Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 4
Sending out a strong message to China over its repeated claim to be the ultimate authority to decide his re-incarnate, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today said he would be relevant as long as the world existed.
“So long as space remains… so long as suffering remains… my place remains,” said the Dalai Lama in response to a question on China’s stance on the issue of his reincarnation.
“If the world disappears, then I am free,” he said, adding that his existence was defined by work at a place plagued with suffering so that it is eradicated.
The spiritual leader said this at a press conference organised in connection with the proposed launch of “Global Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning Programme” by the USA-based Emory University.
The university, in partnership with the Dalai Lama Trust and the Vana Foundation of India, will host the launch of Emory SSE Learning (social, emotional and ethical learning) programme.
The Dalai Lama had earlier indicated that his successor could be from India.
As per the Tibetan Buddhist belief, the current Dalai Lama is ordained to be able to choose the body into which he is re-incarnated. However, the Chinese government claims to be the final authority on the issue. “Suppose I live for 10 to 15 years, the political situation in China will change,” the Dalai Lama said.
To a poser on Chinese suppression of natives in Tibet, he said he was not a separatist. He was not for total Independence of Tibet from China, he said. “They (Chinese authorities) want me to fight for Independence even though I am not a separatist,” said the Dalai Lama.
Snubs china on reincarnation
So long as space remains… so long as suffering remains… my place remains… If the world disappears, then I am free. — Dalai Lama, Tibetan Spiritual Leader
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