Possible Clues:

• 'Spiritual leader of Tibet (5,4)'
• Religious leader from a West African country a boy repelled
• Article penned by artist on strike with a religious leader
• 'The Art of Happiness' writer
• During an illness, almost over, trouble a spiritual leader
• From a foreign country, a boy that's raised as spiritual leader
• Spiritual leader of Tibetans
• Young man returned first class with the French Mother Superior from eastern religion
• Tibetan bigwig
• A maid all excited about a religious leader