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Dalai Lama says Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending speculation ignited by his remark that he might be the last person to hold the role. Speaking at prayer celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday on Sunday, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism said in a recorded statement the next Dalai Lama should be found and recognized following Buddhist traditions. Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama can choose the body into which he is reincarnated. His succession plan is politically consequential for Tibetans who oppose China's tight control of the territory. China has repeatedly said that it alone has the authority to approve the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

AP News

Usona Homarano Jan 24, 2025

#HHDL once said that he planned to announce his plans for his next birth when he turns 90, which happens in July. This is likely his last book.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/books/dalai-lama-book-voice-for-the-voiceless.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rU4.yUo8.lMX3Zpp26AHC

The Dalai Lama Shares Thoughts on China and the Future in a New Book

The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.

The New York Times

Chang Terhune Dec 25, 2024

Okay but o’ fun for you. This is my great aunt Harriet with a very young & recently exiled Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama. She traveled extensively throughout India, Southeast Asia & China. She was a pistol! 🤣 #hhdl #dalailama #TenzinGyatso

LesleyDee 🏳️‍🌈Apr 17, 2024

Brisbane peeps! After a few years' absence, I am thrilled to say that the Fundraising Dinner to celebrate HH the 14th Dalai Lama's birthday is back on!

Check out the Facebook event here: https://fb.me/e/9FpMvluZQ

or here at the ATC site: https://fb.me/e/9FpMvluZQ

#AustraliaTibetCouncil #HHDL #Fundraiser

Var Mar 31, 2024

March 31, 1959 – The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.

#buddhism #hhdl

DharmaVajra Feb 5, 2024

"Chinese authorities consider it illegal for #Tibetans inside #Tibet to contact people outside the region and engage with the exiled Tibetan community or the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who China considers a “separatist.”"

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/arrest-02052024155945.html

#Buddhist #HHDL

Tibetan monk arrested for publishing books on Tibet from exiles

The whereabouts of Lobsang Thabkhey, the former librarian of Kirti Monastery, remain unknown, two sources told RFA.

Radio Free Asia

DharmaVajra Feb 3, 2024

Listen to Matthieu Ricard’s Meditative Story Fri Feb 02 2024 13:49:22 (8 hours) https://beherenownetwork.com/bhnn-guest-podcast-ep-159-matthieu-ricards-meditative-story-hosted-by-rohan-gunatillake/

#HHDL #Altruism #Buddha #mindfulness #Ricard

BHNN Guest Podcast - Ep. 159 - Matthieu Ricard's Meditative Story, hosted by Rohan Gunatillake

“We do not need words. We do not need to analyze or even comprehend. The quality of the presence is self-evident. It is best to just experience it, let it

Be Here Now Network

DharmaVajra Jan 23, 2024

12th #Asian #Buddhist Conference for Peace Declares His Holiness the Dalai Lama “Universal Supreme Leader of the Buddhist World”

"No government nor any individual has the right to interfere in this matter. This religious activity has to be conducted as per the responsibilities that His Holiness the Dalai Lama enshrines and entrusts"

#HHDL

from https://tibet.net/12th-asian-buddhist-conference-for-peace-declares-his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-universal-supreme-leader-of-the-buddhist-world

12th Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace Declares His Holiness the Dalai Lama "Universal Supreme Leader of the Buddhist World" - Central Tibetan Administration

Dharamshala: Secretary Chime Tseyang of the Department of Religion and Culture, of the Central Tibetan Administration attended the 2-day conference of 12th General Assembly of Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace from 17-18 January 2024 in New Delhi. The inaugural ceremony was attended by representatives from India, Mongolia, Russia, South Korea, Laos, Bangladesh, Japan, Vietnam, Sri...

Central Tibetan Administration

KilleansRow 🇺🇲 🇺🇦🍀Dec 28, 2023

Thanks be #HHDL and all community for the Inauguration Of The International #Sangha Forum 2023. It is vitally important we acknowledge practices of these #PillarsOfLight as they are essentially buying us time we might otherwise not have. Also notable are all the sections held in English as they are pointed at our #Congress. Even though realization and suitable ears may not be dominant- we do have outsized impacts on these domains and so they implore our listening
https://youtu.be/vdMZFhKVk30?si=Wgo_XmwIoP3hGbeV

Inauguration of the International Sangha Forum 2023

YouTube

n0body May 7, 2023

"What happens to us is that whatever appears to our mind seems to have its own independent objective existence, and we need to check whether things exist in that way or not. And in that critical analysis we should try to search for emptiness... With the reasoning of dependent origination, we are able to dispel both the extremes of #nihilism and eternalism." - His Holiness the #DalaiLama

#HHDL #Buddhism #MiddleWay