The Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet for India in 1959 after China’s invasion, has long advocated for the “Middle Way” approach—seeking greater autonomy for Tibet without pursuing full independence.

DHARAMSHALA, India—For Jamyang Monlam, a 24-year-old Buddhist monk in Tibet, time was running out. He longed to meet the Dalai Lama, the 89-year-old religious leader revered by Tibetans but ...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama wrote to Pope Leo XIV extending his greetings to him on his election to leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.

When the Dalai Lama turns 90 in July, the Buddhist monk, who for many exiled Tibetans personifies dreams of a free homeland, will ask if they want a The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader ...

Li's statements come at a time the current Dalai Lama, the 14th, who is exiled and living outside of China has suggested that his successor will not be found within Chinese territory.

The Dalai Lama has tried, as he recounts here, to negotiate with the PRC government to improve his people’s situation. As a teenager, he visited Beijing and met Mao in 1954—who told him ...

A new book written by the Dalai Lama reveals that his next incarnation will be born in the "free world," outside the boundaries controlled by the CCP.

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 ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -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 ...

But the Dalai Lama is not one given to despair. He also writes: "Today's dark period of Communist Chinese occupation may seem endless, but in our long history, it is but a brief nightmare.

The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.