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, ...

China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs unveiled its fifth batch of “standardized” names for 27 places located in Arunachal Pradesh ...

The Tibetan spiritual leader, who thanked for the greetings on his 90th birthday, said, “I feel my life has been of some benefit to people across the world and I dedicate the rest of my time to the ...

Nasser Sultan made sure he was in his best dressed on Friday evening when he scored an unexpected invite to the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday event.

Ladakh is all set to welcome the Dalai Lama on Saturday where he will stay for a period of nearly one month. The UT ...

A young adventurer on a world tour finds herself at Rumtek Monastery, home to the Karmapa, his regents, and students.

While the spiritual leader’s campaign kept the cause of Tibet alive abroad, it failed to halt the destruction of the Tibetan ...

By Gwynne Dyer The whole business of succession would be a lot simpler if the Dalai Lama could just regenerate, like Doctor Who. When the time comes for The Doctor to stop looking like David ...

As a spiritual and political leader, the Dalai Lama has spent his life building a nation in exile, but potential disputes ...

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 ...

For years, he had left open the question of succession. Now, the matter has been settled spiritually, yet much remains ...

# The White House’s ruthless action has also attracted a great deal of criticism from bodies like Amnesty International who are assessing the impact of foreign aid cuts in a number of countries; and, ...