The Tibetan government-in-exile has reiterated that the Dalai Lama will remain the Tibetans’ religious and temporal head.
“The Kashag (cabinet) would like to offer the wholehearted prayers of
Tibetans, beseeching His Holiness (the Dalai Lama) to remain as ever
the religious and temporal leader of Tibet,” a statement said on the
21st anniversary of conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize on the Dalai
Lama, Anytime News reports.
“From the depth of our hearts, we request you never to consider or
even talk about semi-retirement and full retirement,” the statement
said.
The statement came a few days after the Nobel laureate indicated he
would quit public life and hand over most of his political powers to the
prime minister-in-exile.
Supporting his non-violence approach towards the cause of Tibet, the
Kashag said: “The Dalai Lama has guided the Tibetan struggle for justice
onto the path of non-violence, making it different from other national
struggles in the world. He has also shown that all global conflicts can
be solved through a non-violent approach.”
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