The Chinese government will oversee the reincarnation of the next Dalai Lama, a Chinese Communist Party committee official ...

China has been wanting to bring Tibetan Buddhism under its control. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

A Chinese Communist Party committee official for Tibet has reiterated the Chinese government's stance that the successor to ...

China considers the Nobel laureate a separatist and wants to bring Tibetan Buddhism under its control, but the Dalai Lama & ...

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has confirmed he will have a successor, putting to rest speculation over whether the 600-year-old institution will end when he dies.

The question of Tibet's future has taken on urgency with the Dalai Lama turning 90 this week. Hundreds of followers have been gathering in the Indian town of Dharamshala to honour him. He announced ...

Worshippers thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been living in exile since fleeing Chinese rule in Tibet in 1959 ...

The Dalai Lama has said that his successor will be born in a free country, indicating that the next spiritual leader could come from among Tibetan exiles and not from China. China, meanwhile, is ...

The 14th Dalai Lama was born on 6 July 1935, in a small village just outside the current boundaries of Tibet. His parents, who named him Lhamo Dhondub, were farmers with several other children.

The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday, surrounded by thousands of followers. Worshippers thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been living in ...

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 ...