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2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The Dalai's father, Choekyong Tsering, was of peasant extraction. Afterthe Dalai mounted the Lion Throne in 1940, his father all at once rose tothe position of a senior aristocrat in Tibet and was poisoned to death in1947 because of his close association with the patriotic Reting Rinpoche.The Dalai's mother Dekyi Tsering was "of a gentle disposition" and"kind-hearted," and in 1959 fled with the Dalai to India, where she diedof an illness in 1981. The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has six brothersand sisters, namely his eldest brother Taktser Thubten Norbu, his secondelder brother Gyalo Thondup, his third elder brother Losang Samten,his elder sister Tsering Dolma, his younger sister Jetsun Pema, and hisyounger brother Ngari Rinpoche Tenzin Cheogyal
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