Mar-me on Instagram: "The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and a global symbol of compassion, peace, and wisdom. The current and 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born on July 6, 1935, in a small farming village in northeastern Tibet. He was recognized as the Dalai Lama at the age of two (1937) and formally enthroned at the age of four(In 1940). He began his monastic education at a young age. In 1950, at just 15 years old, he assumed full political leadership of Tibet dur