

“He had a chest infection and as suggested by doctors, he took some antibiotics. On Thursday, Taklha said he would be released soon. The Dalai Lama’s private secretary Tenzin Taklha said Tuesday the aging monk had been hospitalized with a chest infection after returning to his home in Dharamsala, India, following a meeting in New Delhi. He has also remained a perpetual thorn in the side of the Chinese government. Since then, he has become an international celebrity, winning a Nobel Peace prize and feted by some of the world’s top leaders. The Dalai Lama has lived in India since his self-imposed exile from Tibet in 1959 following the arrival of Chinese troops in the region, which Beijing claims has always been part of China. “Reincarnation of living Buddhas, including the Dalai Lama, must comply with Chinese laws and regulations and follow religious rituals and historical conventions,” Lu said, adding that China respected religious freedom for all its citizens.

But he added that there are “clear rules” regarding the reincarnation of “the living Buddha.” The reincarnation of the Dalai Lama must “comply with Chinese laws,” the Chinese Communist Party government has said as the Tibetan spiritual leader recovers in hospital from a chest infection.Īsked about the 83-year-old Buddhist monk’s hospitalization on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Beijing wasn’t aware of the physical condition of the 14th Dalai Lama.
