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Dalai Lama Marks His 90th Birthday as Crowds Throng His Home-in-Exile
- The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, turned 90 on Sunday following days of celebrations in the northern Indian town of Dharamshala, where he has been living in exile for decades.
- Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, along with celebrities and officials from the United States and India, have gathered in the scenic Himalayan town to honor the Dalai Lama with the occasion also leading to a politically charged succession debate.
- Earlier this week, the head of Tibetan Buddhism said that he plans to reincarnate after dying, and will have a successor, who could be of any gender, and not necessarily of Tibetan nationality.
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Cake, congratulations, praises: The 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama is an important day for the Tibetans. But there is also a concern among the faithful: Who will follow the Dalai Lama - and when? By Peter Hornung.
Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists have flocked to the Indian Himalayan city of Dharamshala to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama. Indian priests, followers including Hollywood actor Richard Gere and thousands of worshippers gathered to pay their respects to the exiled leader, who is revered as a champion of peace.
Video - The Dalai Lama celebrates its 90th anniversary in exile in the Indian Himalayas. This anniversary reopens the question of its succession. A tense subject between the spiritual leader and China.
Dalai Lama turns 90
The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been living in exile since fleeing Chinese rule in Tibet in 1959. Sitting before a packed audience that included hundreds of red-robed monks and nuns who braved incessant rain to see him, he said: “When I look back on my life, I see that I have not wasted it at all.” “I live m…
Taiwan's President Wishes Dalai Lama on 90th Birthday
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Meanwhile, the Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong said that the Dalai Lama has no authority to decide whether the reincarnation system shall continue or be abolished and that the reincarnation of Dalai Lamas neither began from him nor will end due to him. World News | Taiwan's President Wishes Dalai Lama on 90th Birthday.
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