Dalai Lama visits Hamburg City Hall Stock Image

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Photo: Dalai Lama welcomes Erika Krauss The Dalai Lama in Hamburg in 2007,the Dalai Lama was enthusiastically welcomed by hundreds of Hamburg residents at the start of his visit to Germany on Thursday afternoon. At the town hall market,they gave the Nobel Peace Prize winner an acclaimed reception when he got out of his limousine. It is the first time that the Dalai Lama is officially received like a state guest. A total of around 30,000 people are expected to attend his lectures. The Dalai LamaThe 14th Dalai Lama is not only the spiritual and secular head of the Tibetans,but also a charismatic ambassador of peace. Due to his passionate commitment to human values such as compassion,non-violence and tolerance,he enjoys great sympathy across religions,parties and social groups. In 1937,at the age of two,Tenzin Gyatso was recognized as the rebirth of the XIII Dalai Lama and brought from his parents' home to the Potala Palace,the traditional seat of the Dalai Lamas. Here he undergoes his monastic training and receives comprehensive training in Buddhist philosophy and meditation from the best teachers in Tibet. At the age of fifteen,he is appointed spiritual and secular head of Tibet. Shortly thereafter,Chinese troops invade Tibet. In 1959,the Dalai Lama fled to India,where around a hundred thousand Tibetans followed him. From exile,the Dalai Lama tries in many ways to improve the lot of the people in his homeland Tibet. Its aim is to achieve real autonomy and self-government for Tibet in negotiations with the Chinese Government.

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