The term Buddhist Leader can be summarized by two crossword solutions: LAMA (4 letters) and Dalai LAMA (9 letters). A LAMA is a spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism, while the Dalai LAMA is the most important LAMA in Tibetan Buddhism. The Dalai LAMA is the spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism and is considered to be the successor in a line of tulkus who are believed to be incarnations of Avalokiteśvara, a Bodhisattva of Compassion. The current Dalai LAMA is the 14th in the lineage and is based in India.