“The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.” ...

When the fifth sibling, Lhamo Thondup, reached the age of 2 in 1937, a party of high lamas arrived in a mission to recognize the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, who had died in 1933.

Born into a farming family in 1935 in what was then northeastern Tibet, the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was recognized at age 2 as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, and began monastic ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Gyalo Thondup, elder brother of the Dalai Lama, speaks to media in Dharamshala, India, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP ...

China says it is open to talks if Dalai Lama recognises Tibet, Taiwan as parts of China Tibet being an inalienable part is distortion of history, says deputy speaker of Tibetan-parliament-in-exile ...

By Ali Watkins Gyalo Thondup, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and a political operator in Tibet and the greater region, died on Sunday. He was 97. The Dalai Lama’s office confirmed his ...

China says it is open to the Dalai Lama returning to Tibet if he recognises Taiwan and Tibet as parts of China. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader has been living in exile for more than 65 ...

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Tuesday he was "deeply saddened" and was offering prayers for those killed in a devastating earthquake in China's remote Himalayan region.