the Dalai Lama
noun/ðə ˌdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə/
/ðə ˌdɑːli ˈlɑːmə/
[singular]- the leader of Tibetan Buddhism and, in former times, the ruler of TibetWord Originfrom Tibetan, literally ‘ocean monk’, so named because he is regarded as “the ocean of compassion”.
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