Tenzin Gyatso

Tenzin Gyatso

male, 74 years old
Tenzin Gyatso (born 6 July 1935) is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama. As such, he is often referred to in Western media simply as the Dalai...
Andreas Gruschke

Andreas Gruschke

male, 49 years old
Andreas Gruschke (born on April 16th, 1960 in Tengen-Blumenfeld (Germany) is a German author, photographer and Tibet researcher. His scientific...
Jetsun Pema

Jetsun Pema

female
Jetsun Pema is the living sister of the fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, born in the Tibetan village of Amdo. In the 1997 movie "Seven Years in...
Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche

Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche

male, deceased (2006)
Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche was born in 1926 in the Amdo region of eastern Tibet. At the age of 8, he was recognized by the tenth Kirti Rinpoche as the...

Mikyö Dorje

male, deceased (1554)
Mikyö Dorje, also Mikyo Dorje, was the eight Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Mikyö Dorje was born in Satam, Kham. Ac...

Choghtu Khong Tayiji

male, deceased (1637)
Choghtu Khong Tayiji, born Tümengken, was a ruler of the Khalkha Mongols. He expanded into Amdo (present-day Qinghai) to help the Karma sect of T...

Chöying Dorje

male, deceased (1674)
Chöying Dorje, also Choying Dorje was the tenth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Chöying Dorje was born in Khaytri Ta...
Joel Amdo

Joel Amdo

male (Mexico)
Joel Amdo

Joel Amdo

male (Mexico)