His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, exiled head of Tibet, and international figurehead of Tibetan Buddhism, is ...

The Dalai Lama is the most authoritative office in the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is believed to be the reincarnation of the previous holder of the title and an immortal avatar of the ...

As per the Jataka tales, before he became the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama experienced 550 rebirths. The stories of these ...

In Tibetan Buddhism, the Panchen Lama is outranked only by the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 and became an alternative source of power for Tibetans who resented Beijing's control of the ...

norms and current state of the reincarnation system within Tibetan Buddhism. 02:45 Tibetans in exile march in solidarity with Dalai Lama in India Tibetans in exile march in solidarity with Dalai ...

Buddhism is a "wisdom tradition," meaning that it is based on the realizations ... This represents the fulfillment of the efforts of compassion, in lifting up all suffering beings out of the round of ...

Sogyal Lakar, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher accused of widespread ... Getty Images Lakar was believed to be the 13th reincarnation of Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa, a teacher of the 13th Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama will turn 90 in July. Dalai Lamas, who functioned as the political and spiritual heads of Tibet for over three centuries, have been chosen as reincarnations. Given the threat of the ...

Thaye Dorje, who claimed to be reincarnation of the Karmapa Lama ... Karmapa Lama is the leader of one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Dorje said he got married in a private ...

When the Dalai Lama and other leaders made this declaration 15 years ago, young Dorjee became known as the first Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation lama born in the United States. Members of this ...