Robert Barnett
China offers glimpse of Tibetan life without the Dalai Lama
By Sam McNeil — June 16, 2021
(AP) — The party is pressing a program to Sinicize Tibetan life through programs to separate Tibetans from their language, culture, and especially, their devotion to the Dalai Lama.
At 80, the Dalai Lama is just getting started
By Lauren Markoe — July 9, 2015
(RNS) The Dalai Lama's work may increasingly engage him with people and events far removed from centers of Buddhist thought.
For aging religious leaders, is it still ’till death us do part’?
By Adelle M. Banks — February 25, 2013
(RNS) When aging religious leaders reach the top echelons of temporal and spiritual power, their followers have a certain expectation: Till death us do part. But Pope Benedict XVI’s surprise resignation has shifted that calculus, prompting introspection about when, if and how to let go of religion's senior management.
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