THE SNOW LION BUDDHIST NEWS & CATALOG

Future Dalai Lama Will Not Command Political Influence

www.interfax-news.com
January 16, 2007
Moscow

The Buddhist spiritual leader predicts that future Dalai Lamas will have no political influence.

In an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper published on Tuesday, the 14th Dalai Lama said that in 2001, a political leadership [the Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile] was elected through democratic elections and that he had "half-resigned" ever since. He added that in future reincarnations a Dalai Lama would not be a leader of political power.

Asked whether the institution of Dalai Lamas will continue its existence or die out, he said that it was "down to the Tibetan people."

To read more about the Tibetan government-in-exile, visit www.tibet.net/en/cta.