Following a series of pro-independence demonstrations by Buddhist monks and nuns in the first three months of 1995 (the period leading up to the Tibetan New Year), conditions of heightened ...

According to Tibetan beliefs, the soul of a senior Buddhist monk is reborn as a child after his death. The current Dalai Lama was enthroned when he was four and a half years old and renamed Tenzin ...

The International Tibet Council has condemned the forcible removal of young monks, calling it a deliberate effort by Beijing to eradicate Tibetan culture and suppress religious freedoms.

This is the home-in-exile of the Dalai Lama and his government, as well as thousands of Tibetan monks and supporters. Our visit coincided with the events that commemorate each March 10 ...

Today, March 10, 2025, Tibetans worldwide commemorate the 1959 uprising in Tibet. After nearly 70 years of repressive Chinese state rule, government policies that seek to forcibly assimilate non ...

NEW DELHI, March 11 (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 ...

The Dalai Lama has said his successor will be born outside China - but Beijing says it will choose the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. In a new book published on Tuesday, the 89-year ...