It is a honorific salutation put as a prefix in the name of the Dalai Lama. HH in the expanded form means His Holiness. Urban Tibetan Buddhists refer to HH The Dalai Lama as 'His Holiness'. Some others cut short to 'Dalai Lama'. read more
It is a honorific salutation put as a prefix in the name of the Dalai Lama. HH in the expanded form means His Holiness. Urban Tibetan Buddhists refer to HH The Dalai Lama as ‘His Holiness’. Some others cut short to ‘Dalai Lama’. read more
Dalai Lama (UK: / ˈ d æ l aɪ ˈ l ɑː m ə /, US: / ˈ d ɑː l aɪ ˈ l ɑː m ə /; Standard Tibetan: ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་, Tā la'i bla ma [táːlɛː láma]) is a title given to spiritual leaders of the Tibetan people. They are part of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism. read more