The ‘Golden Urn’ is at the heart of the ongoing controversy over how the next Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, will be chosen. While the 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has asserted that the temporal institution will continue but his “reincarnation” will “not be chosen by China”, the Chinese government has hit…
With the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s spiritual leader, soon to turn 90, the issue of how to identify his successor, traditionally viewed as his reincarnation, is a key issue facing Tibet’s government-in-exile and China, which took control of the Himalayan region more than 70 years ago. While China has claimed the sole authority to determine…
The head of China’s United Front Work Department, the Communist Party body that oversees religious organisations, has warned faith groups to guard against “hidden dangers in the religious field and resolutely resist foreign infiltration”. Li Ganjie visited a number of religious organisations this week to deliver the warning, state news agency Xinhua reported. The Panchen…
Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama has said in his new book that the Chinese leadership ‘lacked courage and political will’ to resolve the Tibet issue. The Dalai Lama says that it is unfortunate that Beijing did not seize on the opportunity he offered to resolve the Tibet issue in a manner that was…
Beijing will not recognise the Dalai Lama’s proposal for a foreign successor and will deal with reincarnation according to Chinese law, according to an official scholar on Tibetan Buddhism. “If the next Dalai Lama is declared to have been reincarnated abroad, I think it is illegal,” Li Decheng, deputy director general of the official China…
China’s foreign ministry has criticised the Dalai Lama after he claimed in his new book ‘Voice for the Voiceless’ that the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism would be born outside China, reported news agency Reuters. China has criticised the Dalai Lama for his comments on his successor being born outside Chinese territory(REUTERS) Addressing the…
By Krishna N. Das Dalai Lama says his successor to be born outside China NEW DELHI, – The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of the Himalayan region he fled more than…
Munich [Germany], February 23 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) reiterated its dedication to safeguarding and advancing the Uyghur language, which it considers an essential component of Uyghur identity. In observance of this day, WUC’s Education Committee, in partnership with Dogu Turkistan Ili Mesrep Uyghur Vakfi, declared a commemorative event scheduled for February 23 in…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes the current Dalai Lama could “return to the right path” and fully remedy his political propositions, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. China is open to talks about the future of the current Dalai Lama as long as he can give up the position of splitting China, said Guo…
Gyalo Thondup, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and a political operator in Tibet and the greater region, has died, the Dalai Lama’s office confirmed in a statement. He died on Sunday in Kalimpong in West Bengal, India, according to Tibetan media. He was 97. “He was a good man who did his best…