At 90, the Dalai Lama is still one of the world's most powerful spiritual leaders, writes Pico Iyer. Here’s why.

The Dalai Lama says he hopes to live until he is over 130 years old, a remark he made during a ceremony organized by his ...

His followers see him as the face of Tibet’s aspirations for greater autonomy, but have for years wrestled with the idea that ...

The elderly Dalai Lama on Saturday said that he hopes to live for another 40 years until he is about 130 years old, days ...

The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching ...

Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama can choose the body into which he is reincarnated. His succession plan is ...

In a rebuke to China, the Tibetan spiritual leader says only his foundation has the power to recognise his successor.

“I still hope to live for over 130 years,” the Dalai Lama told hundreds followers from around the world who gathered in the ...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said he hopes to live until he is more than 130 years old, days after he laid out ...

Candidates are usually young boys born at about the time of the previous Dalai Lama’s death. But the current Dalai Lama has said that there is no reason why a woman cannot be the next reincarnation.

The search for a Dalai Lama's reincarnation begins only upon the incumbent's death. In the past, the successor has been identified by senior monastic disciples, based on spiritual signs and ...