Fathoming Tibet's political future

Posted on April 27, 2006 9:35 PM | | Comments (0)

By Tim Luard | BBC News
April 25, 2006

Many Tibetans believe that only the Dalai Lama can save Tibet from extinction.

But even a Dalai Lama is mortal. And they are deeply anxious about what will happen when the present one dies.

For Tibetans, he is not just a Buddhist monk, a god and a king - the latest in a centuries'-long line of spiritual and temporal rulers - but a larger-than-life symbol of their unique civilisation.
For the past 50 years, from his sanctuary on the other side of the Himalayas, the 14th Dalai Lama has kept alive their dreams of survival as a separate people.

"The Chinese definitely want to see the Dalai Lama die so they can have a Dalai Lama of their own"
Kalsang Phuntsog Godrokba, Tibetan Youth Congress

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