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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama turned 90 on July 6, after a week of celebrations by followers during which he angered China again and spoke of his hope to live beyond age 130 and reincarnate after dying. [1]
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (C) speaks during a prayer ceremony celebrating his 90th birthday at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala, on July 6, 2025. [2]
AFP The Dalai Lama said Saturday he dreamed of living for decades more, as the Buddhist spiritual leader prayed with thousands of exiled Tibetans on the eve of his 90th birthday. [3]
Vijay Kranti is an Indian journalist, Tibetologist and photographer with over five decades of experience documenting Tibet and China, chairing the Centre for Himalayan Asia Studies and Engagement. [4]
AFP Esoteric questions of reincarnation rarely have real-world political consequences, but many fear the search for a successor to Tibet’s Dalai Lama could inflame regional rivalries. [5]
The Dalai Lama visits the Mahabodhi Temple ahead of the International Sangha Forum in Bodh Gaya in India’s Bihar state, Dec. 16, 2023/Photo:RFA RFA Cultivate a life of virtue that will benefit others. [6]
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, has praised Aung San Suu Kyi’s non-violent struggle for democracy, saying that he has “real admiration” for The Lady. [7]
BEIJING — The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, has said he thinks his traditional religious role should cease with his death rather than a “stupid” successor replace him and disgrace himself. [8]
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama turned 90 on July 6, after a week of celebrations by followers during which he angered China again and spoke of his hope to live beyond age 130 and reincarnate after dying.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (C) speaks during a prayer ceremony celebrating his 90th birthday at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala, on July 6, 2025.
AFP The Dalai Lama said Saturday he dreamed of living for decades more, as the Buddhist spiritual leader prayed with thousands of exiled Tibetans on the eve of his 90th birthday.
Vijay Kranti is an Indian journalist, Tibetologist and photographer with over five decades of experience documenting Tibet and China, chairing the Centre for Himalayan Asia Studies and Engagement.
AFP Esoteric questions of reincarnation rarely have real-world political consequences, but many fear the search for a successor to Tibet’s Dalai Lama could inflame regional rivalries.
The Dalai Lama visits the Mahabodhi Temple ahead of the International Sangha Forum in Bodh Gaya in India’s Bihar state, Dec. 16, 2023/Photo:RFA RFA Cultivate a life of virtue that will benefit others.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, has praised Aung San Suu Kyi’s non-violent struggle for democracy, saying that he has “real admiration” for The Lady.
BEIJING — The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, has said he thinks his traditional religious role should cease with his death rather than a “stupid” successor replace him and disgrace himself.
BEIJING / DHARAMSALA, India — Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is “making a fool” of Tibetan Buddhism with suggestions he may not reincarnate, or reincarnate as something inappropriate, and the faithful are not buying it, a Chinese offi
BEIJING — Tibet can exist within China in the same spirit as the European Union sticks together, the territory’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, considered a dangerous separatist by Beijing, said.