China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who ...

The decision regarding the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation is inherently political and intricately linked with the Sino-Indian ...

Ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama announced that he will be reborn after he dies, and that the Tibetan Buddhist ...

China scolded U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and told Washington to "stop meddling" after he extended birthday wishes to the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader.

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

At 90, the Dalai Lama is still one of the world's most powerful spiritual leaders, writes Pico Iyer. Here’s why.

Living in exile since fleeing Chinese rule in 1959, he remains a global symbol of Tibetan culture and resistance.

The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama, spoke about his hope to live beyond 130 and reincarnate after ...

If the current Dalai Lama, the 14th, offers any more details in the coming days about how his successor might be chosen, or who it might be, that would represent a dramatic break with tradition.

But Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, has hinted longstanding rules such as his successor being found in the Tibet region and being a male under six years of age may not apply this time around.