- Title: “China has gun power, we have truthâ€, says Dalai Lama in India
- Date: 25th December 2019
- Summary: BODH GAYA, BIHAR, INDIA (DECEMBER 25, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) TIBETAN SPIRITUAL LEADER, THE DALAI LAMA, STANDING WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS AND TALKING TO A DEVOTEE DEVOTEES, SOME WITH LOTUS FLOWERS IN THEIR HANDS, STANDING WITH FOLDED HANDS DALAI LAMA, WALKING WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) TIBETAN SPIRITUAL LEADER, THE DALAI LAMA, SAYING: "Truth... we have truth, power of truth. Chinese communists (have the) power of gun. (In the) long run, power of truth is much stronger than the power of gun." DALAI LAMA, WALKING WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS IDOL OF LORD BUDDHA/DALAI LAMA WALKING IN
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- Keywords: Bodh Gaya China Communist Party of China Dalai Lama India Tibet
- Location: BODH GAYA, BIHAR, INDIA
- City: BODH GAYA, BIHAR, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001BBH3UXB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in a message to China on Wednesday (December 25) said they may have gun power, but Tibetans have truth, and in long run truth is stronger than gun.
Dalai Lama is currently at the Buddhist pilgrimage site of Bodh Gaya in northern India for a two-day visit.
The Dalai Lama fled from Lhasa for asylum in India in 1959 after an abortive uprising against Chinese rule. He has since lived mostly in the northern hill town of Dharamsala, where his supporters run a small government in exile and advocate Tibet's autonomy by peaceful means.
The 84-year-old was recognised as the Tibetan spiritual leader at the age of 15 in the year 1959, the same year when China occupied Tibet. China had earlier called him a 'wolf in a monk's skin'. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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