Dalai Lama says it's for people to decide fate of his office

GAUHATI, India (AP) — The exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader said Saturday that it’s up to his followers to decide whether the office of the Dalai Lama exists in the future.
During a visit to the northeast Indian town of Tawang — the second-highest seat of Tibetan Buddhism — the Dalai Lama denied that he had any knowledge of where his successor would be born. Asked if the next Dalai Lama could be a woman, he said, “That might also happen.”
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