Dalai Lama
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Tendzin Choegyal Taklha obituary
The younger brother of the Dalai Llama who became a trusted confidant for the Tibetan spiritual leaderTendzin …
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Beijing condemns Dalai Lama’s Grammy win as ‘anti-China political manipulation’
Buddhist spiritual leader wins best audiobook and says he sees win ‘as a recognition of our shared universal r…
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The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’ – podcast
Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponise…
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State of Statelessness review – Dalai Lama presides over intimate dramas about Tibetans’ life of exile
Tibetan directors, who all live outside Tibet, deliver a quartet of films that explore the pain of separation …
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The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponise…
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Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday, triggering geopolitical questions for the future
Tibetans fear China will eventually name a rival successor to the Dalai Lama, bolstering Beijing’s control ove…
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Buddhist rebirth v Chinese control: the battle to choose the Dalai Lama’s successor
The spiritual leader has said his inner circle of monks will find an heir, but China believes the choice is in…
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Dalai Lama outlines process for choosing his successor after he dies – video
The Dalai Lama has said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending y…
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Dalai Lama defies China to say successor will be chosen by Tibetan tradition
Spiritual leader challenges Beijing in video statement released in run-up to 90th birthday celebrationsThe Dal…
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Dalai Lama at 90: son of a buckwheat farmer who became a thorn in China’s side – in pictures
The exiled spiritual leader, who turns 90 this week, has met everyone from Nelson Mandela to Lady Gaga while c…
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Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the ‘free world’
New book by spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will raise the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control …
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Gyalo Thondup obituary
Brother of the Dalai Lama and political envoy who led talks on the exiled leader’s return to Tibet with the Ch…
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Tourist boom threatens to swamp Indian mountain town where Dalai Lama took refuge
McLeod Ganj is a magnet for domestic holidaymakers fleeing scorching temperatures. But their cars choke the st…
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Heinrich Harrer’s Seven Years in Tibet reviewed – archive, October 1953
16 October 1953: An account of the Austrian climber’s escape from a British prison in India, crossing the Hima…
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Dalai Lama apologises after kissing boy and asking him to ‘suck his tongue’
Interaction at temple in India seen in video that has gone viral condemned as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘scandalous’…