TIBET El líder budista cree que la institución no tiene sentido sin su 'poder político'
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The spiritual head of Tibet in exile intends to be the last to hold the position
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Considera que la tradición del Dalai Lama 'puede terminarse' after 450 years of validity
Tenzin Gyatso, during the visit to Germany. Efe
He Dalai Lama ha asegurado en una entrevista al dominical alemán 'Welt am Sonntag' which is intended to be the last Tibetan spiritual leader and thus put an end to a religious tradition several centuries old.
"La institución del Dalai Lama existe desde hace cinco siglos. This tradition can end with the 14thº Dalai Lama, which is very dear", responded when asked if Tibetans still need a Dalai Lama.
"Si un 15º Dalai Lama will disgrace the function, the institution would be ridiculed", he added laughing.
"Los que piensan en términos políticos deben darse cuenta de quethis period of about 450 years during which we have had the institution of the Dalai Lama must come to an end", the Nobel Peace Prize winner explained, of 79 years.
"La institución del Dalai Lama era importante a causa de su poder político. I renounced that power in 2011, cuando me retiré", He recalled.
Tenzin Gyatso ya había indicado anteriormente que la institución "había cumplido su misión".
The Buddhist leader advertisement in 2011 who abandoned his role as leader of the Tibetan Government in exile, essentially symbolic in nature. To succeed him on the political front, a prime minister waselected for the first time to represent the Government.
