Gaden Phodrang Trust
On 2nd July, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, announced that the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue, and that the Gaden Phodrang Trust will be the sole authority to recognize the reincarnation of the future Dalai Lama. The term refers to the residential quarters of the Dalai Lama lineage, starting from the second Dalai Lama at the Drepung Monastery in Lhasa.