US EditionHow the Dalai Lama’s Succession Could Shape India-China Ties
DHARAMSALA, INDIA, JUL 7 – The 14th Dalai Lama stated his successor will be chosen by his own institution outside China, opposing Beijing's claims amid Tibet's strategic resource and spiritual autonomy conflict.
- The 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader in exile in India, celebrates his 90th birthday amid rising controversy over his succession.
- This controversy stems from Beijing’s insistence on choosing the next Dalai Lama, conflicting with the Dalai Lama’s assertion that only the India-based Gaden Phodrang Trust holds this authority.
- The succession dispute intensifies India-China tensions given Tibet’s strategic position, historical border disputes, and China’s control over Tibetan resources and water supplies.
- Gyaltsen Norbu, the Chinese-appointed 11th Panchen Lama, embodies Beijing’s efforts to control Tibetan Buddhism, while the Tibetan government in exile, located in India, opposes such interference.
- The outcome could deeply affect regional stability as it involves religious authority, national sovereignty claims, and broader India-China rivalry including border and resource conflicts.
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Happy birthday, Dalai Lama! My visits to Dharamshala and Tibet (Photo Diary)
Today is the 86th birthday of HH The 14th Dalai Lama, and I’ll be posting two diaries today to mark the occasion. This is the first, with memories of my visits to Dharamshala/McLeod Ganj, India and to Tibet in 1998 and 2000. And this evening, at...
Dharamshala, India.- The Dalai Lama has often said that he is a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have venerated him for decades almost as a deity. They also consider him the face of Tibet's aspirations for greater autonomy, but for years they have dealt with the idea that he might be the last person to take office. He recently put an end to that speculation, just days before he turned 90. There will be a successor afte…
The spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India, criticizes China for suppressing freedom during a visit to Ladakh in northern India.
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On Sunday, Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama, celebrated his 90th birthday. He has long said that at this point, he would make a decision about his succession plans: according to Tibetan Buddhist belief, the Dalai Lama can choose how to be reincarnated. In the past, he has made a range of suggestions: that he might "emanate" to another person while still alive; or even that the role might die with him.But last week, he declared from his base in Dhar…
In recent days there has been insistent talk about the Dalai Lama, his successor, and Beijing’s interference in this process. However, as ABC Rafael Martín Rodríguez, professor of International Relations at Comillas Pontifical University, explains, if we look at the issue in more depth, “we have to understand China’s interest in Tibet, not from the perspective of the Dalai Lama — which is the excuse or the backdrop — but above all in geopolitica…
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