The XIV Dalai Lama : Project Happiness 2007

An interview with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in 2007 as part of Project Happiness, a project by Mount Madonna School in Watsonville, California, the Creative Minds Academy in Nigeria, and the Tibetan Children’s Village in Dharamsala, India. In this meeting, the high school students from the 3 schools discuss lasting happiness, leading a meaningful life, and other values based questions. His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. He was born in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. Born to a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lamas are the manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, who chose to reincarnate to serve the people. Dalai Lama means Ocean of Wisdom. Tibetans normally refer to His Holiness as Yeshin Norbu, the Wish-fulfilling Gem, or simply, Kundun, meaning Th