Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is on the verge of retirement, said Karma Cheophel, speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-exile in Dharamsala, seat of Tibetan government-in-exile.
The Dalai Lama said Saturday he has given up on efforts to convince China to allow greater autonomy for Tibet under Chinese rule.The Tibetan spiritual leader said he would now ask the Tibetan people to decide how to take the dialogue forward.
"As far as I'm concerned I have given up,"
"The issue of Tibet is not the issue of the Dalai Lama alone. It is the issue of 6 million Tibetans. I have asked the Tibetan government-in-exile, as a true democracy in exile, to decide in consultation with the Tibetan people the future course of action," the Dalai Lama said.
His speech was translated by his spokesman, Tenzin Takhla.
Dalai Lama made his first public appearance on Saturday during the celebration of the 48th anniversary of Tibetan Children Village (TCV) School, after his surgery for the removal of gallstones.
His Holiness emphasized on education, not general education but specialized education and that Tibetan young people must specialize in different fields of education.
Dalai Lama has also called a special meeting of Tibetan exiles in November to discuss this year''s political unrest in Tibet and the future of the Tibetan movement in Dharamsala the Exile Home of Dharamsala