Dalai Lama favours Buddhist solution for Tibetan issue

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GAYA, India -- Extolling the virtues of 'middle path' or madhyam marg, the central philosophy of Buddhism, the Dalai Lama -- the supreme spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism -- said a solution to the Tibetan problem is to be found through the middle path.

Although the Dalai Lama did not explain the contours of the middle path, his statement is being seen as an offer made to the Chinese government for a negotiated settlement of a nearly six-decade-old Tibetan question that has emerged as the main irritant in the India-China relations.

The Dalai Lama made the reference to the middle path approach vis-a-vis Tibet during his interaction with Tibetans, visitors from China and other areas of the Himalayan region on Tuesday. The Tibet problem is 'man made' and, as such, its solution has to be found by people who created in the first place, said the Dalai Lama.

In a somewhat measured tone, the Dalai Lama said the Tibetan problem was known to one and all and there was no need repeating it all over again. The reality cannot be concealed for long, he said.

The Dalai Lama is in Bodh Gaya in connection with Kalchakra Puja, the mega prayer for peace and creation of living Buddhas.

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Kashmir solution thru talks: Dalai Lama

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Islamabad, Pakistan -- The patron Buddhists spiritual elder Dalai Lama predicted that the solution to Kashmir dispute would come via “talks” and “understanding”, recalling that Ambaran was the ancient Buddhist site and diverse religions co-existed in Kashmir for centuries.

Dalai Lama’s maiden visit to occupied Jammu Wednesday had sprung many surprises at a crucial time when three countries – Pakistan, China and India – hosting the Kashmir dispute together, are moving simultaneously towards trade and travel rapprochement in the region, a move looking rare against the bloodiest of battles fought in the past.

The Lama, reports say, evaded any direct question regarding Tibet advising media to ask political queries from the politicians only. The major events he went through his day-long visit to occupied Jammu area Akhnoor were opening of a photo exhibition, address to the youth and media interaction.

This elderly Lama had self-exiled himself to India around 1959 and since then is a guest there. The fact that he did not show any high sounding tone towards China despite sharp media pointers is in itself a healthy message. The late Kushuk Bakaula, Dalai Lama’s disciple, remained member of Srinagar assembly for over a decade representing his Ladakhi Buddhist community. Bakaula had under Nehru influence tabled in mid-fifties a strange resolution for economic integration of occupied Kashmir and Ladakh with the east Punjab.

Kashmir circles have welcomed Dalai Lama’s advice over Kashmir issue to settle it through talks and enlarging understanding.

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