The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Religious Leaders
Tenzin Gyatso
Tibetan Buddhist leader born 1935. Recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama at four, he fled to India in 1959 and built the Dharamsala exile administration. He received the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize and teaches compassion.
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