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June 30, 2025 10:09 AM

Dalai Lama set to reveal succession plan as China watches

The Dalai Lama will address a major three-day gathering of Buddhist religious figures this week ahead of his 90th birthday, as his followers wait for the Tibetan spiritual leader to share details about his succession in a move that could irk China. Beijing views the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, as a separatist and says it will choose his successor. The Dalai Lama has said his successor will be born outside China and urged his followers to reje...

March 11, 2025 11:37 AM

Dalai Lama says his successor to be born outside China

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 Himalayan region he fled more than six decades ago. Tibetans worldwide want the institution of the Dalai Lama to continue after the 89-year-old's death, he writes in "Voice for the Voiceless", which was reviewed by Reuters and is being released on Tuesday. He had previously said the line of spiritual leaders might e...

February 21, 2025 12:01 PM

Dalai Lama returns to Dharamsala after winter sojourn in south India

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, returned to his home in Dharamsala on Friday after a month-and-a-half winter sojourn in southern India, his aides confirmed. During his visit, he led prayer services, performed ordinations for 303 monks, and met with over 8,000 people across Bylakuppe and Hunsur in Karnataka. Upon his arrival at Gaggal airport, the Dalai Lama was warmly received by Gyari Dolma, Central Tibetan Administration’s Department of Security Minister, alongside members of the ...

February 13, 2025 7:12 PM

Centre provides Z-category security to Dalai Lama after threat assessment

The central government has granted Z-category security to the Dalai Lama following a recent threat analysis report by the Intelligence Bureau, ANI reported. Previously managed by the Himachal Pradesh Police alongside other agencies, the Tibetan spiritual leader's security will now be overseen by the CRPF, ensuring a more coordinated and enhanced protection system in response to updated intelligence and potential risks. The Dalai Lama, a globally revered figure and the spiritual head of Tibetan...

December 27, 2024 6:11 PM

Dalai Lama Offers Condolences, Remembers Manmohan Singh in Prayers

Following the passing of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday night, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his deep sorrow in a letter to Singh's widow, Gursharan Kaur, on Friday. “I will remember him in my prayers,” the Dalai Lama wrote, offering heartfelt condolences to Gursharan Kaur and the family. Reflecting on his personal connection with the former PM, he added, “Whenever we met over the years, I deeply appreciated his concern and good counsel. I felt he was like an el...

October 28, 2024 5:05 PM

Dalai Lama’s representative highlights Tibetan issue in Philippines

Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, the Dalai Lama's representative for Japan and East Asia, concluded his official visit to the Philippines, where he spotlighted the ongoing struggle for Tibetan autonomy and human rights. The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) confirmed that Arya’s engagements included lectures and discussions emphasizing the importance of international support for Tibet, building on the Philippines' history of backing Tibet’s freedom movement since the 1960s. During a meeting with Co...

June 19, 2024 8:32 PM

Why has a visit by U.S. lawmakers to India upset China?

A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday in India's northern town of Dharamsala. The meeting annoyed Beijing, which urged the United States on Tuesday to "fully recognise the anti-China and separatist nature of the Dalai clique" and refrain from "any form of contact with it". WHY IS THE DELEGATION IN INDIA? The bipartisan seven-member group of American lawmakers is visiting India to meet the Nobel peace laureate, the Dalai Lama. The U...

June 18, 2024 6:04 PM

US lawmakers in India to meet Dalai Lama, discuss Tibet-China dispute bill

A group of U.S. lawmakers arrived in India on Tuesday to meet Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, with the head of the delegation saying President Joe Biden would soon sign a bill that aims to press China to resolve the Tibet dispute. The bill seeks to push Beijing to hold talks with Tibetan leaders, stalled since 2010, to secure a negotiated agreement on Tibet and spur China to address Tibetan people's aspirations on their historical, cultural, religious and linguistic identity. The visi...

June 4, 2024 1:47 PM

Dalai Lama to visit US for knee treatment this month, his office says

Tibetans' spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will travel to the U.S. this month to undergo medical treatment for his knees and will not hold his usual public engagements from June 20, his office said on Monday. The 88-year-old monk was advised against any travel last October following a bout of flu, but after recovery he visited Bodhgaya, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in eastern India, in January. "His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to travel to the United States for medical treatment...