Tibetan Buddhism
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Xi makes visit to Tibet to celebrate 60 years of Chinese rule: 'Tibetan Buddhism needs to change'
World | Aug 21, 2025, 05:38 PM ISTWhile addressing to a crowd of 20,000 in Lhasa, Xi Jinping highlighted the political importance of the visit amid ongoing tensions over the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
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Dalai Lama alone will decide his successor, says India in clear message to China
India | Jul 03, 2025, 01:24 PM ISTThe Dalai Lama holds a deeply significant position not only for Tibetans but also for millions of his followers around the world. The decision regarding his successor lies solely with the Dalai Lama, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said in a statement.
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Beijing opposes Dalai Lama's succession method: Why China lays claim to top Tibetan religious leader
World | Jul 02, 2025, 02:42 PM ISTThe Chinese government has reasserted its claim over the succession of the Dalai Lama, stating that the 15th Dalai Lama must be selected through the Qing dynasty-era “golden urn” method and approved by Beijing.
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Dalai Lama's succession plan: What happens if no successor is named? Explained
World | Jul 02, 2025, 01:11 PM ISTThe Dalai Lama has firmly said that the Gaden Phodrang Trust will choose his successor. The announcement comes amid intensifying concerns over the future of Tibetan Buddhism and a brewing succession conflict between the Tibetan exile leadership and the Chinese state.
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Dalai Lama's 90th birthday: Will the Tibetan spiritual leader name a successor?
India | Jul 01, 2025, 05:01 PM ISTAs the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday approaches, all eyes are on what he might say about his successor, a decision that could shape the future of Tibetan Buddhism and echo far beyond.
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Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader, to visit Sikkim in October for five days
India | Sep 14, 2023, 07:48 AM ISTDalai Lama Sikkim visit: "His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, will be coming to Sikkim on October 10 (Tuesday) and return on October 14 (Saturday), " Sikkim CM said at a meeting with senior officials in the state capital on Wednesday to discuss the proposed visit of the Tibetan spiritual leader.
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Himachal: 4-year-old boy identified as Rinpoche's reincarnation, made head of Nyingma sect
India | Nov 30, 2022, 06:13 PM ISTHimachal Pradesh: Perhaps, this is first time that a 4-year-old child was appointed as head of a religious school.
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Dalai Lama's plan to end reincarnation blasphemous: China
World | Mar 09, 2015, 06:06 PM ISTChina on Monday termed as "blasphemous" the remarks of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama that the tradition of reincarnation should cease with his death, saying it will go against religion and history of