Tibet: Dalai Lama Expresses Vision of Future
Speaking after attending events in
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On the last day of his participation in a think tank meeting in
The wish for autonomy was closely connected with concerns about
While not being generally opposed to modernization, this must not be used for exploiting
He warned that Tibetans already were a minority in their own country, making survival of Tibetan Buddhism very difficult. He expressed hope more Chinese Buddhists would come to
Regarding speculation over his possible return to
He had been preparing for that step since democratising the exile government in 2001. "I am already half retired," the Nobel Peace Prize laureate said.
The 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of all Tibetan Buddhists, had participated in a meeting between religious leaders and philosophers in
Speaking to journalists at the sidelines of the meeting, the Dalai Lama said he might meet Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer Thursday [20 September 2007].