The Dalai Lama appears promptly and sits in front of the camera, smiling and adjusting his burgundy robes. "Half-five," he says with a grin. His eyes sparkle: "Too early!" We both laugh.

"If a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive," he said in English, while laughing. The statement apologised for any offence caused and put it down to a misunderstood joke.

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when I visited the Dalai Lama at his monastery in Manali, he told me that he did not look favorably on Trump’s jingoistic ...

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The Panchen Lamas and Dalai Lamas consider themselves “spiritual friends,” but the relationship between the two figures and their communities has hardly been smooth. The latest smear campaig ...

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 has also led to concerns among those worried about potential reactions from neighbouring China The move to anoint the boy as the third highest lama is likely to irk China, which has maintained ...

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Dalai Lama wrote to congratulate Omar Abdullah on his coalition's success in the recent Assembly Polls and his appointment as the Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir in the Assembly polls. "As I have ...