Initially, the Dalai Lama pushed for Tibet's full independence, but since the 1970s he has adopted the "Middle‑Way Approach": accepting Chinese sovereignty but seeking autonomy for Tibet within China.

China has also sought to elevate other spiritual figures, particularly Tibetan Buddhism’s No. 2 figure, the Panchen Lama. A boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen disappeared soon after, ...

How fortuitous or how planned that I have taken up the topic of reincarnation and sent out a survey to my dear readers to share their beliefs as to whether our souls are implanted in a new body after ...

Ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama announced that he will be reborn after he dies, and that the Tibetan Buddhist ...

China has asserted that it alone will approve any future Dalai Lama under what it describes as an established legal and ...

This comes amid growing interest in the succession of the current Dalai Lama, who has repeatedly stated that only his Gaden ...

The U.S gave a clear message of support for Tibet's efforts to protect its religious tradition at the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebration.

China scolded U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and told Washington to "stop meddling" after he extended birthday wishes to the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader.

China is planning for the death of the globally admired spiritual leader. The United States should prepare as well.

There are multiple reasons why the MEA doesn’t dare to say “no one except Dalai Lama can decide his successor”, some of which ...

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

Calling himself a “simple Buddhist monk” who usually didn’t celebrate birthdays, the Dalai Lama marked his 90th on Sunday by ...