Dalai Lama Reincarnation: 14वें दलाई लामा के उत्तराधिकारी के पुनर्जन्म को लेकर अब विवाद केवल आध्यात्मिक नहीं, बल्कि रणनीतिक बन चुका है. भारत के लिए यह चुनौती इसलिए भी बड़ी है क्योंकि दलाई लामा और निर्वासित तिब्बती सरकार के मेजबान यहीं रहते हैं. चीन इस मुद्दे पर भारत पर जबरदस्त दबाव बना सकता है ताकि किसी…
NEW DELHI: Following remarks by Union minister Kiren Rijiju backing the Dalai Lama’s announcement about his succession, including the statement that China will have no role in it, India on Friday said it had taken no position on what was an issue concerning faith and religion.Interestingly, the Chinese foreign ministry, after cautioning India at a…
NEW DELHI: Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, on Friday said that India did not have any position on the process of selecting the next Dalai Lama. “We have seen reports about His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s statement on the continuation of the Dalai Lama institution. The Government of India does not take any…
In a pivotal move ahead of his 90th birthday, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has officially announced that the Gaden Phodrang Trust, his personal trust, will solely oversee the recognition and selection of his reincarnation. This announcement, while reaffirming the traditional Tibetan Buddhist process of identifying the next Dalai Lama, directly challenges China’s long-standing…
The 14th Dalai Lama’s announcement of a succession plan, ruling out any Chinese role in the matter, set off a firestorm with the Chinese ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, saying in a detailed response that the reincarnation must comply with “religious rituals and historical conventions as well as Chinese laws and regulations”.While it’s still early…
For 66 years, India has harboured China’s greatest ideological threat—the Dalai Lama. Yet despite hosting the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader since 1959, New Delhi has consistently refrained from wielding this powerful diplomatic weapon against Beijing’s aggression. When Jawaharlal Nehru granted asylum to the Dalai Lama following China’s brutal suppression of the Lhasa uprising, it wasn’t…
14th Dalai Lama (AP photo) NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama on Wednesday declared that the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue even after his death and that the “authority to recognise the future reincarnation” of the Dalai Lama rests solely with the Gaden Phodrang Trust in India.Speaking at prayer celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday…