The Dalai Lama said Wednesday there will be a successor after his death. But China insists that it alone has the authority to ...

Amid renewed tensions with China over the issue of succession, it is interesting to know how the term ‘Dalai Lama’ came to be ...

In Tibetan Buddhism, it's acceptable for a Dalai Lama to reincarnate outside China or Tibet. The 4th Dalai Lama was born in Mongolia in 1589, and the 6th, Tsangyang Gyatso, was born in 1682 in the ...

The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for ...

By Kyinzom Dhongdue, Strategy and Advocacy Manager, Amnesty International Australia "China’s intention to appoint its own ...

The analyst also mentioned that if Beijing is successful in tightening its iron hand on Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, then the ...

A senior Indian minister has said that only the Dalai Lama and the organization he has set up have the authority to identify his successor as the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism, in a rare comment ...

For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under ...

DHARAMSHALA – As he approaches his 90th birthday, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, announced on July 1 ...

The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching ...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after ...

Despite being a stateless monk with no official power, the Dalai Lama remains one of China’s most persistent challenges. As ...