China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who the real successor is.

The search for the next Dalai Lama will not fully break from tradition, a process in which high-ranking lamas rely on dreams, divinations and whispers of oracles to locate the “reincarnation ...

As the Dalai Lama turns 90, the Tibetan spiritual leader finds himself in a tussle with China over who will succeed him. The clash is a long time in the making with the Dalai Lama insisting the ...

Dalai Lama’s message of kindness needed 'more than ever' Around the world, including here in the Chicago area, Tibetans and supporters celebrated the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on July 6.

DHARAMSHALA – As he approaches his 90th birthday, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, announced on July 1 that there will be a 15th reincarnation—his first major public ...

On Sunday, Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama, celebrated his 90th birthday. He has long said that at this point, he would make a decision about his succession plans: according to Tibetan Buddhist ...

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

The decision regarding the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation is inherently political and intricately linked with the Sino-Indian border dispute.

Could there eventually be two Dalai Lamas? The 14th Dalai Lama’s announcement in early July that he will reincarnate as Tibetan Buddhism’s next spiritual leader reassured worried followers.

As the Dalai Lama turns 90, China prepares to name a rival successor. But the spiritual leader’s soft power has already thwarted efforts to erase Tibet’s identity.

The Dalai Lama, who turned 90 on Sunday, has long advocated for Tibetan autonomy.

As tensions between India and China persist on multiple fronts, the issue of the Dalai Lama’s succession has now emerged as a fresh point of spiritual and geopolitical contention.