Even living Buddhas aren’t above the law in China. A new book written by the Dalai Lama, the highest authority in Tibetan ...

In his latest book, A Voice for the Voiceless, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, unveiled his political “plan” for Tibet’s ...

In the twilight of his life, Tibet’s spiritual leader casts an eye on the past and his struggle with the Chinese regime.

Representative Thinlay Chukki of the Tibet Bureau Geneva attended a side event on the situation of persecuted communities in ...

In 1995, the Dalai Lama selected a young boy as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, the second highest monk in Tibetan Buddhism. The same year, the Chinese government selected another boy for ...

In my role as the Dalai Lama, I was trying to mitigate the disaster for my people. On October 26, 1951, approximately three ...

5. What happened with the Panchen Lama, and why is it relevant? The controversy over the Panchen Lama—a senior figure in Tibetan Buddhism—illustrates China’s approach to religious succession.

The spiritual leader, who escaped from Lhasa on March 17, 1959, has written a new book in which is he is unapologetically ...

The most important figure in determining the new reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is the second-highest authority in the Gelug sect, the Panchen Lama. The Dalai Lama, in turn, affirms the ...

The Dalai Lama offers a précis of his diplomatic efforts from the invasion onward. There’s a quietly touching account of his six-month visit to China in 1954 with the Panchen Lama, the second ...