In the serene Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama performs ancient blessings, tapping bowed heads with a ritual vase ...

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching back 500 years after his death. But as he ...

As the Dalai Lama approaches his 90th birthday this Sunday, the question of his succession looms large. The issue is captivating not only his millions of followers but also drawing significant ...

Jalue Dorje grew up a typical American teen, loving video games and football. But he's also an aspiring spiritual leader ...

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years of speculation that ...

In a monastery beneath snow-capped mountains in northern India, the Buddhist monk entrusted with protecting the Dalai Lama and foretelling his people's future is concerned. The Dalai Lama turned 89 on ...

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama attended a celebration of his 90th birthday according to the Tibetan calendar. The event Monday in honor of the Tibetan spiritual leader was held at the ...

The fourteenth Dalai Lama has written scores of books, most of them about compassion, wisdom, happiness, and enlightenment, and two of them about his own life. Now, as he approaches ninety years of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The 14th Dalai Lama cuts a familiar figure, with his shorn head, hedgerow-thick eyebrows, tinted eyeglasses, smiling visage and loose-fitting maroon and saffron robes. “I am just a ...