The first time I met the Dalai Lama he tweaked my cheek. It is pretty unusual to have your cheek tweaked by anyone, let alone by a man regarded as a living god by many of his followers.

DHARAMSHALA, India, Dec 23 (Reuters) - When the Dalai Lama went to New York in June for knee surgery, his followers worried about his overall health and the future of Tibetan Buddhists without him.

The Dalai Lama has apologised for controversial comments about the possibility of a woman succeeding him. Speaking to the BBC last month, the Tibetan spiritual leader said that any future female ...

The title of "Dalai Lama", was not granted by the Dalai Lama himself, or created by Tibetan Buddhism, or conferred by the old Tibetan ruling class and still less by any foreigners. The title was ...

It comes just months before the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, is expected to reveal a succession plan. That plan is likely to be contested by Beijing, which sees the ...