Who Are the Tibetan Lamas? by Matt Alsdorf

Last week the Karmapa Lama, a 14-year-old Tibetan

Buddhist Leader, fled to India from Chinese-controlled Tibet.

Five years ago, the Chinese government sparked controversy

by nominating a different boy for the position of Panchen

Lama than the one the Dalai Lama had chosen. Who are all

these lamas?