Dalai Lama says he will have successor after his death: ‘Gaden Phodrang trust has sole authority to…’

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said Wednesday that the 600-year-old institution will continue after his death. He said the “institution of the Dalai Lama will continue” and the Gaden Phodrang trust has sole authority to recognise the future reincarnation

"I am affirming that the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue", he said in a video broadcast at the start of a meeting of religious leaders in the Indian Himalayan town where he has lived for decades.

The decision ended years of waiting by followers of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader for details about his succession. 

The Wednesday's announcement will have a profound impact on his Buddhist followers, AFP news agency reported.