Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a ...

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, he ...

In the north of India, near the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains there is a town, Dharamsala. The community has a population of about 53,000, and its name comes from an ancient term taken from the ...

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for decades as a near deity. They also see him as ...

The Tibetan spiritual leader said that his lineage would continue, and that China would have no say about his successor. By Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar Reporting from Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama ...

DHARAMSHALA, India — The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been ...

On March 17, 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Tibet amid escalating violence from Chinese troops, feeling compelled to escape due to the imminent threat to his life. The narrative from Beijing portrays him ...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years speculation that started when he indicated that he ...