Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama ended years of speculation with that announcement that started when he indicated that he might be the last person to hold the role.

The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for ...

Until the end of June, the continuation of reincarnation, and therefore the future of Tibetan Buddhism, was in question.

Tenzin Gyatso became the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama in 1940. He fled Tibet when Chinese troops crushed an uprising in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in 1959 and has been living in the town of ...

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years of speculation that ...

DHARAMSHALA, India — The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been ...

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The 14th Dalai Lama has celebrated his 90th birthday and marked the occasion with a long-awaited announcement about the ...

Recognised worldwide in his red robes and with his wide smile, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th dalai lama, describes himself as a “simple Buddhist monk”. But millions of Tibetan Buddhists worship him as ...

It has insisted that the Dalai Lama’s successor will be from inside China and must be approved by its government. Tibetans in exile have long been wary of the officially atheist Chinese government’s ...

In 1995, Beijing detained a 6-year-old boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the Panchen Lama, the second-highest spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism. The child has not been seen publicly since.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama presides over an event celebrating his 90th birthday according to a Tibetan calendar at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Monday, June 30, 2025 ...