The Tibetan government in exile is preparing for the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebration on July 6, 2025, with speculation ...

The third in the line, Sonam Gyatso, was given the title of the Dalai Lama. The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, established the Gaden Phodrang Government in 1642, becoming the spiritual ...

The University of Toronto Libraries has procured a collection of traditional Tibetan manuscripts, assembled by the late scholar and former monk-official Lobsang Lhalungpa, that provides rare insights ...

As the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday approaches in 2025, the Tibetan government in exile is preparing for grand celebrations.

The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he ...

The title of "Dalai Lama", was not granted by the Dalai Lama himself, or created by Tibetan Buddhism, or conferred by the old Tibetan ruling class and still less by any foreigners. The title was ...

The Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s monastery’s ritual dance has been known to be in existence since the time of the Fifth Dalai Lama… There are a lot of ritual dances that look the same – costumes look the ...

The Dalai Lama has apologised for controversial comments about the possibility of a woman succeeding him. Speaking to the BBC last month, the Tibetan spiritual leader said that any future female ...

It is also a centre of Buddhist Cultural Studies. The monastery was founded by monk Mera Lama Lodre Gyatso a contemporary of the fifth Dalai Lama in 17th century AD. The monastery complex ...