Twenty-five years ago, a six-year-old boy was recognized as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, the second-highest ranking figure in Tibetan Buddhism. He promptly disappeared. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima ...

Gyaltsen Norbu, the 11th Panchen Lama and a delegate of CPPCC, hands an elderly delegate as they leave after the opening session of the CPPCC in Beijing BEIJING (Reuters) - A youth appointed by China ...

BEIJING/DHARAMSHALA, India (Reuters) -Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President Xi Jinping met a Tibetan Buddhist monk installed three decades ago by ...

A young Tibetan controversially appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more Chinese. Gyaltsen Norbu ...

BEIJING, March 2 (UPI) -- The Panchen Lama, Tibet's second highest ranking Tibetan monk and chosen by Beijing, has been elevated to China's top advisory body, state media report. "The 11th Panchen ...

The Dalai Lama announced Wednesday that the foundation he established in exile in India will name his successor in due course, prompting China to insist he had no role to play and that his replacement ...

The 75th birthday of the Dalai Lama this week was cause for celebration for many Tibetans. But it also acted as an uncomfortable reminder of both their spiritual leader’s advancing years and the ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party's dictates Friday during a rare face-to-face meeting with ...

In a segment leading up to his interview with the Dalai Lama on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver addressed the issue of where the Panchen Lama is; the Panchen Lama is the second-highest ranking lama in ...

The 11th Panchen Lama talks with a Taoist at the CPPCC meeting venue. Although this is his third time to attend China's most important political event, the 11th Panchen Lama still draws attention from ...

Erdeni Losang Qamba Lhunzhub Qoigyijabu, the 11th Panchen Lama, has been well versed in the Tibetan Buddhist scriptures after nearly seven years of hard work. The 11th Panchen Lama, 12 years old, was ...

OXFORD, England (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama said on Monday more research was needed to settle the fate of the man he named as the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, who ...