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I'm Amy Sullivan for Time magazine and

I'm here with His Holiness the Dalai

Lama he has a new book out called toward

a true kinship of faiths how the world's

religions can come together and he's

here to answer ten questions thank you

so much for being with us and for doing

this our first question is do you see

any possibility of reconciliation with

the Chinese government within your

earthly lifetime

yes there's possibility in China because

of wider contact with the outside world

and also they are living standard

improving then they develop question

what what is the hell sort of system so

there are more more voice some kind of

discontentment among the people

particularly among the intellectuals

so therefore things will change they're

bound to happen so well once the city

holds world leaders thinking more open

less hypocrisy

oh so the truthful honest realistic then

Tibetan problem easily can solve we have

a reader in India who wants to know

do you ever feel angry or even outraged

oh yes of course

I'm given being I do generally speaking

I think one human being never show anger

then I think something wrong

he's a mica bait we have a question from

the Philippines have you ever thought

about being a normal person instead of

being the Dalai Lama yes at young age

when you see my routine I mean daily

routine study and sometimes you see do

some retreat with my tutor and tutor one

tutor older one very less smile so a few

hours to sit together and some

recitation then sometimes I feel oh this

is Burton I wish I really I should I

will be one throw on the Tibetan then

more feel like they're kind freely but

then later of course I realize my own

sort of position that also something

useful to other more you can if you

utilize is your opportunity properly

then your life becomes more meaningful

so nowadays I feel happy

I'm Dharma it's going to be the Dalai

Lama but at the same time I never feel

I'm something special person nothing say

we are say Hilary mcdougal and Palm

Desert California wants to know will you

be able to fulfill your destiny if you

never go home again I consider myself as

a citizen of the world

so in that sense I'm just one of the six

living here being this nationality that

nationality this faith that faith is

secondary level important is we are same

human being a question from Les Lucas in

Canada who wants to know do you believe

that your time on here on earth has been

a success success

know that also relative some field until

somebody achievement down and some feed

failure so difficult to say I he'll all

human life like that some part failure

somebody achieve it is wrong to pick up

one thing then say or very success is

wrong and pick a one thing or failure

that also wrong

things are relative finally we have a

question a very practical question from

a reader in Stamford Connecticut who

asks have you ever tried on a pair of

trousers and very very cold climate and

particularly in 1959 when I asked him

then was it Rosser like lay people sort

of dress like that so I have experience

that was over I had also 1950 when I

escaped from NASA to to border in

determining border Yatim that that I

also I that almost the first time since

I came to NASA I always dress monk dress

but 9:50 the winter so I escaped from

Lhasa to border SK means then of course

not yet the Chinese forces to come but

the Tibetan local Tibetan this is very

much concern i should remain nasa so but

because of the danger and we escaped so

again you see the ordinary sort of dress

right that thank you so much your

holiness for answering our questions and

for being with us today we appreciate it

thank you thank you so much thank you

thank you somewhere lively thank you

thank you thank you

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