Key events in this extraordinary story include recognition, at the age of four, as the 13th reincarnation of the first Dalai Lama who ruled Tibet from 1391-1474 - and being awarded the 1989 Nobel ...

The first was when Deng Xiaoping was the communist party leader, and Deng told the Dalai Lama’s brother in 1979 that “except for independence everything is negotiable. Everything can be ...

He added that Chinese Communists, who explicitly reject religion, including the idea of past and future lives, should not meddle in the system of reincarnation of lamas, especially that of the Dalai L ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Dalai Lama's dangerous escape into India on March 31, 1959 fleeing Communist Chinese troops seizing Tibet, prompted the CIA's secret financing, training, arming, and parachute ...

India faces the tough choice of either supporting the Dalai Lama in his call for choosing a leader 'born in the free world' or siding with China ...

His book marks the first time the Dalai Lama has specified that his successor would be born in the “free world”, which he describes as outside China. He has previously said only that he could ...

At this first meeting, only Chairman Mao and I spoke ... Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for My Land and My People, the Dalai Lama, HarperCollins.

Freedom Trail’ commemorated the historic escape of the 14th Dalai Lama from Tibet in 1959, concluded on Saturday at Dzongtse ...

The Dalai Lama has declared that his successor will be born outside of China to ensure freedom from Chinese control, escalating the ongoing succession dispute. China's government maintains it has ...

In the twilight of this life, the Dalai Lama is already preparing for the next. Tibet's highest figure had promised to clarify the path his reincarnation would take when he turned 90. As his July ...

Among them, in disguise, was Tibet’s temporal and spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. When the Dalai Lama fled his Himalayan homeland, he was in his early 20s. Early this July he will turn 90.