The supreme authority of Tibetan Buddhism, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, fled Tibet in 1959 in the face of Chinese repression. Settled in Dharamsala, northern India, he relinquished his ...

Tenzin Gyatso, recognized as the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, hence leading a spiritual path, but Thondup was groomed for ...

China's coercive and violently assimilationist policies towards its religious and racial minorities are not unknown. Despite ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Gyalo Thondup, elder brother of the Dalai Lama, speaks to media in Dharamshala, India, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP ...

Each Dalai Lama is considered to be the reincarnation of the first one and the current Dalai Lama is the 14th in the line. While the Dalai Lama maintains that only he has the authority to identify his ...

“Xizang in the past: A grim picture” argues the article, adding, “Throughout history, there have been reactionary forces that attempted to halt the rolling wheels of history, and the 14th Dalai Lama ...

China says it is open to talks if Dalai Lama recognises Tibet, Taiwan as parts of China Tibet being an inalienable part is distortion of history, says deputy speaker of Tibetan-parliament-in-exile ...

Thondup died at his home in Kalimpong, a hill town in the Himalayan foothills of eastern West Bengal state, on Saturday evening, media reports said.

China says it is open to the Dalai Lama returning to Tibet if he recognises Taiwan and Tibet as parts of China. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader has been living in exile for more than 65 ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China hopes the Dalai Lama can "return to the right path" and is open to discussions about the Nobel Peace laureate's future as long as certain conditions are met, the foreign ...

Gyalo Thondup, the Dalai Lama's elder brother and a significant figure in Tibetan politics, passed away at 97 in Kalimpong. Thondup, who devoted his life to the Tibetan cause, fled Tibet in 1952 ...