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In 1996, Martin Scorsese was shopping a movie about the Dalai Lama.
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 June 2025
Following the 1989 death of the 10th Panchen Lama, the second most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama named Tibetan child Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as his colleague’s reincarnation.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
The university’s granting of an honorary degree to the Dalai Lama the year before.
—Sarah McLaughlin, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
About the Dalai Lama, the film debuted at the Zurich Film Festival in October 2024 and will screen as CIFF’s centerpiece film.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 3 June 2025
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 June 2025
Following the 1989 death of the 10th Panchen Lama, the second most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama named Tibetan child Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as his colleague’s reincarnation.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
The university’s granting of an honorary degree to the Dalai Lama the year before.
—Sarah McLaughlin, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
About the Dalai Lama, the film debuted at the Zurich Film Festival in October 2024 and will screen as CIFF’s centerpiece film.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 3 June 2025
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Dalai Lama
biographical name
Da·lai La·ma
ˈdä-ˌlī-ˈlä-mə 
1935– Tenzin Gyatso Tibetan religious and political leader
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