Question: is avatar the last airbender based on the dalai lama?
Answer: The Dalai Lama is who Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender is based on. The Avatar being “reborn” and “chosen” comes from the real life process of choosing who the next Dalai Lama is. Tenzin and Monk Gyatso are both named after our current Dalai Lama, too.