The exiled spiritual leader said only the organization that he founded can recognize the future reincarnation as anxiety mounts over whether Beijing will interfere with the process.

China, which considers the current Dalai Lama a separatist, has asserted that only Beijing has the authority to decide who his successor will be.

China insists on approving the next Dalai Lama. However, the current Dalai Lama says the selection should follow Tibetan Buddhist traditions. He reite