The aging spiritual leader is looking to prevent Beijing from taking advantage of a power vacuum. But there is pressure to preserve a core element of Tibetan Buddhism.

The Dalai Lama’s succession plan is politically consequential for most Tibetans who oppose China’s tight control of Tibet and ...

The Dalai Lama has laid out his succession plan. Addressing a gathering of religious elders in Dharamshala, India Wednesday, ...

Beijing has spoken loud and clear: the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama will be in China, and approved by the Chinese ...

In March 1959, as Chinese troops crushed an attempted uprising in Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, fled into India.

The Tibetan Buddhist leader, who turns 90 on Sunday, appears concerned that Beijing will sweep in after his death to install ...

This comes after Dalai Lama declared that the Gaden Phodrang Trust, a non-profit institution he established, has the sole ...

In the past, he’s hinted that the institution of the Dalai Lama might end with his death. But now, he announced some succession plans that will likely lead to more tension with China's ruling ...

The Dalai Lama announces succession plans ahead of 90th birthday, hinting the next Tibetan Buddhist leader should be chosen without China's interference.

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