The search for the next Dalai Lama will not fully break from tradition, a process in which high-ranking lamas rely on dreams, ...

China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who ...

While the spiritual leader’s campaign kept the cause of Tibet alive abroad, it failed to halt the destruction of the Tibetan ...

The decision regarding the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation is inherently political and intricately linked with the Sino-Indian ...

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

The Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet for India in 1959 after China’s invasion, has long advocated for the “Middle Way” approach—seeking greater autonomy for Tibet without pursuing full independence.

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.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending speculation ignited by his remark that he might be the last ...