This from the Washington Post on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s remarks at the conclusion of the meeting of exiled Tibetan leaders in Dharamsala, India, this week:
With the future of his movement at a crossroads, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, warned Sunday of dangers if Tibetan political leaders are not cautious in their strategy toward China.
“In the next 20 years, we must be careful in our actions and planning,” he said in a lengthy speech. “Otherwise there is great danger to the Tibetan community.”
The Dalai Lama said it might be premature to cut off ties with China, which was among the proposals made at a week-long meeting of 600 of his countrymen at the headquarters of the Tibetan Government in Exile in this North Indian town.
“Wait a month” and “then we’ll see” whether the Tibetan side will seek future contacts, the Dalai Lama told journalists Sunday morning at a news conference at his hilltop Namgyal Monastery after the meeting ended.
His Holiness also said recently that he may appoint a regent to succeed him and that he thinks India is being “over-cautious” on the Tibetan issue.
For more on the conclusion of the meeting of Tibetan exiles in Dharamsala this week, take a look at two recent reports from the BBC and ABC News.
[Photo by the Washington Post.]
For the last few years, I have done all my holiday/birthday gift-giving by donating to Amnesty International and other causes in the names of family and friends. This year, I’m going to take advantage of the U.S. Campaign for Burma‘s drive to “make a difference in the struggle for human rights in Burma through a special holiday donation to the U.S. Campaign for Burma.”
