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Dalai Lama Signals Succession Framework Ahead of McLeodganj Conference

Exiled Tibetan leaders are convening in India this week to safeguard a free-world process against Beijing’s legal claim to appoint the next Dalai Lama.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama presides over an event celebrating his 90th birthday according to a Tibetan calendar at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Monday, June 30, 2025.
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, arrives at his hotel in New York City, U.S., June 23, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/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

Overview

  • At 90th birthday prayers on June 30, the Dalai Lama said there will be some kind of a framework for the continuation of his institution.
  • He is set to address senior monks and Buddhist scholars at a three-day conference in McLeodganj from July 2 to July 4, where further details on his succession plan are expected.
  • Officers of the Gaden Phodrang Foundation, established by the Dalai Lama in 2015, have been charged by the Tibetan parliament-in-exile with finding and recognising his successor.
  • In his March book 'Voice for the Voiceless', he specified that his next incarnation would be born outside China and urged followers not to accept any candidate appointed by Beijing.
  • Chinese authorities cite a 2007 regulation empowering the Communist Party to approve Dalai Lama reincarnations via a golden urn ceremony within China, a provision exiled Tibetans reject as political interference.