Thousands in Dharamshala, also Richard Gere. Greetings from leaders
Surrounded by thousands of faithful despite a Monsonica pouring rain and tribute by many world leaders, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, Nobel Peace, celebrated his 90 years in exile, launching messages of peace and confirming that at his death, ‘I hope between 30 or 40 years’, he says, there will be a new leader reincarnate. A prediction that challenges Xi Jinping China that continues to argue that the approximately 500 million Buddhists on the planet must have a ‘approved’ religious leader by Beijing.
It was enough to take a look at the crowd gathered in the main courtyard of Tsuglagkhang, the Temple of the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala in India, the new home of the Tibetans in exile, to understand that it will not be. Numerous world leaders and celebrities present at the party, including Richard Gere, a fervent Buddhist and personal friend of Dalai Lama. Among the greeting messages, that of the American secretary of state Marco Rubio who already ensured that the United States “claim the efforts of the Tibetans in choosing their religious leaders without interference”. Videomexaggi came from three former US presidents: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, by the president of Taiwan, island ‘sister’ in Chinese claims, and by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra who defined the Dalai Lama “a lasting symbol of love, compassion, patience and moral discipline”, appreciating the positive influence of the presence of the leader and the Tibetan community in the country.
He, Tenzin Gyatso, arrived at the party dressed in traditional clothes and with a large yellow cloak, walking with the help of two monks and, smiling amused, he witnessed theatrical dance performances with Cimbali and Bondage before the start of the prayers. In a message for the occasion, his first birthday he wanted to celebrate, he said “a simple Buddhist monk” and that “it is the love of people” to inspire him in “serving all beings sentient to the best of my skills”.
The soft power preached and practiced by Buddhists, the non -violent force tool for Tibetan foreign policy, “can never be submissive by hostile forces blinded by ignorance”, in the meantime, Kashag, the Tibetan government in exile, underlined, commenting on China’s ban on every religious celebration in Tibet.
