As days draw closer to the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday on July 6, monks clad in maroon and saffron robes are moving towards Tsuglagkhang, the main Dalai Lama temple, in the Himalayan town of McLeodganj ...

The choice of a successor to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, is a matter of riveting interest not ...

NEW DELHI – India has firmly thrown its weight behind the Dalai Lama’s exclusive right to decide his successor, opposing ...

The exchange highlighted how the process of identifying the next Dalai Lama could add fresh tensions to relations between the ...

Its not the traditional method, Tsering said.The golden urn process was introduced in 1793 for selecting reincarnations of the Dalai Lama by drawing lots or tally sticks from a golden urn.His highness ...

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A senior Indian minister has said that only the Dalai Lama and the organization he has set up have the authority to identify ...

DHARAMSHALA, India (Reuters) -The Tibetan government-in-exile could hold more back-channel talks with China this year on ...

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

BEIJING/DHARAMSHALA, India (Reuters) -Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President ...

Despite being a stateless monk with no official power, the Dalai Lama remains one of China’s most persistent challenges. As ...

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