The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, said on Monday it was ...
DHARAMSHALA, India - The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, said on Monday it was possible that once he dies his incarnation could be found in India, where he has lived in exile for 60 years, and warned that any other successor named by China would not be respected.
He fled to India in early 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, and has since worked to draw global support for linguistic and cultural autonomy in his remote and mountainous homeland. “China considers Dalai Lama’s reincarnation as something very important. They have more concern about the next Dalai Lama than me,” said the Dalai Lama, swathed in his traditional red robes and yellow scarf.
But many Tibetans - whose tradition holds that the soul of a senior Buddhist monk is reincarnated in the body of a child on his death - suspect any Chinese role as a ploy to exert influence on the community. Informally, however, some retired Chinese officials and businessman with connections to Beijing do visit him from time to time, he added.
If he was ever allowed to visit his homeland, he said he’d like to speak about those subjects in a Chinese university.“China - great nation, ancient nation - but it’s political system is totalitarian system, no freedom. So therefore I prefer to remain here, in this country.”
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