Dalai Lama says reincarnation will be outside China, CCP says that’s illegal

By Timothy Nerozzi

Published March 12, 2025 5:00am ET

Even living Buddhas aren’t above the law in China.

A new book written by the Dalai Lama, the highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism and considered the manifestation of bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, reveals that his next incarnation will be born in the “free world,” outside the boundaries controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.