In a world full of intractable problems such as war and poverty, one tempting response—as a way of protecting your own happiness—is to stop paying attention. With good reason: Just following the news ...

In a powerful tribute to the spiritual legacy of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, over 500 eminent Buddhist scholars, spiritual leaders, researchers, and practitioners from across the globe convened ...

The battle over the next Dalai Lama, between religious tradition and state power, is set to become one of the defining ...

The Dalai Lama is going to announce details of how he is to be succeeded this week, as he prepares to turn 90 years old. Traditionally, a new Dalai Lama – leader of 7.7 million Tibetan Buddhists, ...

The Dalai Lama delivered major news for the future of Tibetan Buddhism and its millions of followers, from China to Texas, last month when he announced he would reincarnate a successor to lead the ...

In the north of India, near the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains there is a town, Dharamsala. The community has a population of about 53,000, and its name comes from an ancient term taken from the ...

The Dalai Lama, a global spiritual leader, advocates for peace through compassion and dialogue, even amidst exile. His teachings emphasize that peace isn't the absence of conflict but the peaceful ...

In 1954, China’s paramount leader Mao Zedong met Tenzin Gyatso, the then 19-year-old who was the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet. “Religion,” Mao acerbically observed to ...

The Dalai Lama in Dharamsala in February, 2019. Editor at Large Morning has broken on the cedar-strewn foothills of the Himalayas. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama sits in meditation in his private ...

In 1981, a Buddhist monk teaching at the University of Madison, Wisconsin, made the bold request of the Dalai Lama to come and perform a rare ritual, never before done outside of India or Tibet: the ...