Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President Xi Jinping met a Tibetan Buddhist ...

Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President Xi Jinping met a Tibetan Buddhist ...

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 ...

The Dalai Lama’s decadal birthday celebrations draw more than the usual flock to Dharamshala, the headquarters of Tibetan ...

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

The Dalai Lama has become one of the world's most recognizable figures while leading a Tibetan diaspora through their ...

Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama can choose the body into which he is reincarnated. His succession plan is ...

The Tibetan spiritual leader said that his lineage would continue, and that China would have no say about his successor.

Days before his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama reaffirmed that only the Gaden Phodrang Trust—his official office—has the ...