Research shows how the Dalai Lama is emerging an an unlikely inspiration for individuals who share trans and Buddhist identities.

Many observers widely expect China to name its rival successor to the Dalai Lama post, as a Beijing-backed leader would help legitimise its rule in Tibet, which has long resisted full assimilation ...

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

Since the establishment of the national-level ethnic cultural ecology protection zone in Dechen Tibetan autonomous prefecture ...

For Yeshe Ihamo, a researcher on Gesar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the thriving of the Gesar culture can be ...

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.

A three-day Buddhist religious conference began on Wednesday in McLeodganj, a small and quaint hill station in the suburbs of ...

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

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 ...

Amnesty International called on Chinese authorities on Wednesday to cease their interference in religious practices. The ...

The Dalai Lama said he will be reincarnated after he dies, and no one can interfere with the matter of succession. The ...