Dalai Lama Lama Quotations

The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.

I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.

I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.

I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.

The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.