What is the history of the Dalai Lama? As celebrations continue post the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, we take a look.

Gyaltsen Norbu, appointed by China, seeks to promote Communist control over Tibetan Buddhism, which raises alarm among ...

The search for the next Dalai Lama will not fully break from tradition, a process in which high-ranking lamas rely on dreams, ...

Initially, the Dalai Lama pushed for Tibet's full independence, but since the 1970s he has adopted the "Middle‑Way Approach": accepting Chinese sovereignty but seeking autonomy for Tibet within China.

It is indeed ironic that an atheist State believes in ‘religious rituals’ and has suddenly become knowledgeable in an esoteric issue such as the soul migration ...

Ruled by an ancient theological order of Buddhist monks, Tibet had no army worth its name and was quickly overrun. China’s ...

China and India are in a tense standoff regarding the Dalai Lama’s successor during the celebrations of his 90th birthday.

China has called the issue of the Dalai Lama and his succession a “thorn” in its relationship with India, days after the 14th ...

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, Anand Vardhan, and Shardool Katyayan are joined ...

China’s attack on India in 1962, with skirmishes leading up to it, all started in the 1950s after the PLA forcibly occupied ...

China has also sought to elevate other spiritual figures, particularly Tibetan Buddhism’s No. 2 figure, the Panchen Lama. A boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen disappeared soon after, ...

With the dear old Dalai Lama, it’s different. Reincarnation still happens, but the souls of the dead migrate into the bodies of a newborn and retain no memory of their previous lives. This becomes a ...