It was a unique and lonely childhood for the Dalai Lama, living at the top of the Potala palace and being trained in Buddhist dialectics and ritual by scholarly monks.

• 达赖喇嘛的童年是奇特而孤独的，他住在布达拉宫的顶楼，学问精深的僧侣教他佛教法规和各种礼仪。