The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
A new book written by the Dalai Lama reveals that his next incarnation will be born in the "free world," outside the ...
The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...
The Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leader, insists his successor will be born outside China, challenging Beijing's ...
It marks the first time the Dalai Lama has specified his successor would be born in the "free world", which he describes as ...
The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book ...
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China trying to align Tibetan Buddhism with CCP
Controlling the process of reincarnation enables Beijing to shape the spiritual leadership of Tibetan Buddhism.
Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.