The Dalai Lama celebrated his 90th birthday today. Per Buddhist beliefs, the Tibetan Buddhist religion says he'll be reincarnated, but China says it has final say on who the next Dalai Lama will be.

Calling himself a "simple Buddhist monk", the Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday in the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been living in exile since ...

Dalai Lama marks his 90th birthday as crowds throng his home-in-exile By CNN Newssource today at 10:05 PM Published July 5, 2025 10:17 PM ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under Chinese Communist Party rule, sustaining the cause ...

The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, decided by the Gaden Phodrang Trust, not China. China claims authority to select the next Dalai Lama, causing tension with Tibetans, India, and ...

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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. But as he approaches his 90th birthday ...

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.

Tibetans in India’s Himalayan town of Dharamshala, the Dalai Lama’s home in exile, and scattered around the world fear a new onslaught on their cultural and religious identity.

MCLEOD GANJ/BEIJING: The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that the 600-year-old Tibetan spiritual institution would continue after his death, reassuring Buddhist followers around the globe and saying ...

The Dalai Lama signals China should stay out of divine succession process The exiled spiritual leader said only the organization that he founded can recognize the future reincarnation as anxiety ...