What is the Gaden Phodrang Trust that will find Dalai Lama’s successor?

The Dalai Lama has declared that only the Gaden Phodrang Trust will have the authority to identify his next reincarnation. With this, he made it clear that China would have no role in choosing his successor as the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists. The Gaden Phodrang Trust is one of three bodies associated with the Dalai Lama and is specifically tasked with identifying his next reincarnation

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