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He’s been at the helm of Tibetan Buddhism for eight decades. But the Dalai Lama reckons he’ll be around for at least two more. The spritely 86-year-old often cites an 18th century prophecy that he, the 14th Dalai Lama, will live to the age of 113. Other spiritual signs back up that divination. “I’ve had dreams about living long,” the Dalai Lama told followers in 2019. “In one dream, I was climbing steps, 13 steps, which I interpreted to relate to the prediction that I could live to the age of 113.”
Despite these assurances, there’s speculation about what will happen when the time comes to find the Dalai Lama’s successor. The answer is not so simple. A process steeped in mysticism, which once played out in relative obscurity on the Tibetan plateau, will next time attract global attention. The Dalai Lama’s death is likely to herald a struggle between China and Tibetans over who controls Tibetan Buddhism. And, while the Dalai
Posted: May 19, 2021 4:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 19
Ogyen Thinley Dorje, known as the Karmapa Lama, left, and Tibet s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in northern India in May 2011. Dorje is facing a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court from a woman who claims he got her pregnant after sexually assaulting her.(Reuters)
A B.C. woman has been given a green light to sue one of Buddhism s holiest figures for spousal support in a claim that appears certain to tread new legal ground.
According to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling posted Tuesday, Vikki Hui Xin Han claims that, even though they have only met in-person four times, she was in a marriage-like relationship with Ogyen Trinley Dorje known to his millions of followers as His Holiness, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, or simply the Karmapa Lama.
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Why are India and China sparring at the border? 02:15 (CNN)China has withdrawn troops, dismantled infrastructure and vacated camps along its disputed border with India, according to new satellite images just a week after both countries agreed to a mutual disengagement.
Satellite images taken on January 30 by US-based Maxar Technologies showed a number of Chinese deployments along Pangong Tso, a strategically important lake that runs across the two nuclear powers de facto border, known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC). In new images taken on Tuesday, dozens of vehicles and building structures had been removed, leaving empty land.
India China border: 4 Chinese soldiers died in bloody clash last year, China reveals msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.