Apr 23 2008
Dalai Lama: I want autonomy not separation in Tibet!
Dalai Lama said that he do not want the separation in Tibet but seeks autonomy there to preserve the unique culture and traditions.
Replying to the claim of China that Dalai Lama supports separation in Tibet, the spiritual leader said, “”The whole world knows we are not seeking separation.
He stressed that Chinese constitution is on papers only while he wants to implement the same genuinely through introduction of autonomy in Tibet.
The exiled Tibetan leader is presently in New York.
“We really need an arrangement of full protection of Tibetan language and culture,” he told a gathering at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.
Meanwhile the protesters shouted slogans against the leader’s stand on the issue of autonomy in Tibet and his ban on the worship of Dorje Shugden, a protective deity in the Tibetan Buddhist faith.
“Chinese students from nearby institutes, including Cornell University, Hamilton College and Syracuse University, asked the Dalai Lama to stop what they called “his attempts to divide China by separating Tibet,” The Observer-Dispatch wrote.
