Sentence examples for lama from inspiring English sources

In 63 years he had never spotted a puma, though tracks and attacks on lama herds reveal the big cat's presence.

The idea has something in common with eastern faiths; the lama in Rudyard Kipling's "Kim", with a reservation or two, would have nodded gently.The logical conclusion of eternal progression is to muddy the difference fundamental to other Christians between God and man.

He has long criticised politicians' visits to Yasukuni and believes that good relations with Japan's Asian neighbours are paramount.In this section No shelter from the storm Let them eat Juche A lama in sheep's clothing?

The stick has involved tighter policing of monasteries, controls on visits to Lhasa, denunciations of the Dalai Lama and arrests of dissidents.

Britain's relations with China were plunged into a prolonged chill by a meeting last May between the Dalai Lama and the British prime minister, David Cameron.

"We just want the Dalai Lama to come home", he says.

He is claimant to the title of 17th Karmapa, the head of one of the main sects of the Kagyud, or "Black Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, which in the 17th century lost state power to the dalai lamas' own Gelugpa school.Ogyen Trinley, recognised by both the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama as the incarnate Karmapa, was born in Tibet, but in 1999 fled to India.

Last year hundreds were detained, some of them for months, after returning from legal trips to India in which they surreptitiously attended teachings by the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya, a holy Buddhist site.Heavy security in Tibet, including riot police patrolling the streets of Lhasa, may help prevent another plateau-wide explosion like that of 2008.

In November hundreds of medical students protested in Gonghe county against the circulation of a government leaflet disparaging the immolators and the Dalai Lama.

The ageing of the Dalai Lama (he is 77) and his announcement in 2011 that he was retiring as head of Tibet's government-in-exile in India are also factors.

If the father had a soft spot for the Dalai Lama, optimists think, so might the son.In recent months the birthplace of the Dalai Lama in Hongya village, about 30km (20 miles) south-east of Kumbum monastery, has been given a makeover, though no one is sure why.