The visit of the Dalai Lama at EURAC is the highlight of the long standing relations between the South Tyrolean Research Institute and Tibet. Researchers of the EURAC have supported and advised the Tibetan government in exile especially concerning autonomy since the nineties.

Short biography

© 2005 Manuel Bauer

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetans. The current (14th) Dalai Lama was born as a farmer's son by the name of Lhamo Dhondrub in the Tibetan province of Amdo on the 6th of July 1935.

At two and a half years of age he was recognized as the 14th incarnation in the lineage of the Dalai Lamas. In July 1993, the Tibetan government also recognized him as the official 14th Dalai Lama. He received the new name of Tenzin Gyatso. On 22 February 1940, only four and a half years old, the 14th Dalai Lama acceded to the Sengtri, the throne of the lion. He took over the spiritual and political leadership of his people at the age of 15. © 2005 Manuel Bauer

Thanks
We would like to thank Manuel Bauer who has kindly provided us with pictures for this website from his book Dalai Lama – Unterwegs für den Frieden.

Further information on Tibet and the Dalai Lama:

Biography

The Tibetan Government in Exile

Association Italia-Tibet

Dalai-Lama-Archives

Tibet: La storia di un popolo - Diario della visita tibetana presso l'Accademia Europea di Bolzano, 16-23 marzo 1998

Perspektiven für Tibet?
(Jens Woelk, Academia Nr: 21, Dezember - März / dicembre – marzo 2000)

Tibetan Autonomy and Self-Government – Myth or Reality – Workshop in New Delhi
(Jens Woelk, Academia Nr: 21, Dezember - März / dicembre – marzo 2000)

Selbstverwaltung - Der Dalai Lama lernt von Südtirol
(Susanne Kummer, Die Presse, 10.08.2005)