Dalai Lama Accepted People's Wish, Say Tibetans in Exile

The exiled Tibetans at McLeodganj in Dharamshala expressed their elation on Wednesday after the 14th Dalai Lama said that the institution of Dalai Lama would continue, thus making it clear that he would have a successor.

- Dar Ovais

DHARAMSHALA:

Tibetans had been waiting for their exiled spiritual leader to speak on the issue of his reincarnation as he had stated in 2011 that he would address the matter upon turning 90.

His video message was delivered to the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference which began at McLeodganj near Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh ahead of his 90th birthday on July 6. The Dalai Lama said the institution would continue after his death, citing multiple appeals over the past 14 years from Tibetan diaspora in exile, Buddhists from across the Himalayan region, Mongolia and parts of Russia and China for it.