Dalai Lama says he hopes to live another 40 years on eve of 90th birthday

There has been speculation implicit the succession program for the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader.

The Dalai Lama has said that helium hopes to unrecorded for different 40 years until helium is 130 years old, connected the eve of his 90th birthday, days aft helium sought to assuage rife speculation implicit his succession by saying helium would reincarnate upon his death.

The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual person was speaking connected Saturday during a ceremonial organised by his followers to connection prayers for his agelong life, up of his 90th day connected Sunday.

The Dalai Lama antecedently told the Reuters quality bureau successful December helium mightiness unrecorded to 110.

The Dalai Lama has confirmed that helium volition person a successor chosen successful accordance with “past tradition”, ending years of speculation astir the centuries-old office.

In a video connection connected Wednesday, helium said the Gaden Phodrang Foundation, which helium established to sphere the institution, volition person the powerfulness to recognise his future reincarnation.

Tibetan Buddhist leaders will search for his successor, helium added, stressing that “no 1 other has immoderate specified authorization to interfere successful this matter”.

The 14th Dalai Lama said helium had received galore messages successful caller years from Buddhists calling for the office’s continuation.

“In accordance with each these requests, I americium affirming that the instauration of the Dalai Lama volition continue,” helium added.

He made the comments connected Wednesday during a three-day spiritual league successful Dharamshala, the bluish Indian municipality wherever helium has been based since 1959, erstwhile helium fled Tibet for India aft a failed uprising against China.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, the Tibetan writer and activistic Tenzin Tsundue described the Dalai Lama’s announcement connected Wednesday arsenic a “punch successful the face” for China, which governs the Tibet Autonomous Region and which has claimed that it has the powerfulness to name his successor.

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Dalai Lama, whom China brands a “separatist”, has antecedently warned Beijing not “to meddle successful the strategy of reincarnation of lamas, fto unsocial that of the Dalai Lama”.

In effect to his comments connected Wednesday, China said the Dalai Lama’s succession indispensable beryllium approved by the cardinal authorities successful Beijing.

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