The Dalai Lama has affirmed his reincarnation will continue, challenging China's claim to approve his successor. This ...

In a landmark and spiritually meaningful move, the Dalai Lama has unveiled his plan for choosing a successor, subtly pushing ...

The Dalai Lama has said that the Tibetan Buddhist community he leads has the “sole authority” to recognise his future ...

As the Dalai Lama nears his 90th birthday, he has firmly asserted that only his office holds the authority to identify his ...

A legacy that defies borders: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, has for over 60 years carried the spiritual aspirations of ...

And as China’s political and economic clout has grown, the Dalai Lama’s global influence appears to be waning, especially as old age makes it difficult to sustain his extensive globe-trotting.

That means that reincarnation is not merely a spiritual issue, but lies at the intersection of geopolitics, sovereignty and legitimacy. The Dalai Lama’s declaration reasserts the political agency of ...

But the Dalai Lama’s death could also pose a new dilemma for the Communist Party. Some younger Tibetans in exile view his “middle way” approach as overtly conciliatory toward Beijing.

But in 1995, years after the death of the 10th Panchen Lama, Beijing upended tradition by installing its own Panchen Lama in defiance of the Dalai Lama, whose pick for the role – a six-year-old boy – ...