shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso , born Lhamo Dondrub , [ 2 ] 6 July 1935) is the 14th and current Dalai Lama . Dalai Lamas are the most influential figures in the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism , although the 14th has consolidated control over the other