{"id":12305,"date":"2016-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/factsheet-tibet-and-the-dalai-lama\/"},"modified":"2016-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T23:00:00","slug":"factsheet-tibet-and-the-dalai-lama","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/factsheet-tibet-and-the-dalai-lama\/","title":{"rendered":"Factsheet &#8211; Tibet and the Dalai Lama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tibet-and-the-Dalai-Lama-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Tibet-and-the-Dalai-Lama-724x1024.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The Dalai Lama is believed to be the manifestation of  Avalokitesvara,  the  Bodhisattva  of  Compassion  and the protector deity of Tibet, who chooses to re-incarnate to serve and help ease the suffering of the people. The successive Dalai Lamas, from the fifth to the present 14th, served as both the temporal leader of the Tibetan people and the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tibet-and-the-Dalai-Lama.pdf\">Click here to download the full factsheet in PDF.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dalai Lama is believed to be the manifestation of Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the protector deity of Tibet, who chooses to re-incarnate to serve and help ease the suffering of the people. 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