The Dalai Lama says he'll have a successor, after all, ending years of speculation that he might be the last person to hold the role and meaning he'd be reincarnated.

DHARAMSHALA, India, July 2 (Reuters) - The elderly Dalai Lama assured his followers on Wednesday that upon his death he would be reincarnated as the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and ...

The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with China’s Communist Party over ...

The Dalai Lama will issue a message on July 2, days ahead of his 90th birthday and a hugely anticipated decision as to whether he will have an eventual successor.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is preparing to address one of the most sensitive questions in global religion and geopolitics: who will succeed him. Ahead of his 90th birthday on July 6 ...

The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching back 500 years after his death.

World News The Dalai Lama prepares for his successor — and to scupper China’s plans to name their own By Michael Kaplan Published July 1, 2025, 7:00 a.m. ET ...

As the Dalai Lama turns 90 this month, he is focusing attention on the future of Tibetan Buddhism and the exiled Tibetan nation. The spiritual leader, who led a flock of tens of thousands out of ...

Thousands of people gathered in India’s Dharamshala on Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama – a key milestone in the life of the spiritual leader and Nobel Peace laureate ...