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Dalai Lama, god-king for Tibetan Buddhists, will have a successor. That decision is consequential
The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for ...
India backs Dalai Lama's position on successor, contradicting China
DHARAMSHALA - A senior Indian minister has said that only the Dalai Lama and the organisation he has set up have the ...
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India must act to preserve Tibetan autonomy and culture, or risk letting China snuff it out
In Tibetan Buddhism, it's acceptable for a Dalai Lama to reincarnate outside China or Tibet. The 4th Dalai Lama was born in Mongolia in 1589, and the 6th, Tsangyang Gyatso, was born in 1682 in the ...
Akal Takht deliberates gurdwara issue in Waraich village
The Akal Takht has taken cognisance of a unique issue concerning the preservation of a gurdwara building in Waraich village, ...
Dalai Lama's succession plans renews China tussle: What does 'Dalai Lama' mean? How it became a political title?
Amid renewed tensions with China over the issue of succession, it is interesting to know how the term ‘Dalai Lama’ came to be ...