The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching ...

For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under ...

The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for ...

Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President Xi Jinping met a Tibetan Buddhist ...

The Dalai Lama said Wednesday there will be a successor after his death. But China insists that it alone has the authority to ...

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

In a rebuke to China, the Tibetan spiritual leader says only his foundation has the power to recognise his successor.

The Dalai Lama said that the 600-year-old institution will continue after his death and that he would have a successor after ...

The search for a Dalai Lama's reincarnation begins only upon the incumbent's death. In the past, the successor has been identified by senior monastic disciples, based on spiritual signs and ...

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has given the strongest indication yet that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death, at celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday.