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``MIDDLE PATH`` WILL BE A REALTY, SAYS DALAI LAMA
By P. Vijian
DHARAMSALA, July 16 (Bernama) -- Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said
his half-century old movement will continue even after his death, and assured
the middle path model for a peaceful co-existence with China will materialise
one day.
"Tibetan is not an issue of Dalai Lama institution, it's about the
well-being of six million Tibetan people and their rights.
"So long as these rights do not materialise, then this movement will remain,
whether I am alive or not. Important is Buddhism and Tibetan culture, not the
institution of Dalai Lama," he said.
In an hour-long interview with Bernama, 10 days after his 75th birthday, at
his headquarters in Dharamsala, his exile-base in the rugged north Indian hill
station, Dalai Lama's passion has not withered for the Tibetan cause, which he
mobilised after escaping to India in 1959.
Born as Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama or 'Ocean of Wisdom', is firm
that one day, he would win over Chinese leaders in Beijing to seek genuine
autonomy for all Tibetan people, and reiterated that he was not seeking
separation from China.
"You know, I have my mantra, we are not seeking independence, and the
Chinese have their own mantra, Tibet is part of China," he jibed in his usual
cheery mood but instilled optimism of his long-cherished dream of a "middle way"
approach.
"I believe middle path will come true. Last 60 years, the same one party
system has changed, the obvious big change today is Chinese communist has
changed to capitalist communist.
"Thinking is changing, great possibility our middle approach will come true.
"But very gradually, very slowly, If I remain alive for the next 10 to 15 years,
I can see, if I die tomorrow, I can't see the change" he said.
He said a notable success of the Tibetan movement in exile was the
preservation of the 13th century Buddhism teachings, Tibet's ancient culture and
its language -- which remained as pillar for the survival of the entire Tibetan
community outside Tibet.
Currently, about 140,000 Tibetans are residing in India, which gave home to
the fleeing Dalai Lama and his supporters, after the Chinese military crushed a
Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa, Tibet's capital in 1959.
Another 30,000 Tibetans live in the West.
-- BERNAMA
DHARAMSALA, July 16 (Bernama) -- Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said
his half-century old movement will continue even after his death, and assured
the middle path model for a peaceful co-existence with China will materialise
one day.
"Tibetan is not an issue of Dalai Lama institution, it's about the
well-being of six million Tibetan people and their rights.
"So long as these rights do not materialise, then this movement will remain,
whether I am alive or not. Important is Buddhism and Tibetan culture, not the
institution of Dalai Lama," he said.
In an hour-long interview with Bernama, 10 days after his 75th birthday, at
his headquarters in Dharamsala, his exile-base in the rugged north Indian hill
station, Dalai Lama's passion has not withered for the Tibetan cause, which he
mobilised after escaping to India in 1959.
Born as Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama or 'Ocean of Wisdom', is firm
that one day, he would win over Chinese leaders in Beijing to seek genuine
autonomy for all Tibetan people, and reiterated that he was not seeking
separation from China.
"You know, I have my mantra, we are not seeking independence, and the
Chinese have their own mantra, Tibet is part of China," he jibed in his usual
cheery mood but instilled optimism of his long-cherished dream of a "middle way"
approach.
"I believe middle path will come true. Last 60 years, the same one party
system has changed, the obvious big change today is Chinese communist has
changed to capitalist communist.
"Thinking is changing, great possibility our middle approach will come true.
"But very gradually, very slowly, If I remain alive for the next 10 to 15 years,
I can see, if I die tomorrow, I can't see the change" he said.
He said a notable success of the Tibetan movement in exile was the
preservation of the 13th century Buddhism teachings, Tibet's ancient culture and
its language -- which remained as pillar for the survival of the entire Tibetan
community outside Tibet.
Currently, about 140,000 Tibetans are residing in India, which gave home to
the fleeing Dalai Lama and his supporters, after the Chinese military crushed a
Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa, Tibet's capital in 1959.
Another 30,000 Tibetans live in the West.
-- BERNAMA
