The aged Dalai Lama on Saturday mentioned that he hopes to dwell till he's over 130 years previous, days after he sought to allay hypothesis over his succession by saying he would reincarnate upon his demise.
The Tibetan Buddhist religious chief was talking throughout a ceremony organized by his followers to supply prayers for his lengthy life, forward of his ninetieth birthday on Sunday.
The Dalai Lama beforehand informed Reuters in December he would possibly dwell to 110.
“I nonetheless hope to dwell for over 130 years,” the Dalai Lama informed lots of followers from all over the world who gathered within the northern Indian hill city of Dharamshala, the place he has lived after fleeing Tibet in 1959 within the wake of a failed rebellion in opposition to Chinese language rule.
“We now have misplaced our nation and we dwell in exile in India, however I've been in a position to profit beings rather a lot. So, dwelling right here in Dharamshala, I intend to serve beings and the dharma as a lot as I can,” he mentioned, referring to the teachings of the Buddha, in accordance with a translation of his speech.
Beijing views the Dalai Lama as a separatist and has insisted that its leaders must approve his successor as a legacy from imperial occasions.
The Dalai Lama has beforehand mentioned that he would reincarnate within the “free world” and this week informed his followers that the only real authority to acknowledge his reincarnation rests solely together with his non-profit establishment, the Gaden Phodrang Belief.
