Could the next Dalai Lama be a woman?

GAUHATI, India — The exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader has said the next Dalai Lama could be a woman. read more

So women may kind of learn that or it may be more of a general preference." To me, however, the far more interesting comment from the Dalai Lama is not his thoughts on what kind of leaders women are or which sex is more compassionate, but the fact that a woman could soon reach this leadership role in the Buddhist faith. read more

The next Dalai Lama (if there is a next one) will be whoever the Chinese Government says it is (just like the Panchen Lama). I can't imagine them choosing a little girl, so I'd have to say the answer is "no". read more

The Dalai Lama made the comments during an interview with the BBC television journalist Clive Myrie, in which he was asked whether it was possible that a woman could succeed to his position. read more