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Video: Dalai Lama succession drama • May 4, 2025, 8:37 AM ET (CNN)
Central Tibetan Administration leader Penpa Tsering: ‘Dalai Lama may decide on a spiritual successor during 90th birthday events in July’ • Apr. 28, 2025, 6:46 AM ET (The Hindu)

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Also Known As Rgyal-ba Rin-po-che

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