China Seminar

NIE Xiaoyang

NIE Xiaoyang

9 February 2012

Love & Happiness in the Heart of a Tibetan Living Buddha

Some 300 years after his death, a very special monk in Tibetan history has again drawn attention from millions of curious people. His name is Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama. While a lot of people considered him as a “playboy monk” because he once rejected monastic lifestyle and indulged his passion for women and wine, his entire life actually was much more complicated and meaningful. Tsangyang Gyatso left a great number of wide-spread songs telling of his desires and experiences of love, but in fact most of the “love songs” actually demonstrated his understandings towards life and Buddhist beliefs.