Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama says that he is in favour of Beijing
Olympics on the second day of his weeklong meditation camp in Indian Capital
New Delhi.
NEW DELHI (MARCH23,2008) (ANI) -
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said on Sunday (March 23) that
he is in favour of Beijing Olympics on the second day of his weeklong
meditation camp being held in Indian Capital New Delhi.
Dalai Lama reiterated that he is in favour of Beijing Olympic.
"The Olympic is taking place in Beijing so more than one billion human
being that is Chinese they feel proud of it so as an expression of our respect
to that great nation I always support that Olympic should take place in
China," said Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama has been urging the Tibetans to resort to non-violent means
and his middle-way-path is regarded as a 'pragmatic political approach' that
meets with the demands of the Tibetans of gaining greater autonomy as well as
respecting the territorial integrity of China.
China accuses the exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama, of
orchestrating the rash of monk-led protests and rioting -- the most serious in
the Himalayan region for nearly two decades -- in a bid to wreck the August
8-24 Beijing Olympic Games.
The spiritual leader who has been driven into exile after the 1959 uprising
against the Chinese regime denies he masterminded the recent protests - which
culminated last Friday in a riot in the capital of Tibet, Lhasa -- from his
base in Dharamsala. He says he wants greater autonomy for his homeland, not
independence, as China suspects.
The Chinese authorities are keen to stamp out the unrest quickly and
restore stability before the Olympics.
Meanwhile Tibetan monks and refugees staged a demonstration in India's
southern Chennai against the Chinese suppression and in support of Tibetan
spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
The demonstration was held by Tibetan Student Association Of Madras (TSAM)
and more than 200 monks joined the students in support of Dalai Lama.
"If Dalai Lama dies, Dalai Lama is 73 years old If he dies Tibet issue
will not be solved and Tibet will go violent that is sure. Violence will not
stop Tibet's problem, it will create problems to the Chinese and to the world
community so we want a peaceful non-violent manner for the Tibet issue to be
resolved. It will resolve China's problem, internal security problems thereby
Asia problems will resolve and thereby world problem will resolve," said
Tenzin Phuntsok- President of Tibetan Student Association of Madras
(TSAM).
Peaceful Street marches by Tibetan Buddhist monks in the past few days grew
into the biggest demonstrations that the remote Himalayan region has seen in
nearly two decades, with anti-riot police patrolling the streets months before
the Beijing Olympics.
China said 19 people were killed in riots in the Tibetan capital last week
and official media warned against the unrest spreading to the northwest region
of Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims bridle under Chinese control.
