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.

As China grows more assertive in extending its authoritarianism beyond its borders, this succession question tests whether ...

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

On the night of March 17, 1959, the Dalai Lama escaped Lhasa in disguise. Dressed as a soldier, he crossed mountains and ...

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.

Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama can choose the body into which he is reincarnated. His succession plan is ...

Ahead of his 90th birthday, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism signaled that China should stay away from the process of ...

The Dalai Lama firmly rejected any Chinese involvement in the succession, insisting that “no one else has any such authority to interfere”. View on euronews ...

The 14th Dalai Lama is the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was born in 1935 and was selected as the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of two. Many Tibetans around the world regard the Dalai Lama as ...

Throughout history, there have been reactionary forces that attempted to halt the rolling wheels of history, and the 14th Dalai Lama is a notorious example. He is by no means the "messenger of peace" ...

The Dalai Lama made a six-month visit to Mao Tse-tung’s new China, listened patiently to lectures on Marxism and Leninism, saw factories, dams, parades. Back in Tibet, Red technicians set to work.