Auspicious Signs: How the Dalai Lama Is Identified

INTERVIEW/ Penpa Tsering: All options open for selection of successor of 14th Dalai Lama | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

NEW DELHI—Speculation is focusing on who will succeed the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, who turns 90 in July.

Auspicious signs: how the Dalai Lama is identified

Fourteen Dalai Lamas have guided Tibet's Buddhists for the past six centuries, which believers say are reincarnations of each other, identified in opaque processes ranging from auspicious signs to divination.

Auspicious Signs: How The Dalai Lama Is Identified

Fourteen Dalai Lamas have guided Tibet's Buddhists for the past six centuries, which believers say are reincarnations of each other, identified in opaque processes ranging from auspicious signs to divination.

FOCUS: Dalai Lama to turn 90 amid succession argument between Tibet, China

With the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leader, soon to turn 90, the issue of how to identify his successor, traditionally viewed as his reincarnation, is a key issue facing Tibet's government-in-exile and China, which took control of the Himalayan region more than 70 years ago.

Dalai Lama to Make Announcement About His Reincarnation During Upcoming Tibetan Religious Conference

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The Tibetan Buddhist leaders will attend the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference from July 2-4 in the North Indian hill town of Dharamshala. World News | Dalai Lama to Make Announcement About His Reincarnation During Upcoming Tibetan Religious Conference.