Source: Washington Post
“The Dalai Lama has declared that the institution of the Tibetan Buddhist leader will continue after his death and that responsibility for finding his successor will ‘rest exclusively’ with his foundation, contradicting Beijing’s attempts to exert control over the religious figure’s selection. ‘No one else has any such authority to interfere in this matter,’ the Dalai Lama said Wednesday at a gathering of Tibetan leaders in the Indian city of Dharamshala in the run-up to his 90th birthday on Sunday. The Dalai Lama’s video address sets up a potential clash with Beijing, which views the Tibetan spiritual leader as a dangerous separatist and insists that the Chinese government must approve the selection of the next Dalai Lama.” (07/02/25)