Taz: Mr. Cering, 90th anniversary of the religious head of Tibetan Buddhism, Dalai Lamas (July 6) draws attention to exiled fans. Were your fears to lose sight of global crises?
Penpa Tsering: Currently, the main attention is paid to violent conflicts. Non -violent movements are unlikely to be considered. But we must remain persistent. Our power is our resistance. The world must understand that problems are solved not by violence, but not vice versa. The current situation in the world is just a stage that will not last forever.
TAZ: Much about the successor of the current 14th Dalai Lamas. Is the community exile prepared for this?
Penpa Tsering: His holiness prepared us for years. He stimulated direct elections of the vertex of the government of exile and transferred his political power to this elected tour in 2011. Secondly, Sikyong (Prime Minister) The result of this change. The Dalai -Lama is a real democrat and a seer who knows that the Tibetan struggle should continue without her and that the Tibetans should be responsible.
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In an interview: Pold Ceringus
Born in 1967, was the Prime Minister of the Tibetan expelled government in the Dharamsal Indian since 2021. 2008-2016 he was a representative of the Parliament of Exile.
Taz: Like the Dalai -Lama, they support the “average path”. What does it mean?
Penpa Tsering: We strive for real autonomy with the help of non -violent means. The average path lies between two extremes: the historical status of Tibet as an independent state and the current oppression of China. Beijing calls Tibet “Autonomously”, but this is not so.
TAZ: What can a solution look like?
Penpa Tsering: There are many agreements on the autonomy that we studied in the world. Models such as in South Tyrol, Italy or Scotland and the UK can also be a suitable solution for the Sino-Tibetan conflict.
With the growing age of Tibetan-Buddhist, the question arises of the successor of the Dalai Lama. Four days before his 90th anniversary, Tenzin Gyatso, who was the 14th Dalai -Lama confirmed that the tradition continued and that the Dalai -Lama Institute was preserved.
In his recently published biography (“Voice for the Silent”) he already indicated that the next Dalai Lama was born in the “Free World”. On Wednesday, in his North Indian exiled resort in Dharamsala, he explained that only his foundation will be given Fododrang, trusting the task of recognizing his reincarnation. After his death, the search for the successor should be “in accordance with the traditions.” “No one else has the right to intervene.”
The Beijing government immediately protested. The Dalai Lama should be selected in China, said the press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Only Beijing has the right to decide on reincarnation.
The Chinese government sees the Dalai Lama, who has been living in India since 1959. The Prime Minister of the Tibetan expulsion of Penpe Ceringus, accused China of politicizing the successor. “Therefore, we not only judge that the People’s Republic of China abuses the theme of reincarnation for its political purposes, we will never accept this.” Natalie Meit, Delhi
Taz: Dalai -Lama expressed a desire to see his place of birth again. How realistic is it?
Penpa Tsering: To visit its holiness in China or Tibet, China provides a condition that it should stay there. His holiness always said: if I have the opportunity to go to China or Tibet, I will go, but I will not live there because there is no freedom. Therefore, it depends on the government of China.
Taz: the regulation of its successor provides tension. Do you see the danger that Beijing, as the second largest religious guide, Panchen Lama, can make his own successor controlled by Beijing?
Penpa Tsering: His holiness made it clear that his successor is being revived in a free world, should not be free at a time when he leaves this world. Beijing will surely appoint its own Dalai Lama as a political tool for monitoring Tibet. But I ask the Chinese government: do you want to experience a headache for life? Two Dalai Lama would create huge problems. Xi Jinping will no longer live to solve them. Beijing has already made an error when determining the reincarnation of Panden -Lama. Their representative is not recognized as Tibetans, only the boy (Gedhun Check Nima) recognized Dali Lama at the time that disappeared for 30 years. Beijing did not prove that he is still alive.
TAZ: What is the situation in Tibet at present?
Penpa Tsering: This worsens, even if Tibet does not come from Tibet, because China provides this. There is no political freedom. Young people experience oppression there. They are so desperate that 157 people, most of them aged 17 to 35 years, burned to draw attention to their suffering. At the same time, state assimilation programs are underway. Children teach in a colonial style in Chinese and should swear to the loyalty of the Communist Party and their ideology. Tibetan identity must be destroyed.
TAZ: Is there a dialogue with China in general?
Penpa Tsering: There can be no solution if we do not approach the government of China. But if you look at politics near Xi Jinping, this is not like the fact that there is a place for negotiations. But we hold the communication channel open.
Taz: The Tibetan diaspora is increasingly leaving India and Nepal to the West. Is it power or a challenge?
Penpa Tsering: Both. This is a problem to maintain a culture in India and Nepal. But this is also an opportunity: Tibetans live in more than 27 countries, they say in languages and campaigns for our business. We try to remain emotionally closely related, despite the physical distance.
