Tibetans at the meeting who poured into the streets to protest. They chanted anti-China slogans calling for a "free Tibet" and for China to "leave our home."

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    Police detain a Tibetan who was shouting anti-China slogans in Katmandu on November 1.

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    A group of exiled Tibetan monks attends a prayer meeting as Nepalese riot police enter to intervene at a refugee camp in Katmandu on November 1.

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  • Dalai Lama prays for Tibetans who set themselves on fire

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    The Dalai Lama prays during a day-long fast and prayer service in honor of Tibetans who set themselves on fire to protest the Chinese rule in Tibet, at Tsuglagkhang Temple in Dharmsala, India, on October 19.

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    Tibetan Buddhist monks attend a prayer session with the Dalai Lama in Dharmsala, India, on October 19.

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    Tibetan monks participate in a rally to express solidarity with the plight of the people of Tibet, in New Delhi, India, on October 19.

    The AP reports from DHARMSALA, India:

    The Dalai Lama on Wednesday fasted and led prayers in honor of nine Tibetans who set themselves on fire in apparent protest against China's tight grip over Buddhist practices in Tibet.

    A 90-minute-long prayer service at the Dalai Lama's Tsuglakhang Temple, in the northern Indian town of Dharmsala, was in honor of the monks, former monks and a nun who have self-immolated since March calling for religious freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama. Continue reading.

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  • Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday dance

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    Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu dances with the Soweto Gospel Choir during the launch of his book 'Tutu: The Authorised Portrait' at the St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa on Oct. 6. Tutu celebrates his 80th birthday on Friday Oct. 7.

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    Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu kisses Irish singer Bono after his speech at the launch of his book 'Tutu: The Authorised Portrait' at the St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 6.

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    Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu touches the nose of a portrait by Igshaan Adams and a group of Philani artists given to him at the launch of the book 'Tutu: The Authorised Portrait' at the St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa on Oct. 6.

    By Natalia Jimenez, NBC News

     South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu energetically celebrated his 80th birthday at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town. As part of the festivities, Tutu was serenaded by U2's Bono and danced with the Soweto Gospel Choir. The celebrations were timed to coincide with the launch of his biography "Tutu: The Authorized Portrait." Fellow Nobel Peace Laureate, the Dalai Lama was invited to attend the ceremonies, but South Africa failed to issue him a visa in time.

    For more information:

    South Africa's Tutu celebrates 80th with new book

    South Africa may block Dalai Lama visit to Tutu

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