Tibetan spiritual leader News

No government would decide who succeeds him, said the Dalai Lama – leaving Beijing fuming.

Dalai Lama who had to leave Tibet after the Chinese occupation in the 1950s said, "They sincerely expressed their congratulations on my birthday. So I very much appreciate this friendly expression."

The Dalai Lama had recently said that Mahatma Gandhi wanted MA Jinnah and not Nehru to become the PM of India.

MEA said on Friday that Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was free to carry out his religious activities in India.

The Karmapa, the third-most important Tibetan religious head, is an influential voice in the new generation of thought leaders and spiritual head of one of the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, which has been working with the notion of interdependence for many centuries.

"Beijing's bid to name my successor to undermine the Tibetans' cause is nonsense," he said while talking to reporters here.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived here in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, the high point of a visit which has angered China.

The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama arrived here on Friday along with Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu amid protests by China.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Sunday shared an emotional moment with retired havildar of Assam Rifles who escorted him to India during his escape from Tibet in March 1959.

The Dalai Lama embraced retired jawan Naren Chandra Das at an interactive session organised at the 'Namami Brahmaputra' River festival by the Assam government here.

The spiritual leader arrived in Assam on Saturday to deliver a lecture organised by a local media house, the Assam Tribune Group of newspapers. 

Dismissing China's objections over Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's proposed visit to Arunachal Pradesh in April, the Indian government on Thursday said it has no say in his travel plans within the country.

China told Mongolia to forbid the Dalai Lama`s planned arrival there on Friday, suggesting the Tibetan spiritual leader`s trip could harm Beijing`s relations with its northern neighbour.

China Wednesday asked the Dalai Lama to give up his bid to divide the country and said it was "never too late" return to the "right track" as the Tibetan spiritual leader turned 81.

Eighty-one and still young. The Dalai Lama believes it`s to do with peace of mind.

Pop sensation Lady Gaga has reportedly been added to a list of hostile foreign forces banned by China's Communist party after she met with the Dalai Lama.

American songstress Lady Gaga met with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama for a small talk about compassion and meditation at the US Conference of Mayors gathering in Indianapolis.