Dalai Lama

All-Party MPs Urge Centre to Award Bharat Ratna to Dalai Lama

07 Jul 2025

In a bold show of solidarity with the Tibetan cause, an all-party parliamentary group has written to the Indian government, requesting that the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, be awarded to Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The letter, submitted by the Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet, also urged...

Dalai Lama Turns 90: PM Modi Calls him ‘A Symbol of Love’, Extend Wishes

06 Jul 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished the Tibetan spiritual leader, 14th Dalai Lama, on his 90th birthday. In a message posted on X, PM Modi referred to him as a epitome of 'love, compassion, patience and moral discipline' and wished his 'good health and long life'. At the same...

Dalai Lama Turns 90, Urges Kindness and Peace: ‘I Am Just a Simple Buddhist Monk’

06 Jul 2025

While the 14th Dalai Lama was celebrating his 90th birthday on Sunday, July 6, the spiritual leader of the Tibetans issued a touching message to his believers. A day earlier, he went on X and asked people to cultivate kindness and compassion. He noted that he does not tend to...

Dalai Lama Blocks Han Influence in Tibet With Reincarnation Plan

05 Jul 2025

As the 14th Dalai Lama reaches 90, his declaration to reincarnate has rocked China's plans in Tibet and revived the Tibetan fight for identity and spiritual independence. The choice is a serious blow to Beijing's attempts to erode Tibetan culture through the enlarging Han presence and increasing military presence in...

Dalai Lama, Nearing 90, Expresses Hope to Live 40 More Years

05 Jul 2025

The Dalai Lama on Saturday dismissed speculation going on for the declaration of his successor, saying that he wishes to keep serving people for another 30-40 years. At a long life prayer ceremony organized in advance of his 90th birthday at Tsuglagkhang, the principal Dalai Lama temple in McLeodganj, Tenzin...

Is the Dalai Lama a Symbol of Gender Diversity in Buddhism?

03 Jul 2025

A prominent Australian scholar has proposed that the spiritual persona of Dalai Lama represents gender fluidity, rendering him a symbol of significance to queer Buddhists across the globe. The theory is put forward by Stephen Kerry, a lecturer in sociology at Charles Darwin University, who points out the Dalai Lama's...

Why the World May Soon Witness Two Dalai Lama & What It Means

02 Jul 2025

As the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, celebrates his 90th birthday this week, he is not retiring into quiet contemplation. Rather, he is rewriting history. In a daring and historic move, he has announced that his reincarnation will carry on after his passing away, and that only his trusty institution...

Dalai Lama Succession Turns Political as China Reasserts Golden Urn Rule

02 Jul 2025

A new row over the Dalai Lama's succession has broken out with Beijing claiming it will have to validate the next reincarnation. This was said just hours after the Dalai Lama himself stated that only his nonprofit organisation is authorised to determine his successor. The comments have rekindled tensions as...

‘Must Be Approved by Beijing’: China Responds to Dalai Lama, Demands Control

02 Jul 2025

China on Wednesday categorically said that it has to approve the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, addressing the Tibetan spiritual leader's recent declaration that he will have a selected successor upon death. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, escaped Lhasa in 1959, aged 23, out of fear for his life...

‘No One Else Has The Right’: Dalai Lama Rejects China’s Role in Choosing His Successor

02 Jul 2025

The 14th Dalai Lama has made it categorically clear that China will not be involved in the selection of the 15th Dalai Lama, explaining that only traditional Tibetan Buddhist methods and the Gaden Phodrang Trust will determine the process of reincarnation. In a posting called "Affirming the Continuation of the...

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