The clash is a long time in the making with the Dalai Lama insisting the Chinese government will have absolutely no say in ...

The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama, has turned 90. He celebrated his birthday Sunday, capping a week ...

COMMENT: The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday today will shine a spotlight on Beijing’s long-held antipathy towards organised ...

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has issued a statement affirming that his reincarnation will be determined solely by the ...

The 14th Dalai Lama, who’s lived outside of Tibet since 1959 and just turned 90 years old, announced last week that he will be reincarnated. In other words, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism says ...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks in a previously-recorded video message at the start of the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference in Dharamshala, India on July 2, 2025.

In 1989, the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2011, he relinquished his political leadership role in the Tibetan government in exile but kept his position as spiritual leader.

Dalai Lama lays out succession plan, denying Chinese efforts at control The Tibetan Buddhist leader, who turns 90 on Sunday, appears concerned that Beijing will sweep in after his death to install ...

Tibet observers and scholars believe that after the 14th Dalai Lama’s death, Tibetan Buddhists might well find a scenario where two rival successors jostle for legitimacy – an exiled leader ...