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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.
The eagerly awaited statement, made days before the frail Nobel peace laureate turns 90, puts to rest speculation, started by the Dalai Lama himself, that he might be the last of Tibet’s spiritual leaders, ending a line that stretches back centuries.
Speaking during a week of celebrations in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamshala to mark his birthday, the Dalai Lama said a nonprofit institution he has set up would have the sole authority to identify his reincarnation, countering China’s insistence that it would choose his successor.
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