A year after an impostor fooled the world into thinking the Dalai Lama was wired on Twitter, the real Dalai Lama has joined – and been verified by – the massive micro-blogging site.

The as-yet fledgling account is mostly being used to post content from his existing web site, but it’s expected that he will tweet more actively. His following jumped overnight from a few hundred to nearly 90,000; it’s only a matter of time before he addresses that audience more personally.

The Dalai Lama is the 14th in a line of Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leaders believed to be reborn to teach and provide spiritual guidance. Thus far his tweets are mostly politics, education, photos and media, such as video of a recent interview with CNN’s Larry King and comments about China. [via Mashable]

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