According to a Harris poll, the Dalai Lama was among the most popular world leaders to Americans in 2013. Enthroned during the Battle of Chamdo? ?in 1950, the Dalai Lama was forced to flee to India in 1959 during the Tibetan Uprising. This compelling edition provides a balanced biographical overview of the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Chapters discuss the life of this teacher, lecturer, religious, and spiritual leader.