Dharamshala, 4 July 2025: Kyabje Avikrita Vajra Rinpoche of the Sakya lineage arrived in Dharamshala to participate in the Long-Life Prayer Offering for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, as well as the celebration of His Holiness’s 90th birthday, organised by the Central Tibetan Administration. Upon (...)
Dharamshala: Today, on 4 July 2025, the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference successfully concluded with a brief closing ceremony attended by Chief Guest Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Sikyong Penpa Tsering. The ceremony was also attended by the participants of the conference. During the (...)
The aging spiritual leader is looking to prevent Beijing from taking advantage of a power vacuum. But there is pressure to preserve a core element of Tibetan Buddhism. -By Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar from Dharamsala, July 2, 2025 The Dalai Lama has spent decades in exile thinking about ways to (...)
by Varinder Bhatia, The Indian Express The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, who turns 90 this July 6 is so far the longest living of all the Dalai Lamas. His reincarnation will be identified by the Gaden Phodrang Trust. The previous 13 Dalai Lamas all took birth either in the year that their (...)
Brussels, 04 July 2025: In an Op-Ed co-signed by 34 Members of European Parliament (MEPs) from four major political groups (EPP, S&D, Renew Europe and Greens/EFA) have called on the People’s Republic of China to respect the religious freedom of Tibetan Buddhists and cease all efforts to (...)
Nobody has the right to decide the 15th Dalai Lama except the incumbent, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju said. by Anirban Bhaumik, Deccan Herald New Delhi: India on Thursday endorsed the Tibetan spiritual leader 14th Dalai Lama’s move to rule out any role for China in (...)
by Geeta Pandey,BBC News, Delhi and Samira Hussain, BBC News, Dharamshala Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has confirmed he will have a successor, putting to rest speculation over whether the 600-year-old institution will end when he dies. In a video message keenly-awaited by his (...)
Geneva: Representative Thinley Chukki of the Tibet Bureau in Geneva attended a vital side event during the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council at the Palais des Nations. She addressed the topic of Tibetan Buddhism and the freedom of religious belief. The event was hosted by (...)
by Pheroze L. Vincent, Telegraph The skies have opened in torrents across the Dhauladhar range ahead of the Dalai Lama’s much-reckoned 90th birthday; the air remains mum on what’s to come. Who’s to be his pick as successor, spiritual and temporal head of the Tibetan Buddhists? Is a naming even in (...)