These need to be firewalled from external factors such as the Dalai Lama’s succession and China’s trade and foreign policy initiatives.

During his recent visit to Ladakh, the Dalai Lama said that India provides a “free and flourishing environment” for the study of Buddhism’s most profound philosophical teachings, while also ...

He entrusted his Gaden Phodrang Trust with exclusive authority to identify the 15th Dalai Lama, and barred any outside ...

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

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, ...

As the Dalai Lama turns 90, China prepares to name a rival successor. But the spiritual leader’s soft power has already ...

As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday with thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, there’s already tension over how the ...

China is planning for the death of the globally admired spiritual leader. The United States should prepare as well.

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

China lodged a protest with India over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's greetings to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday, ...

The 14th Dalai Lama, the head of Tibetan Buddhism, marked his 90th birthday Sunday with a celebration attended by thousands ...

Calling himself a "simple Buddhist monk" who usually didn't celebrate birthdays, the Dalai Lama marked his 90th on Sunday by ...