Recently the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government have made several remarks about the future of Tibetan Buddhism and the 15th Dalai Lama. Read the following articles and, using what you learned about Buddhism in class, respond tie the articles together and give your response.
“How and Why the Dalai Lama Left Tibet” (TIME)
https://time.com/3742242/dalai-lama-1959/
“The Next Dalai Lama Could Be A Woman” (Huffington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2013/06/17/the-next-dalai-lama-could-be-a-woman/
“Dalai Lama Sees No Need For A Successor” (Huffington Post)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/dalai-lama-successor_n_5790572.html
“Dalai Lama Profanes Buddhism” (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/09/us-china-parliament-tibet-idUSKBN0M50R920150309