State media in China says that the man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party during a rare face-to-face meeting ...

A young Tibetan controversially appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more Chinese.

In May 1995, the 14th Dalai Lama named Gedhun as the 11th Panchen Lama, the second-highest spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism. Within days, he and his family vanished. Chinese authorities took ...

Penpa Tsering, who is the elected leader of the Central Tibetan Administartion (CTA), has confirmed that massive preparations are going on for the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebrations, which ...

The Dalai Lama stepped down as his people's political head in 2011, passing the baton of secular power to a government chosen democratically by 130,000 Tibetans around the world.

LaMa Animal Rescue is the group that led the rescue efforts at the hoarder situation in Doyline a few months ago. Saturday, LaMa held a grand opening celebration and fundraiser for its newLu ...

Harila, 39, rose to fame within the global mountaineering scene in 2023, when she and Nepali climber Tenjen “Lama” Sherpa successfully climbed the world’s 14 peaks above 8,000 meters in just ...

A photo of His Holiness the Dalai Lama is displayed during the annual Monlam Prayer Festival for world peace at the Richmond Civic Auditorium in Richmond, Calif., on Friday, March 28, 2025.

The Dalai Lama has declared that his successor will be born outside of China to ensure freedom from Chinese control, escalating the ongoing succession dispute. China's government maintains it has ...

In the Dalai Lama’s new memoir, Voice for the Voiceless, the spiritual leader directly addresses Tibet’s struggle for autonomy. Post by Elliott Abrams, Author March 17, 2025 1:23 pm (EST) ...

China's foreign ministry has criticised the Dalai Lama after he claimed in his new book 'Voice for the Voiceless' that the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism would be born outside China ...

His book marks the first time the Dalai Lama has specified that his successor would be born in the “free world,” which he describes as outside China. He has previously said only that he could ...