The Dalai Lama delivered major news for the future of Tibetan Buddhism and its millions of followers, from China to Texas, last month when he announced he would reincarnate a successor to lead the ...

The battle over the next Dalai Lama, between religious tradition and state power, is set to become one of the defining ...

DHARAMSHALA, India — The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching back 500 years after his death. But as he approaches his ...

NEW DELHI — The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of the ...

DHARAMSHALA, India — Days ahead of his 90th birthday, Tibetan Buddhism's top spiritual leader said the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue. The Dalai Lama made the statement in a pre-recorded ...

Fifty years ago today, two mortar shells landed near the Tibetan palace of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. “When the Chinese guns sounded that warning of death, the first thought in the mind of ...

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The Dalai Lama watches a performance during a celebration for his 90th birthday at the Main Tibetan Temple courtyard in Dharamsala, India, July 6, 2025. Credit: The Office of His Holiness the Dalai ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, gives a lecture in Riga, Latvia on October 12, 2016. - Nina ...

Name: Born Lhamo Thondup, he adopted the name Tenzin Gyatso when recognized as the Dalai Lama as a toddler. He is also referred to as His Holiness, Kundun (The Presence), Precious Victor and Inmost ...