[Buddha-l] Re: Age of D.L. when he left Tibet

[Bob Zeuschner]

Stuart Lachs wrote:
> 
> As stated in the Parenti paper the D.L. was not happy with many aspects 
> of Tibetan culture. At 15 years old when he left Tibet, I am not sure
> how much he could overhaul, how much resistance he would receive from 
> powerful interests who wanted to maintain the staus quo and so on.
> 

The sources say that the D.L. was born in 1935.
That would make him 23-24 in 1959, not 15.

Is this just a mathematical mistake on Parenti's part, or am I missing 
something?
Bob
Dept. of Philosophy