His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet. Two years after his birth in 1935 to a farming family in northeastern Tibet, he was recognized as the ...

The riders were Buddhist monks in disguise. They were on a crucial mission: find the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama.

Rai took his first picture of the iconic Tibetan spiritual leader in 1975. He recalled being stopped by the Dalai Lama's security. "I somehow managed to make eye contact with His Holiness and ...

The 14th Dalai Lama was born in a remote village on the high plains of Tibet in 1935. He was identified as the tulku, the reincarnation, of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1937. "When I was in Tibet," he ...

“I’ll meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama,” Biden said. For American presidents, meeting the 14th Dalai Lama can bring ...

“I will take birth again,” said the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet. In 1933 he died, and the oracles and seers began their search for the new body of this living Buddha, an Incarnation of the ...

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 ...

Born in 1935 in the north-eastern Amdo province of Tibet, Lhamo Dhondup was recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama at the age of two. He was brought to Lhasa in October 1939 and ...

"You can't shake hands with a clenched fist." Tenzin Gyatso, is the 14th Dalai Lama and the spiritual leader of Tibet. He is the best known face of Tibetan Buddhism, has lived in exile in India ...

The Dalai Lama turns 89 on Saturday and China insists ... Most historians say Tibet was assimilated into the Mongol empire during the 13th-14th century Yuan dynasty, which also covered large ...

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was born on July 6, 1935, to a farming family in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet. He was recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso ...