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Zhongjun Liu on 15 Aug 09Tsangyang Gyatso, who became the sixth Dalai Lama in 1697, often went against the principles of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, of which he was the spiritual leader. He dressed as a layman and often took the name Norsang Wangpo at night, getting drunk and visiting brothels. However he was also a poet and wrote moving pieces about the pains and pleasures of the human heart, and a new English version of his works has been completed by British linguist Paul Williams.