Dalai Lama prays for peace. (Portugal).Fatima--The Dalai Lama Dalai Lama (dä`lī lä`mə) [Tibetan,=oceanic teacher], title of the leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Believed like his predecessors to be the incarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, 1935–, , the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, visited the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Fatima (pron. IPA ['fa.ti.mɐ]) is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by those who believe that she appeared to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal on the 13th day of six consecutive months in on November 27, 2001, while attending a peace meeting of religious leaders.While there, he visited the tombs of Blessed Jacinta and Francisco Marto Francisco Marto (1908-1919) and his sister Jacinta Marto (1910-1920), also known as Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto, together with their cousin, Lúcia Santos , two of the young visionaries, and laid a flower at the feet of a statue of Our Lady in the Chapel of the Apparitions. Bishop Ferreira e Vila of Leira and Fatima played host to the Tibetan holy man during his visit and added to his prayer for peace. The Dalai Lama received the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. in 1989. |
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