India, July 2 -- Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said that the institution will continue after his death, citing multiple appeals over the past 14 years from Tibetan diaspora in exile, Buddhists from across the Himalayan region, Mongolia, and parts of Russia and China for it.

The Dalai Lama said the responsibility for identifying the 15th Dalai Lama will rest exclusively with the India-based Gaden Phodrang Trust, his office. "I hereby reiterate that the Gaden Phodrang Trust has sole authority to recognise the future reincarnation; no one else has any such authority to interfere in this matter," said the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama ahead of his 90th birthday on July 6

The announcement of the continuat...