Actually i always thought he was like a person from the distant past....ie about 300 years ago etc - didnt realise that there has been more than one Dalai Lama! (just read up a bit on him/them on internet! haha)
Or it's one that keeps being reincarnated...didnt read it all to be honest, get bored easily with lots of text, especially when there;s no smut/jokes involved