Why this hurry to discuss my reincarnation, I am 84 or 85, but well: Dalai Lama

Lalit Mohan
Tribune News Service 
Dharamsala, November 29

Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama on Friday has said that there should be no hurry about his reincarnation as he is quite well.

While addressing the closing ceremony of the 14th Buddhist conference at Dharamsala, he said: “All of you discussed a lot about my reincarnation. I am 84 or 85 years old and I am quite well so why are you in a hurry about my reincarnation. We will work for the betterment of the world and this will make us happy…”

He also said: “I have already requested that our Tibetan monasteries should focus more on studies; enchanting mantras only is not enough. Knowledge and education should be the base.”

Karma Gelek, religion and Culture minister on Tibetan government in-exile says: “This session is mainly for the Dalai Lama to address the conference. First of all we reported what happened during the last two days and about the agendas and later on we requested Him to address. He addressed and touched a wide range of topics about Tibetans and general Buddhist subjects. He didn’t specifically said about his reincarnation but he indicated that there is no hurry about his reincarnation. He said he is physically extremely well and mentally extremely happy so there is no hurry in talking about this subject.”

The 14th conference of all the Schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon Tradition was organised in Dharmasala by the department of Religion and culture of the Tibetan government in-exile.

Three-day conference concluded today. Heads and representative of all Buddhist sects attended the conference. The main agenda of this conference was to discuss the reincarnation issue of the Dalai Lama.