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Dalai Lama Marks 90th Birthday With Peace Prayer and Succession Standoff

In McLeod Ganj, the peace prayer highlighted compassion, reaffirming his office’s sole authority to name his successor

Das geistige Oberhaupt Tibets, der Dalai Lama, leitet die Feierlichkeiten zu seinem 90. Geburtstag
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Overview

  • Thousands of devotees and supporters including Richard Gere gathered in McLeod Ganj to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday with ceremonial chants and offerings
  • He urged the cultivation of a “good heart and compassion” as the foundation for inner peace and global harmony
  • He asserted that the India-based Gaden Phodrang Foundation alone holds the right to identify the 15th Dalai Lama, rejecting Beijing’s Golden Urn tradition
  • China’s government brands him a separatist and insists on state approval of his successor, turning the reincarnation into a geopolitical flashpoint
  • U.S. officials and former presidents publicly backed Tibetan rights and the integrity of the reincarnation process, signaling broad international support