14th Dalai Lama Statements

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“ Looking at your face, I now realise I must be very old too... Thank you very much... I'm very very happy to meet such an old member of the Assam Rifles who guarded and escorted me to India 58 years…
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Dalai, dance and disguise: How Tibetan leader hoodwinked China, fled…
“ 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,
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Dalai Lama says his trust has sole authority to decide his successor
“ Though I have had no public discussions on this issue over the last 14 years, leaders of Tibet’s spiritual traditions, members of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile, participants in a special general…
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Institution of Dalai Lama to continue, Tibetan trust to decide…
“ Since the purpose of a reincarnation is to carry on the work of the predecessor, the new Dalai Lama will be born in the free world (outside China) so that the traditional mission to be the voice for…
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Dalai Lama urges followers to reject any successor chosen by China
“ I am always open to talks with China and have made it clear years ago that we are not seeking complete independence and would remain a part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC),
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Tibetan Govt-in-exile Holds Back-channel Dialogue With China
“ It is possible for the Lama to appoint a successor who is either his disciple or someone young who is to be recognised as his emanation,
14th Dalai Lama,
Reincarnation and realpolitik keeps Dalai Lama’s succession in dilemma
“ I pray for those brothers and sisters who have lost their lives and offer my heartfelt condolences to their families, as well as to others affected by this catastrophe,
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Four Indians stranded in Libya evacuated by Indian Embassy in Tripoli