Tethong, a long-serving aide to the Dalai Lama, offers a vivid insider’s look at the life of one of the most revered spiritual figures in the world. The Dalai Lama who emerges here is a humble man who ...

The Dalai Lama delivered major news for the future of Tibetan Buddhism and its millions of followers, from China to Texas, last month when he announced he would reincarnate a successor to lead the ...

It would perhaps be asking too much for a biography of the 14th Dalai Lama, divinely appointed leader of Tibet, to treat its subject with a skeptical eye, particularly when it's obviously being ...

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching back 500 years after his death. But as he ...

Fifty years ago today, two mortar shells landed near the Tibetan palace of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. “When the Chinese guns sounded that warning of death, the first thought in the mind of ...

As the 14th Dalai Lama enters the later years of his life – he turns 91 in July – the question of succession is no longer a distant concern. It is an unfolding reality that will shape the future of ...

The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader said in his new book. This is the first time the 89-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader has explicitly said that his ...

Name: Born Lhamo Thondup, he adopted the name Tenzin Gyatso when recognized as the Dalai Lama as a toddler. He is also referred to as His Holiness, Kundun (The Presence), Precious Victor and Inmost ...

NEW DELHI — The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of the ...