Tibet
Dalai Lama urges Tibetan unity as political leader sworn in
By RNS staff — May 27, 2016
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) The Buddhist spiritual leader criticised an election campaign to elect a political leader that descended into bitter personal rivalries
Exiled Tibetans voting for leader to sustain struggle
By Reuters — March 20, 2016
DHARAMSALA, India -- The second such election follows a decision by the 80-year-old Dalai Lama to relinquish his political authority and vest it in a democratic system that could outlast him.
Exiled Tibetans to elect leader to sustain Dalai Lama legacy
By Reuters — March 18, 2016
DHARAMSALA/NEW DELHI -- The second election of its kind follows a decision by the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate to relinquish his political authority.
Dalai Lama drew big audience despite Beijing protest
By Reuters — March 14, 2016
GENEVA (Reuters) "One part of the human brain usually develops common sense. Some of these (Chinese) hardliners, that part of brain is missing," said the crimson-robed Nobel laureate.
Tibetan Buddhist who self-immolated in India dies of his wounds
By Vishal Arora — March 4, 2016
NEW DELHI (RNS) The immolation took place days before the March 10 anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule.
China’s Tibet party boss urges senior monk to shun Dalai Lama
By Reuters — December 8, 2015
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party boss in Tibet has urged the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, to reject the Himalayan region’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, state media said on Tuesday. Controversy surrounds the position of the Panchen Lama since the boy the Dalai Lama named as the reincarnation of […]
Dalai Lama leaves US clinic after ‘routine’ health check
By Reuters — October 1, 2015
The 80-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate canceled planned visits in the United States in October at the advice of doctors who urged him to rest for several weeks.
China slams Dalai Lama as it marks 50 years ruling Tibet
By Reuters — September 8, 2015
The Global Times, a nationalist tabloid owned by the ruling Communist Party's official newspaper the People's Daily, called the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate a "cheater" and a "cruel ruler in exile."
Former Buddhist monk creates home for 85 abandoned children
By Kimberly Winston — August 17, 2015
(RNS) A new HBO documentary tells the story of Lobsang Phuntsok, who gave up being a Buddhist teacher in the U.S to start a remote orphanage.
China’s Panchen Lama promises president he will uphold national unity
By Reuters — June 11, 2015
BEIJING (Reuters) A youth named by China as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, but reviled as a fake by many Tibetans, told President Xi Jinping he would strive to meet the Communist Party's expectations.
Could Tibetan Buddhism BE any more political right now?
By Brian Pellot — March 10, 2015
The Dalai Lama says he won’t be reincarnated in China if Tibet is not free and that no one (cough...China) can choose his successor “for political ends.” Now who’s being political?
China says Dalai Lama ‘profanes’ Buddhism by doubting his reincarnation
By Reuters — March 9, 2015
BEIJING (Reuters) Tibetan Buddhism holds that the soul of a senior lama is reincarnated in the body of a child on his death. China says the tradition must continue and it must approve the next Dalai Lama.
Dalai Lama says Pope Francis is unwilling to meet: ‘It could cause problems’
By Josephine McKenna — December 11, 2014
ROME (RNS) The Vatican has not had diplomatic ties with China since 1951, and China's Communist leaders object to meetings between heads of state and the Tibetan leader.
Protesters denounce the Dalai Lama as a ‘dictator’
By Lauren Markoe — March 6, 2014
(RNS) Many people think of the Dalai Lama as the personification of peace and love. But some Buddhist protesters say he's a hypocritical "dictator."
Bhutan takes a second look at phallus worship
By Tara Limbu — March 3, 2014
THIMPHU, Bhutan (RNS) Bhutan’s phallic worship is getting a second look. The age-old tradition is being reconsidered -- to preserve its rich narratives, as artistic inspiration and as a tool for religious belief.
