Dalai Lama
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- proper noun
- /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/
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Dalai Lama
- The Dalai Lama often speaks at international forums advocating for peace and understanding.
- Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader
If you, I heard the Dalai Lama say it, if you can help, help.
- If you, I heard the Dalai Lama say it, if you can help, help.
- Well, it's interesting when people ask me about those sessions with the Dalai Lama and they ask, you know, what did you take away?
- And then I read an interview with the Dalai Lama and he was talking about how service is the, the, the key to well-being.
- You mentioned difficult things like the Dalai Lama, and I agree with you that China should deal with the Dalai Lama.
- There's a beautiful quote from the Dalai Lama where he said that we're born to help people and if we can't help them, let's at least not hurt them.
- You know, the Dalai Lama said in order to save the world, we must have a plan, but no plan will work unless we meditate.
- Oh, oh, the Dalai Lama kept hold of the boy.
Examples
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There's a beautiful quote from the Dalai Lama where he said that we're born to help people and if we can't help them, let's at least not hurt them.
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Many people travel to India to meet the Dalai Lama and seek his wisdom.
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Is that the Dalai Lama?
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I met the Dalai Lama.
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I was listening to a very interesting tape of the Dalai Lama on the way home.
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I recently had the wonderful opportunity to spend an afternoon listening to the Dalai Lama talk in Boston.
Blog text (8) -
You know, the Dalai Lama said in order to save the world, we must have a plan, but no plan will work unless we meditate.
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The Dalai Lama persuasively argues that the fundamental desire of all people is to be happy.
Academic text (2000) -
The Dalai Lama fled to India in March 1959, after which Tibetan life came under increasingly strict control.
Academic text (1997) -
The Dalai Lama is known for his teachings on compassion and mindfulness.
Synonyms
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The main Buddhist leader of Tibet who was once its political ruler, often the Dalai Lama
Surface Forms
Morphology
Dalai + lama
Knowing 'lama' (a Tibetan Buddhist spiritual teacher) lets a learner infer the expression refers to a religious figure, but 'Dalai' is a proper name/title whose specific meaning and cultural implications (the preeminent spiritual leader/reincarnated lineage) are not deducible from the constituent. Because one constituent yields a clear clue while the other is opaque and the full, culturally loaded sense requires prior exposure, the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Dalai Lama comes from two words: Mongolian Dalai meaning 'ocean' and Tibetan Lama meaning 'teacher'. The image is of a 'teacher as deep as the ocean', and the title was given to a line of teachers believed to be 'reborn', so today Dalai Lama means the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.