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Yashraj Sharma

How will the next Dalai Lama be chosen – and who could it be?

Dalai Lama the Dalai Lama Beijing China Tibet India New Delhi Washington D.C.
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has given the strongest indication yet that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death, at celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday. The leader, who turns 90 on July 6, is according to Tibetans, the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama [Sanjay Baid/AFP]

The Dalai Lama confirmed on Wednesday that he will have a successor to carry on the role of spiritual leadership to Tibetan Buddhists, in a statement issued during continuing celebrations to mark his 90th birthday.

He said that leaders of Tibet’s spiritual traditions, members of the Tibetan parliament and government in exile, both of which are in the Indian district of Dharamshala, and Buddhists from around the world, including mainland China and Tibet, had written to him, requesting that the institution continue.

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