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

The reincarnation question is thus part of a wider ideological battle: Spiritual authority versus state control, freedom of ...

The political and spiritual leader of the Tibetan community living in exile in India announced the plan for his succession ...

The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, ...

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, performs prayers during a grant function to celebrate his upcoming 90th ...

India must now evolve a more assertive position, not necessarily by confrontation, but by moral clarity. Supporting the Dalai ...

China on Monday lodged a formal protest with India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended birthday greetings to the ...

Traditionally, the Dalai Lama is chosen through deeply rooted Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation rituals. However, Beijing aims to replace this sacred process with a state-controlled, government-approved ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the United States was in "no position" to point fingers at ...

The Dalai Lama, who is celebrating his 90th birthday on Sunday, made these comments during a ceremony organized by his ...

That means that reincarnation is not merely a spiritual issue, but lies at the intersection of geopolitics, sovereignty and legitimacy. The Dalai Lama’s declaration reasserts the political agency of ...

Just short of his ninetieth birthday, the Dalai Lama announced, after years of speculation, that he will have a successor. He mentioned in a pre-recorded video, “I am affirming that the institution of ...