Dalai Lama says institution of Dalai Lama will continue


  • World
  • Wednesday, 02 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, offers blessings to his followers at his Himalayan residence in the northern hill town of Dharamshala, India, December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh/File Photo

DHARAMSHALA, India (Reuters) -The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday the institution of the Dalai Lama willcontinue and the Gaden Phodrang trust has sole authority to recognise the future reincarnation, ending years of waiting by followers of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader for details about his succession.

(Reporting by Krishna N. Das; Writing by Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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