He brought back the High Five gag from The Colbert Report!

It's the colbert report, it's.... it's beautiful

I died at the apple logo bit. XD

I'm really digging what I've seen so far. It's a mix of the Colbert Report and late night talk shows, which makes it kinda refreshing.

The fire nation wants to get him oh wait......

Long ago the Dalai Lama always reincarnated. Then everything changed when the China Nation attacked!

I not only love that he hasn't changed his style all that much, but that this is also unique to the late night scene. It isn't just interviews and cheap jokes, he's actually imparting knowledge on people. He's teaching people stuff. He's talking about things that actually matter. It's wonderful.

That had to be the most puns ever crammed in one video.

Historical nitpick: I'm pretty sure that statue is not the Buddha but actually Budai

I can finally view these in Canada, woohoo!

"He's taking his nothingness is going home." I really love this guy!

The Colbert Report took over the Late Show. that's how i like it. keep doing a great job. stick it to the networks. hahahaha

I'm Russian and I love watching Colbert, is he famous in America?

Yeah, this is becoming the Colbert Report...I like it! Letterman was boring as hell.

The Apple logo...hilarious!

No avatar the last airbender jokes??? NONE?!?!? You blew it Stephen, you REALLY BLEW IT!

I hope they'll do a movie about the Dalai Lama and have him acted by Arnie, saying; "I won't be back!"

Just what things that lurk under your desk, Mr Colbert?? Hilarious :D

I've always found that the best way to cross the Himalayas is on a Dalai Lama.

One of his best. Love it!

Free Tibet and Long LIve Sephen Colbert!

I'm buddhist and I love this.

I really can't explain it, but the Apple bit really makes me laugh XD

Am I the only one who sees more a connection to The Daily Show in this segment than The Colbert Report? I mean, it is essentially "This Week in God".

Well programmed Stephen. My father, PhD in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, and I, would watch your show monthly for years. He has now passed on to hear you from heaven.

Saw the headline, and immediately thought of "Yahweh or No Way." I liked this bit. It was part YONW, but without the "politics" of it. He just told us what was happening while making jokes about it. He didn't need to make a statement about it the way "Stephen Colbert" had to on the Colbert Report. Bravo, sir!

I'm a Buddhist myself he got a lot of stuff wrong but it's was fucking funny because he made fun of American ignorance and all the clichés people have made.

"He must reincarnate, and on our terms?? What does that suppose to mean?

Colbert Wilmore and Oliver is love. Colbert Wilmore and Oliver is life.

i really hope this show survives! i love it!

when the apple logo came on and the sound, omg i died x'D

The Apple logo is among all the other religious signs at 0:55

Colbert has the most amazing suits!

Most of this is true, and it is nice to see a celebrity, non-Buddhist, who knows what he is talking about when he speaks about Buddhism. However, I must clear up one misconception. Buddha was not fat. The fat guy is a Chinese God who they associate with Buddha. But in South East Asia, where an older form of Buddhism is praciced, he is never depicted as fat. This makes sense. He spent a good amount of time as an aethsetic and almost died of starvation. He realized that this was the wrong path and started eating one meal a day of whatever people gave him. The Dali Lama also eats one meal a day. I tried living as the monks due, eating two meals a day, but I smuggled some food in for dinner, and when it an out, I had to leave. Monkhood ain't for sissys.

If I was Letterman, I be stoked that they got someone kick ass to replace me. It was kind of like when Drew Carey took over for Bob Barker, he didn't try to outdo or imitate Barker; he simply tried to honor the man, while still being himself. Very few people can follow a legend, but Colbert seems to be pulling it off with no problems (probably because he was already a legend himself). Now I'm curious to see who they get to try and take over for Alex Trebek. That's going to be another incredibly tough act to follow.

I love that the apple logo is included with other religious symbols. Such a subtle colbert touch!

The Apple icon with the Mac startup sound. Perfect! And I'm a MStian.

I found the Apple Logo part hilarious

"The Colbert Report" may have ended but he's brought the same brand of humour into "The Late Show". It's fantastic.

The new Lama must be a child? So there is no chance for Donald Trump?

Hes back thank the gods

The apple logo made me rofl so much.

Where is the GOD MACHINE? We need This Week in God back!

That high five! LMAO!

This was interesting. I like this.

Hahaha love that Apple logo in list

The apple boot-up sound effect, lol

When the stephen colbert gets all up in your faith intro played. I thought my macbook was on the fritz by playing the startup sound.

you're the single most funny person on this planet

that was not a statue of buddha

Doesn´t the way they find the dalai lama the same as the search for nickelodeon´s avatar?

It is incredible that, on a video about Faith, there is not a single combative comment. Amazing. Encouraging!

So I read the article.... and this is actually a VERY complicated political and religious issue. Like, holy llama, both parties have a lot at stake riding on this guy's decision.

get up in there!

Stephen Colbert is my religion.

rashashashashananashana

Google is sponsoring the search for the next Dalai Lama.

Goodbye, Dalai. My goodness.

OMG HE NEVER LEFT!

HAND SLAP! Perfect!!!!

"Undefeated llama champ." I wanted to high five him for that one. :D

Stephen is so adorbs!

The Dalai Lama like the Avatar lol

Its like the 'This Week in God' bit from the Daily Show.

Something else beside e-mails? ah, the balls.

But, avatar the last airbender jokes... you had one chance colbert you had one chance you blew it up yu fukin blew it up

I just keep replaying that bit with the religious symbols where the apple logo pops up loling so hard

This is going on in 2015. Incredible.

I'm a Tibetan Refugee myself and seeing wrong map in this show disappoints me.

Remember when he did this with Jon Stewart? It was great.

Colbert seems a bit more relaxed.

I love the show I always always happy every night watching hen make fun of everything you are the fucking best Stephen Colbert

Fun fact: the big golden guy isn't actually the "original Buddha"… :D He's a famous monk named Pu- Thai who lived in the 10th century and was known for his cheerfulness and handing gifts out to kids :P

I love it!

The next Lama will be found in a fortune cookie.

i want a high 5 desk intern

Wasn't that the OSX start up sound?

so what do you guys think that hand's doing when he's not high-fiving it?

u have shown half of the tibet map in ur show..stephen colbert..

He pronounced his last name with out the "T".....Colbert Report 2.0 confirmed.

A lot of errors here but funny nevertheless. 1. The Laughing Buddha or Ho Tai is not directly related to the historical (4th of this age) Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha. Ho Tai was, according to one legend, a monk who would always carry a bag full of sweets, which he gave out whenever he met up with children. He was always joyful & happy , laughing & because he was a monk, & because some Asian languages use the same word for monk as they do for Buddha, there has been confusion that he is a form of the historical Buddha. Another theory has it that he was originally a fertility God, or a God of Prosperity, his round belly was a symbol for a bountiful harvest. As Buddhism spread into China from India, the local population accepted him as a saint, or a manifestation of the Future (5th called Maitreya) Buddha. In Japan he is known as Hotei and is considered one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. It is not uncommon for shopkeepers & other people in general to rub the belly of Ho Tai in order to bring good luck or improve sale. Apparently some Feng Shui practitioners believe that using an image of Ho Tai can help direct energy. 2. Tibet is not just the supposedly Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) which equates to Ü-Tsang (དབུས་གཙང་Central & West), plus Amdo ( ཨ༌མདོ HH the 14th Dalai Lama born at Takster there & his is no way Chinese) & Kham (ཁམསEastern Tibet). 3. For info HH the 14th Dalai Lama is the spiritual head of the Gelugspa order, HHthe 41st Sakya Trizin the head of the Sakya order, HH the 17th Karmapa (who escape occupied Tibet at end of 1999 beginning of 2000; the Kagyu lineage's 2nd Karmapa (Karma Pakshi) started this type of recognised succession of Tibetan tulku teachers)head of the Kagyu lineage & Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche head of the most ancient of the schools the Nyingmap lineage. HH the 14th Dalai Lama brought all 4 lineages together in the The Tibetan diaspora.

It's so easy to parody the Chinese government; they're almost a parody of themselves.

That's not Tibet! Tibet is way way larger than that! Other than that, this was Hilarious.....

I didn't get the "Goodbye deli" pun. plz explain anyone?

Dalai Lama you chill.

You can tell he really likes saying "Dalai Lama" by how he rolls the L's...:P :)

That apple tho... ;-;

I kept waiting for the llama pun but it never came.

This week in God energy!!!!

So what's that hand doing under his desk the rest of the time?

Am I the only uncultured swine who immediately thought of Avatar: the Last Airbender when he was explaining the process of finding the new Dalai Lama?

Once a buddhist has listened to the band Nirvana they no longer reincarnate. Or something like that.

What is LSSC?

That's not Buddha, it's Budai

love you stephen

I didn't get "Goodbye Dali", please explain.

yeah

How very sad the "Hello Dalai" joke is not understood by much of "murka"

Too funny!

Dalai: [sigh] "How am I going to secure my place in history as the most important person of the Tibet people? Seriously, I don't know how I passed the test in the first place - I doubt someone else is going to. How am I going to make my believers still believe?" Adviser: "Just tell them you're the last Dalai Lama. It makes you seem more important and will leave room for there possibly not being some kid who can pass the tests we made up." Dalai: "Will they believe that?" Adviser: "They're religious. They'll believe any BS you tell them."