Overview

• On July 6, Tenzin Gyatso celebrated his 90th birthday as a simple Buddhist monk with prayers for peace at his McLeod Ganj monastery
• He expressed hope to live “another 30 or 40 years” to continue teaching Buddhist values and serving the global community
• He confirmed that the Ganden Phodrang Trust will exclusively oversee his posthumous reincarnation, requiring the next Dalai Lama to be born outside Chinese authority
• Beijing has reiterated its claim to vetting rights over future Tibetan Buddhist reincarnations under its 2007 religious regulations
• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thousands of exiled Tibetans publicly honored him, highlighting his enduring global influence and the Tibetan cause