The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.
I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.
The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and how to overcome them.
A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not.
At the age of eighty, the Dalai Lama has begun to discuss a range of prospects for the future disposition of his soul. Traditionally, after he dies, a search party of senior monks would set out to locate his new incarnation, who is most often a boy toddler, who goes on to be trained as a monk and a leader.
Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack.
Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.