FOR BUDDHISTS i need HELP!!!!?

Question

i need help, i was wondering, since your buddhists, will you tell me more about the Dalai Lama? how to pronounce this Avalokitesvara? i need to know for an "unprepared" speech on thursday, but my teacher says its ok to cheat if we dont know anything about a Dalai Lama, I NEED INFO THAT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND. MAYBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS?
thanks XOXOXOXO

Answer 1

It varies by country, the name Avalokitesvara means something like " the Lord who looks down on the World". In India Avalokitesvara was usually portrayed as a handsome young prince with the Buddha nestled in his crown, or sometimes as an ascetic, iconographically very similar to the Hindu god Siva. In China however Avalokitesvara is more usually represented as a beautiful white robed woman and is known as Kwan Yin. From Mongolia to Sri Lanka, from Afghanistan to Indonesia, the worship of Avalokitesvara has long been popular, even fervent, and has inspired some of the most beautiful examples of Buddhist art.

Answer 2

His Holiness the 14th the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was born Lhamo Dhondrub on 6 July 1935, in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. Born to a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama, and thus an incarnation Avalokitesvara, the Buddha of Compassion.

Answer 3

For Dalai Lama, read this :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama

It is very easy to understand, he is basically just another human being.

Avalokitsvara = Ava Lo Ki t Sa va ra

Answer 4

http://www.dalailama.com/


Easy to understand info on Buddhism. That's really funny!!!

Answer 5

http://www.dalailama.com/

http://buddhism.about.com/

http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/footsteps.htm

http://americanbuddhist.net/taxonomy/term/51

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism