Tenzin Gyatso,  the 14th Dalai Lama, was only 23 years old when he fled Tibet in March 1959 into China. His arduous journey, which started from Lhasa where he disguised himself as a Chinese soldier, ...

The Dalai Lama said Wednesday there will be a successor after his death. But China insists that it alone has the authority to ...

The elderly Dalai Lama, earlier this week, assured followers that upon his death, he would be reincarnated as the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and spelt out a succession process, setting ...

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

A senior Indian minister has said that only the Dalai Lama and the organization he has set up have the authority to identify his successor as the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism, in a rare comment ...

DHARAMSHALA – As he approaches his 90th birthday, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, announced on July 1 ...

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 announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching ...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after ...

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

The Buddhist leader’s decision to arrange a successor for Tibetans outside Beijing’s control only shows the power of faith these days among the Chinese.

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, turns 90 this week—a milestone that's reigniting speculation over his eventual successor.