The Dalai Lama’s succession plan is politically consequential for most Tibetans who oppose China’s tight control of Tibet and ...

The aging spiritual leader is looking to prevent Beijing from taking advantage of a power vacuum. But there is pressure to preserve a core element of Tibetan Buddhism.

The Dalai Lama has laid out his succession plan. Addressing a gathering of religious elders in Dharamshala, India Wednesday, ...

Beijing has spoken loud and clear: the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama will be in China, and approved by the Chinese ...

As China grows more assertive in extending its authoritarianism beyond its borders, this succession question tests whether ...

In March 1959, as Chinese troops crushed an attempted uprising in Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, fled into India.

The Tibetan Buddhist leader, who turns 90 on Sunday, appears concerned that Beijing will sweep in after his death to install ...

The Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, announced that the lineage would go on despite Chinese efforts to ...

The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years ...

The Dalai Lama announced that the centuries-old institution bearing his name will continue after his death and warned that no ...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending speculation ignited by his remark that he might be the last ...

In the past, he’s hinted that the institution of the Dalai Lama might end with his death. But now, he announced some succession plans that will likely lead to more tension with China's ruling ...