Dalai Lama

The foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded by His Holiness the Dalai Lama with the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to him in 1989.

Often the only political sta-tement they were prepared to make was to declare support for the Dalai Lama.

When the DPP raised the question of the Dalai Lama's visit they knew this put him in a difficult position.

The Dalai Lama said lately his successor could be chosen like the Pope, or that he may decide to declare his own successor before he dies.

When the Dalai Lama came to Tuva in 1991, people met him with so much joy it seemed that 30 years of Soviet law had never even existed.

The report says that if the Dalai Lama responds positively, the next round of talks would be held by the end of this year.

His spokesman said the president had commend ed the Dalai Lama's commitment to non-violence and his pursuit of dialogue with China.

The Dalai Lama holds the frog in his hands and introduces himself as a "simple Buddhist monk" .

The door for contacts and talks between the Central Government of China and the Dalai Lama is always open.

"The question you have to ask is why the Dalai Lama is supporting these terrorists, " he said.

His spokesman said the President had commended the DaLai LaMa's commitment to non-violence and he has pursued a dialogue with China.

However, the Dalai Lama warned that ". . . the real understanding of the true nature of the mind can only be gained through meditation. "

I'm glad to see the Dalai Lama is not waiting for that apology and doing as he pleases.

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has said he would like to visit his birthplace to comfort survivors.

China's government yet again butted heads with the Dalai Lama over the question of his reincarnation.

It was mad that the British and Germans did not rush to back Mr Sarkozy when he was bullied over the Dalai Lama.

He did not know his fate had already been sealed when he was confirmed to be the reincarnation of the 5th Dalai Lama.

In a video message posted on his website and circulated by social networking sites, the Dalai Lama said the archbishop is a unique person.

He said the Dalai Lama would be more than welcome to visit Taipei under his presidency.

The Dalai Lama had mentioned he would like to visit Taiwan again next year, but Ma said the timing was not appropriate.

Ironically. when Dalai Lama fled China in 1959, it was Dorje Shugden's oracle that told him to run.

This could reflect differences over whether to seek a compromise with the Dalai Lama or to try even harder to erase his influence.

The Dalai Lama's fellow laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu , said he would boycott the event.

Beijing last month offered to meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama, but the talks haven't materialized at this point.

The Dalai Lama refused to comment on the special meeting and said yesterday that more concrete conclusions would be reached next month.

Bashi said. The Dalai Lama's visit to France also is likely to exacerbate tensions between Paris and Beijing.

We are fully justified to say that the Dalai Lama is not merely a religious figure but a political exile.

Avoiding a meeting with the Dalai Lama in Washington this month was an unnecessary sop to his hosts.

My dad needed a little kid, sort of a golden child or a Dalai Lama.

He also ruled out meeting with the Dalai Lama in Paris after China's ambassador to France publicly rebuked him for considering it.

"Last time during the Tibet riots, [Beijing] blamed the Dalai Lama, and now with the Xinjiang riot they are blaming me, " she said.

China responded to his meeting with the Dalai Lama by aborting a summit with European Union leaders due to be hosted by France.

Dalai Lama and his backers to claim that the riot was a "spontaneous peaceful protest" that the Dalai Lama had nothing to do with.

The Dalai Lama says there has been "a lot of criticism" of his conciliatory negotiating stand with China.

And on his left a beaming Dalai Lama, thankful to be back on Chinese soil once more after an exile of nearly 50 years.

The Dalai Lama, with his long traditional red robe flapping in the wind, received a standing ovation as took the stage at the Crocoseum.

In other words, we really are just a handful of acquaintances away from the likes of Madonna, the Dalai Lama and the Queen.

The Dalai Lama would never lie on behalf of a government minister, and he would never tell international lies.

For such nationalists, the Dalai Lama's recent visit to the White House was a sign that Washington still seeks to undermine China's power.

Then the Dalai Lama could die and reincarnate as a new baby, which would be identified after the usual study of portents and signs.

Barack Obama is (at last) due to meet the Dalai Lama, and his government has gone through with the sale of arms to Taiwan.

Beijing's latest show of anger highlights how far it is ready to go to isolate the Dalai Lama, who seeks more autonomy for his homeland.

The Xinhua article said the Dalai Lama's private envoys, Lodi Gyari and Keisang Gyaltsen, expressed their opinions on the relevant issues.

Last weekend, the Dalai Lama said he was losing hope that dialogue with China would achieve any settlement.

Another senior monk said: "The enigma of the Dalai Lama is irreplaceable. "

Tibetan officials continued to levy taxes in Tawang, a traditional Tibetan satellite and the birth-place of the sixth Dalai Lama in 1682.

China routinely condemns any meeting between the Dalai Lama and foreign leaders as an unwarranted interference in its affairs.

Dalai Lama's visit to the region fully exposed his nature of splitting the motherland. His attempt is doomed to fail.

Elgin, who died in Dharamsala, the Indian hill town now home to the Dalai Lama, was a liberal internationalist of his age.

New Delhi, however, "has no bargaining leverage with China except the Dalai Lama, " says Dr. Pant.

The personal charm of the Dalai Lama has promoted a caricature of a mystical, wise and peace-loving people being crushed by a brutal empire.

The Dalai Lama has said he does not advocate violence or a separate and independent Tibet.

I have had the honor of meeting several times with the Dalai Lama as an internationally recognized religious leader and Nobel Laureate.

Q: It is reported that Swedish Prime Minister said he would meet with the Dalai Lama on May 17.

The very first tulku was a lama known as the Karmapa who appeared nearly three centuries before the first Dalai Lama.

That was less than an effusive welcome but better than another knee-jerk denunciation of the Dalai Lama.

An interregnum could prove perilous for the next Dalai Lama as well.

China branded the Dalai Lama a would-be ethnic cleanser yesterday as it rejected his calls for "genuine autonomy" in Tibet.

The 75-year-old Dalai Lama said he had received many requests from Tibetans and the outside world to continue in political office.

Perhaps the $millions annually that the CIA STILL gives to the Dalai Lama and his "government" in exile lead them to think so.

HH the Dalai Lama is ONE of the TWO most respected living budda of Gelug (Yellow Hat Sect), another one is Panchen Lama.

South Africa's government yesterday faced renewed furore over its foreign policy after it decided to ban a visit by the Dalai Lama.

By refusing to talk to Tibet's Dalai Lama, China has set itself up for yet another protest of the Olympic torch run, this time in India.

I'd be much more concerned if this was China blocking a development plan for a country whose leader had recently met the Dalai Lama.

China did announce on Friday that it would meet representatives of the Dalai Lama, which indicates that it is not impervious to pressure.

President Obama has offered support to the Tibetan spiritual leader, the DaLai LaMa during a low-keyed meeting at the White House.

The Gelug Sect rose during the Ming Dynasty, and the 3rd Dalai Lama was the abbot of one of the sect's monasteries.

Revered in the West as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the 73-year-old Dalai Lama is one of the most reviled figures in Chinese propaganda.

A spokesman for Mr. Ma, Wang Yu-chi, said the Dalai Lama's visit is a religious issue.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Dalai Lama said Tibetans should not respond to the "provocation" of the security build-up.

Tashilhunpo Monastery, founded in 1447 by the First Dalai Lama, is one of the Big Six Monasteries of the Gelug sect of Buddhism in Tibet.

The White Palace or Potrang Karpo once served as the office building of Tibet local government makes up the living quarters of Dalai Lama.

The only late comer was Yellow Hat branch, that was the branch of Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama.

Also, at the press conference, Qi Gang says China has expressed its disapproval of a visit to Australia by the Dalai Lama.

Curriers where crossing the borders illegally for to see Dalai Lama and get his orders.

Nevertheless the construction and destruction of the Mandala is presented by the Dalai Lama as a contribution to world peace.

Q: The Indian Foreign Ministry recently stated that the Dalai Lama can visit any parts of India, including the "Arunachal Pradesh" .

The Dalai Lama said he will relinquish his role as the leader of Tibet's government-in-exile.

The spokesman added that the Dalai Lama had not yet received any official communication from China.

The Dalai Lama, or should I say Lhamo Dndrub, is a feudal lord who has no electoral mandate whatsoever.

The Dalai Lama's aides say that at the time the Tibetan leader didn't have a good grasp of the resistance, or of how the CIA was involved.

By holding the meeting at Lambeth Palace, Mr Brown will acknowledge that Britain sees the Dalai Lama as a spiritual leader.

China considers any high level talks with the Dalai Lama tantamount to interfering with its internal affairs.

Because, if compassion was a chore, nobody's going to do it -- except maybe the Dalai Lama or something.

Obama had been criticized by pro-Tibetan activists for putting off an invitation during the Dalai Lama's stay in the capital.

One monk from southern Qinghai held up an amulet of the Dalai Lama dangling from his neck.

China treats Tibet as an inalienable part of the country and vilifies the region's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, as a "splittist. "

Police have stepped up security around the Qinghai village of Hongya, where the Dalai Lama was born.

Typically, when the Dalai Lama dies, the royal court appoints a regent who rules until the next reincarnation comes of age.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday asked Beijing if he could also visit the site to comfort victims.

Typically, when the Dalai Lama dies, the royal court appoints a regent who rules until the next reincarnation comes of age.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday asked Beijing if he could also visit the site to comfort victims.

However, several priests have been sent from India by the Dalai Lama to augment the dwindling number of priests.

Beijing's sensitivities over Tawang have been heightened by the planned visit next month of the Dalai Lama to the area.

The state-controlled press is still vilifying the Dalai Lama and the authorities have maintained a tight grip on Tibetan regions.

Already, Tawang's importance as the birthplace of the Sixth Dalai Lama, hence affecting Tibetan sentiment is being aired repeatedly.

Of course, none of that is an easy sell in China, where the Dalai Lama is a state criminal.

A: China firmly opposes the Dalai Lama's visit to any country and this position is clear and consistent.

Dalai Lama: Then perhaps this meeting, as it happened. Maybe [it was] some kind of response, I don't know.

He acted on the instructions of the Dalai Lama and his followers, according to his confession and police investigation.

He acted on the instructions of the Dalai Lama and his followers, according to his confession and police investigation.

The Dalai Lama's Kashag government had largely supported this counterrevolutionary revolt and was dissolved.

For decades, the Dalai Lama has been a renowned voice of moderation.

It also objected to a visit to Tawang by the Dalai Lama last November, which it predictably called a "separatist action" .

formal protests with the U. S. government over President Barack Obama's private meeting with the Dalai Lama.

This year's lifetime achievement award goes to one of the world's greatest souls, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.

But it is now well documented that the Dalai Lama was whisked away by a CIA covert operation.

The conference culminates today with a talk by the Dalai Lama on Ethics and Enlightened Leadership.

Paying attention to China's sensitivities did not stop him selling arms to Taiwan or eventually meeting the Dalai Lama.

While many governments around the world support the Dalai Lama's cause, no government recognizes his government in exile.

Risking imprisonment and deportation, he uncovers evidence of the "cultural genocide" described by the Dalai Lama.

But China retains profound fears that the Dalai Lama's real intention is to separate Tibet, and adjoining areas, from China (see article).

Facts have proved that Dalai Lama has never given up his attempt to gain independence for Tibet.

The port call began the day before Barack Obama was to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington, to China's fury.

The Prime Minister would have certainly garnered more votes if he chose to visit the shrine associated with the 6th Dalai Lama in Tawang.

Some European countries, including France and Germany, yesterday renewed calls for China to talk to the Dalai Lama.

China, however, repeated its accusation that the Dalai Lama uses religion as a cover for separatist activities.

In 1959 the current Dalai Lama fled to Tawang, first taking refuge in its great 17th-century monastery, one of the biggest outside Lhasa.

persuade the Dalai Lama and his followers, through negotiations, to give up their separatism and return to the motherland.

German managers were furious with her after she met with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, in 2007.

Dalai Lama was no only a religion leader, but also a governor of Tibet before 1950. Similar to the Don in 1000s, not the Don nowadays.

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who was born in Qinghai, said in a statement he was praying for the victims.

The Dalai Lama and his ilk do not represent the Tibetan masses.

Significant talks between Chinese officials and envoys of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, are taking place this week.

Certainly, the ire of Hainan Airline's Mr Chen over the Dalai Lama meeting could threaten the carrier's future engagement with Germany.

The Dalai Lama may exaggerate a bit when he says that 99% of Tibetans trust him.

Whatever the Dalai Lama's associations with the CIA and various reactionaries , he did speak often of peace, love, and nonviolence.

China expressed its usual anger over Barack Obama's decision to see the Dalai Lama in Washington, DC, on July 16th.

The Dalai Lama denies the accusations, and says he favors more autonomy for the mountainous region, rather than outright independence.

Other Tibetans reacted violently. Blaming the Dalai Lama for causing all the trouble, Beijing finally reacted with massive force.

A: Everyone is very clear about who Dalai Lama is and the objective he wants to achieve for his activities all around the world.

The meeting is Obama's second in office with the Dalai Lama; his first, in February 2010, was also closed press in the Map Room.

The reason was a meeting between France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the Dalai Lama (France then held the EU presidency).

Previous president George W. Bush met the Dalai Lama openly to award him a Congressional Gold Medal.

For China, however, the solution to its Tibetan problem is the end of the 14th Dalai Lama.

Beijing has consistently rejected that compromise, portraying the Dalai Lama as a cunning master of double-speak.

The Dalai Lama said he was looking forward to Tutu's 90th birthday.

Raising the sensitive issue of Tibet, Ms Merkel urged China to hold talks with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader.

The only thing I ask is for China to give human rights, liberty to Tibet and to welcome the Dalai Lama.

The reason so many foreign governments push Beijing to talk to the Dalai Lama is they fear an even greater polarisation once he dies.

The Dalai Lama has long stressed his work not as a political leader but as a scholar and guardian of the Buddhist tradition he embodies.

Tibetans around the world are celebrating the 75th birthday of the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.

The Dalai Lama, who could not see the rink through his telescope, sent a request for a cine-film of the skaters. Then he asked for a cinema.

After the revolution, a rosary was found in the Dalai Lama's palace made of 108 piece of human skins from 108 individuals.

Those exiles, and another 6m Tibetans under Chinese rule, make it impossible for the Dalai Lama to quit politics altogether.

Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek has met with the Dalai Lama, during the exiled Tibetan leader's three-day visit to Prague.

Shortly before taking office last April he waved through a decision to deny a visa to the Dalai Lama.

However, his Chinese counterpart maintained that the Dalai Lama harboured a "hidden agenda" for independence.

In March the Dalai Lama announced his political retirement to a tearful parliament in Dharamsala.

Mr. Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama for half an hour Saturday in the Polish city of Gdansk at a gathering of Nobel Peace Prize laureates .

Now a Chinese museum, the Potala Palace was traditionally the seat of the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhists' spiritual leader.

The CIA-trained rebels hooked up with the Dalai Lama, sending radio updates on his whereabouts to Washington.

Dalai Lama: Yes, naturally. My effort, you see, fails to bring concrete result, so these criticisms become stronger and stronger.

The Dalai Lama is a restraining influence on the younger generation of Tibetans who angrily demand full-blown independence at any price.

So we will see whether the Dalai Lama can relinquish himself of his political demands.

The "Tibetan government-in-exile" , founded by the Dalai Lama and his supporters, adopted a theocracy -like system, said Tang Jiawei.

"These thrust Tibetans into such depths of suffering and hardship that they literally experienced hell on earth, " the Dalai Lama said.

Chinese officials argue that the Dalai Lama would use any agreement over greater autonomy for Tibet to push for full independence.

Beijing blamed the unrest on the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, accusing him of seeking independence for the region.

NOW do you really think Dalai Lama would be happy now he lost all his privileges during the slavery period?

Tibetans in exile cast votes for a new political leader to replace the Dalai Lama, who wants to retire.

China said yesterday it "resolutely opposes" a proposed visit of the Dalai Lama to Taiwan "in whatever form and capacity" .

A: China is firmly opposed to Dalai Lama's visit to the disputed area of the eastern section of the China-India boundary region.

The Dalai Lama's views are widely reflected within Tibetan society, and command the respect of the vast majority of Tibetans.

China has paid close attention to its proceedings since the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader, won the prize in 1989.

The smooth solution of the Tibetan issue chiefly depends on the attitude of the Dalai Lama.

Western leaders appear increasingly wary of courting the Dalai Lama too closely, for fear of angering the emerging Chinese superpower.

Perched high above the holy city of Lhasa is the former seat of the Tibetan government and the winter residence of the Dalai Lama.

Q: Is the Chinese Government in contact with the South African Government over the visa application of the Dalai Lama to visit South Africa.

Gaxag had several money-lending institutions, and the Dalai Lama of various generations had two organizations specialized in lending money.

To China's further delight, Ma also recently rejected an overture by the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, to visit Taiwan.

Mr Sarkozy was entirely within his rights to ignore calls from Beijing not to meet the Dalai Lama.

First, the scale of the disaster and the Dalai Lama's popularity in Taiwan are both so great that to reject the visit would seem heartless.

He has threatened to cancel his planned trip to the opening ceremony if Beijing does not hold talks with the Dalai Lama.

It includes a revered Buddhist monastery at Tawang, near the 17th-century birthplace of the sixth Dalai Lama.

The Potala Palace, former residence of the Dalai Lama, commanded the view as caravans neared Tibet's capital of Lhasa.

Beijing's unwillingness to negotiate with the Dalai Lama has also left the dispute in limbo.

The Dalai Lama and the Bainqen Lama are the two leading incarnation hierarchies of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

A representative of the Dalai Lama said China had leaned on New Delhi to prevent the spiritual leader speaking at the Buddhist conference.

I'll admit right now I was quite taken with the Dalai Lama himself and his message, and plan on further exploring these concepts.

China said there could be further contact as long as the Dalai Lama showed "sincerity" .

Paris city council voted on Monday to award honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama, a proposal tabled by Mayor Bertrand Delanoe.

Wen Jiabao: Our issue with the Dalai Lama is not an ethnic, religious or cultural issue in the ordinary sense.

The approval of the Kuomintang government was needed to validate the choice of the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama.

Now included in the schedule is a conversation between the Dalai Lama and the archbishop via video link.

Popular sympathy in the West for the Dalai Lama and Tibet is outweighed by the fear of antagonising China.

The Chinese government, which has ruled Tibet since 1959, dismissed the Dalai Lama's words as the posturing of a "political separatist" .

A senior Chinese official reported that no progress had been made in the latest round of talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama.

Its response to Mr Ma's decision later in August to allow the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan to pray for the dead was unusually muted.

Some Americans will always stand with his Holiness, the Dalai Lama, against Chinese sovereignty in Tibet.

On July 1st and 2nd Chinese officials held talks in Beijing with representatives of the Dalai Lama, the second such meeting since the riots.

Would you welcome the Dalai Lama on a pilgrimage maybe during the Olympic Games in Beijing?

Should US President Barack Obama meet the Dalai Lama, further undermining of the China-US ties will be unavoidable.

A screen shows the Dalai Lama praying at a ceremony in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for typhoon victims Tuesday.

In the interview, the Dalai Lama repeated his pledge to step down as leader of Tibet's freedom struggle should the movement turn violent.

But Kouchner defended Sarkozy's decision to meet the Dalai Lama, saying he was free to meet whomever he chooses.

Even more embarrassing was Sarkozy's subsequent decision to cancel a post-Olympic meeting with the Dalai Lama in France.

The Dalai Lama's visit to Australia has drawn criticism from Beijing, which regards the 71-year old Buddhist leader as a separatist.

Cognitive bias in this analysis focused on the misreading of history in Tibet, media factors and personal factors of Dalai Lama.

A former French prime minister has criticized the mayor of Paris for honoring Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama previously visited the island during the presidencies of Chen Shui-bian and Lee Teng-hui.

Nearly all of the speeches the Dalai Lama delivers in public are extremely tolerant, human and compassionate.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

Envoys of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, are traveling to Beijing for a new round of closed-door talks on the future of Tibet.

The head of the Chinese delegation at the talks said last week that further progress depended on the Dalai Lama's conduct.

Dalai Lama: Actually, I don't care whether I'm losing my influence or not.

But Jiang warned France it seriously harmed relations after the Paris city council declared the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen.

Two children were identified as the 11th, one recognised by the Dalai Lama and most Tibetans, the other by China.

It has 1000 Honorary graduates, including Bob Dylan, Benjamin Franklin, The Dalai Lama, Severiano Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus.

The Dalai Lama celebrated his 76th birthday last week in Washington, joined by thousands of Tibetans.

China accuses the Dalai Lama of fomenting the discord in his homeland -- a charge he denies.

The representatives also stated their opinions and promised to report faithfully to the Dalai Lama.

If that meant kowtowing to Chinese demands to shun Taiwan, snub the Dalai Lama or tone down criticism of human-rights abuses, so be it.

We oppose the Dalai Lama engaging in activities overseas aimed at splitting the motherland under any name or pretext.

They told me, 'You cannot have photos of the 14th Dalai Lama, the young Panchen Lama, or pictures of yourself. '

First, it is to promote a substantive, results oriented dialogue between the Chinese Government and the Dalai Lama or his representatives.

SPIEGEL: China always shows pretty strong reactions when Western leaders meet with the Dalai Lama.

In 1792, many Kagyu monasteries were confiscated and their monks were forcibly converted to the Gelug sect (the Dalai Lama's denomination).

In terms of Chinese culture, "China has lost face" , continues to lose face because of the Dalai Lama.

On many occasions the Dalai Lama and the Bainqen Erdeni expressed their support for national unification and for the central government.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel angers China by holding historic talks with the Dalai Lama in Berlin.

Yet the Dalai Lama has democratised his "government-in-exile" , and remains more moderate than many of his followers.

The eighth round of talks between Beijing officials and the Dalai Lama's representatives was scheduled for late October.

China, mindful of President Sarkozy's support of Tibet and the Dalai Lama at the Beijing Olympics, has been eager to highlight the issue.

That may be no bad thing, given that the Dalai Lama says he now hopes to return to Poland more frequently.

The Dalai Lama is far from being a supporter of oppressed peoples.

On Thursday, an article released on Xinhua news agency made new criticisms of the Dalai Lama.

Police have used harsh measures to suppress political dissent or displays of loyalty to the Dalai Lama.

The resolution called on China to lift "harsh policies" imposed on Tibetans and to resume dialogue with the Dalai Lama.

That may explain Mr. Hu's tolerant response when the Japanese leader laudably urged Mr. Hu to continue talks with the Dalai Lama.

The so-called government in exile founded by the Dalai Lama practices theocratic rule.

Fu Ying: Our difficulty with the Dalai Lama is his political views and demands for Tibet independence.

The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, is not even calling for independence.

Activists for Tibet say China, which is one of South Africa's major trading partners, pressured the government into barring the Dalai Lama.

This continuous lineage extends to the XIV Dalai Lama of our own time.

It rebuffed repeated Chinese diplomatic appeals and allowed the Dalai Lama to travel to Arunachal.

Why does the Chinese Government still see the Dalai Lama as a splittist although he says he does not advocate independence any more?

The ageing Dalai Lama continues to shuttle the globe selling the cause of Tibet.

Yet for Mr Rudd to refuse to meet the Dalai Lama would in turn arouse intense domestic controversy.

Ma Zhaoxu, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said that the Dalai Lama and his allies were "spreading rumours" .

The so-called government in exile founded by the Dalai Lama practices a theocratic rule.

New Zealand officials say the two met by chance Thursday at the Airport before the Dalai Lama departed for Sydney.

A second kind of meditation should then be joined to the first, says the Dalai Lama.

But, if only from a distance, the young Dalai Lama would try to catch them.

Until 1959, when the Dalai Lama last presided over Tibet, most of the arable land was still organized into manorial estates worked by serfs.

This is akin to asking if the Dalai Lama and his followers will decide he's only the symbolic reincarnation of past teachers.

China may calculate that, after the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan exile movement will lose itself in infighting.

The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values will be housed under MITs Office of Religious Life.

The Dalai Lama knew nothing of his teacher's past.

The need to keep Tibetan cultural identity alive, yet modern and relevant, has grown increasingly urgent as the 73-year-old Dalai Lama ages.