Three deities of long life (Tib. ཚེ་ལྷ་རྣམ་གསུམ་) — Amitayus (Tib. ཚེ་དཔག་མེད་), 'The Buddha of Boundless Life' — a sambhogakaya aspect of Amitabha, particularly associated with longevity. He is mostly depicted sitting and holding in his hands a vessel containing the nectar of immortality. White Tara (Tib. སྒྲོལ་དཀར་) — manifestations of Tara, white in...

Dalai Lama - རྒྱལ་བ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།  His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. He is the spiritual leader of Tibet. At the age of two, the child, then named Lhamo Dhondup, was recognized as the reincarnation of the previous 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. The Dalai Lamas are believed to be manifestations of...