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At 90, Dalai Lama still charts an uncertain future

The Tibetan spiritual leader's newly announced succession plan follows decades of balancing defiance and diplomacy.

China and India spar over Dalai Lama’s succession

Beijing warns New Delhi against interfering in its ‘domestic affairs’

China tells India to stop using Tibet to interfere in Beijing’s affairs

China has urged India to stop using Tibet issues to interfere in domestic affairs, again spelling out Beijing’s position on the succession of the Dalai Lama. The Chinese foreign ministry made the call on Friday, a day after a...

Next Dalai Lama: China warns India interfering could derail bilateral ties

China claims its government has the "final authority" in deciding the future of the Dalai Lama and that reincarnation process must be in compliance with the Chinese law. Read on:

Rare 300,000-year-old wooden tools found in China reveal diet secrets of early humans

Until now, only two discoveries have been made of wooden tools from this period

Beneath the Bodhi Tree

Wangmo Dixey reflects on twenty years of chanting in Buddhism’s birthplace. The post Beneath the Bodhi Tree appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Dalai Lama, god-king for Tibetan Buddhists, will have a successor. That decision is consequential

The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for decades as a near deity

Hong Kong’s light fades as another pro-democracy party folds

Hong Kong is marking five years of life under China’s national security law – opposition parties have disbanded, while democracy activists remain in jail or exile.

Transplant Facilities Greatly Expanded in Xinjiang—For More Organ Harvesting?

By 2030, Xinjiang will build six more specialized hospitals. Why, given that the region has a very low organ donation rate? The post Transplant Facilities Greatly Expanded in Xinjiang—For More Organ Harvesting? first appeared on Bitter Winter.

The Dalai Lama’s act of resistance

As the 14th Dalai Lama approaches his 90th birthday, he has made a proclamation that reverberates far beyond the monastic halls of Dharamsala: His reincarnation would not be born in Tibet so long a...

How will the next Dalai Lama be chosen?

China insists it should have a say in the process to select Tibetan spiritual leader.

WATCH | Hollywood actor Richard Gere assures Tibet advocacy is a commitment of many lifetimes

Chair of the International Campaign for Tibet, Gere is known to be one of the most steadfast champions of the Tibetan struggle for freedom from Chinese occupation since his first trip to the hill town of Dharamshala, the Dalai...

North Korea’s new resort, fires in Crete and Diogo Jota tributes: photos of the day – Wednesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world• Warning: graphic content Continue reading...

Morning Update: Lululemon has had enough of dupe culture

Also in today’s edition: The Sean (Diddy) Combs verdict and the Dalai Lama’s succession plan

A Few Words About Silence

In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, IMS teacher Larry Rosenberg expounds on how to bring more stillness into our everyday lives. The post A Few Words About Silence appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Tibetans in exile wonder: Will the next Dalai Lama be as charismatic as this one?

The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching back 500 years after his death

The Dalai Lama is a cisgender man – yet he has an unexpected connection to the trans community

Research shows how the Dalai Lama is emerging an an unlikely inspiration for individuals who share trans and Buddhist identities.

China rolls out record-setting turbine for Tibet hydropower plant

China is ready to install a large impulse turbine at the Datang Zala Hydropower Station in Tibet autonomous region, according to the official Science and Technology Daily. The home-grown turbine, with a maximum capacity of 500 megawatts, has the...

The Dalai Lama Turns 90: A Look at Tibet’s Future

His Holiness is aging, but his birthday is a day of joy and hope, not despair. The post The Dalai Lama Turns 90: A Look at Tibet’s Future first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Dalai Lama says he will be reincarnated

The Dalai Lama yesterday assured his followers that upon his death he would be reincarnated as the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and spelled out a succession process that sets up a renewed clash with China.

Donovan’s Deep Dives: Strangely, many foreign observers find Taiwan’s totally normal politics mystifying

The confusion is hardly surprising — Taiwan’s government is ruled under a Constitution written for a faraway mid-20th-century Chinese government founded when Taiwan was a Japanese colony

Dalai Lama Says His Successor Won’t Be Picked By China

The Dalai Lama on Wednesday affirmed that he should have a successor and said the next Dalai Lama should be chosen by the Gaden Phodrang Trust, a non-profit group that he set up — rejecting moves by China to steer his succession.

Dalai Lama Confirms Plans for a Successor, Defying Beijing

The Tibetan spiritual leader has told followers that 'no one else has any such authority to interfere.'