Dalai Lama confident! Says, "Time would come when Ladakhis will be able to visit Lhasa"

Leh, Aug 25: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama exuded confidence that the time will come soon when Ladakhis would be able to visit Lhasa again and said that Tibetans are seeking genuine autonomy rather than complete independence.

 

 

 

 

"Times are changing, and that a time would come when Ladakhis would be able to visit Lhasa again," the Tibetan spiritual leader while addressing the audience as he inaugurated a new centre of learning at Thupstanling Gonpa, Diskit Tsal in Leh. While addressing the meeting, Dalai Lama said, "Before I retired from political responsibility, we adopted the middle way approach according to which we are seeking a mutually acceptable solution to the issue of Tibet."

 

 

 

 

 

He added, "This means that we are seeking genuine autonomy rather than complete independence, primarily concerned with preserving our identity, language and rich Buddhist cultural heritage in all Tibetan speaking areas." Notably, the new building is built by the local community where there will be facilities for holding classes on Buddhist philosophy, a library, and so forth. The hall was packed to full capacity, with more than 1500 people inside and an equal number gathered in the courtyard outside.

 

 

The Tibetan spiritual leader also termed the Muslim community in Lhasa as very peace-loving. Dalai Lama further said that he is glad that the people of the Himalayan region, from Ladakh in the west- to Arunachal Pradesh in the east, are also making a valuable contribution to protecting and preserving the Nalanda Tradition. At the farewell luncheon at the Sindhu Ghat, on the banks of the Indus River, Dalai Lama praised India's age-old principles of 'ahimsa' and 'karuna', which have great potential to create a more peaceful and harmonious world.