Do you think the Dalai Lama should be allowed back into Tibet? Why or why not?

Question

The Dalai Lama's biography
In the early years of exile, His Holiness appealed to the United Nations on the question of Tibet, resulting in three resolutions adopted by the General Assembly in 1959, 1961, and 1965, calling on China to respect the human rights of Tibetans and their desire for self-determination. With the newly constituted Tibetan Government-in-exile, His Holiness saw that his immediate and urgent task was to save the both the Tibetan exiles and their culture alike. Tibetan refugees were rehabilitated in agricultural settlements. Economic development was promoted and the creation of a Tibetan educational system was established to raise refugee children with full knowledge of their language, history, religion and culture. The Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts was established in 1959, while the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies became a university for Tibetans in India.

Over 200 monasteries have been re-established to preserve the vast corpus of Tibetan Buddhist teachings, the essence of the Tibetan way of life.

In 1963, His Holiness promulgated a democratic constitution, based on Buddhist principles and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a model for a future free Tibet. Today, members of the Tibetan parliament are elected directly by the people. The members of the Tibetan Cabinet are elected by the parliament, making the Cabinet answerable to the Parliament. His Holiness has continuously emphasized the need to further democratise the Tibetan administration and has publicly declared that once Tibet regains her independence he will not hold political office. In Washington, D.C., at the Congressional Human Rights Caucus in 1987, he proposed a Five-Point Peace Plan as a first step toward resolving the future status of Tibet. This plan calls for the designation of Tibet as a zone of peace, an end to the massive transfer of ethnic Chinese.

into Tibet, restoration of fundamental human rights and democratic freedoms, and the abandonment of China's use of Tibet for nuclear weapons production and the dumping of nuclear waste, as well as urging "earnest negotiations" on the future of Tibet. In Strasbourg, France, on 15 June 1988, he elaborated the Five-Point Peace Plan and proposed the creation of a self-governing democratic Tibet, "in association with the People's Republic of China." On 2 September 1991, the Tibetan Government-in-exile declared the Strasbourg Proposal invalid because of the closed and negative attitude of the present Chinese leadership towards the ideas expressed in the proposal. On 9 October 1991, during an address at Yale University in the United States, His Holiness said that he wanted to visit Tibet to personally assess the political situation. He said, "I am extremely anxious that, in this explosive situation, violence may break out. I want to do what I can to prevent this

Answer 1

I think the Chinese would have His Holiness arrested or assassinated the minute he stepped a foot into Tibet. They slaughtered many innocent lay people and Monks. The Dalai Lama may chose not to be reborn especially if Tibet is still occupied by China. It is sad that he cannot see his beloved home,but he would be endangered if he went back.
EDIT: So true Countessa!

Answer 2

As a Tibetan, I know what Chinese had done to Tibet.
Tibet was once a peaceful independent nation, but in 1949,The Chinese who knew Tibetans had no weapons begun invading Tibet and until now 1.2 million innocent Tibs like Busshist monks and nuns and ordinary lay Tibetans have died. They destroyed thousands of monasteries. The Dalai Lama like other Tibs had no choice but to flee TIbet and seek refugee in India. It has now been about 47 years Dalai lama has been living in exile and ofcourse he must be allowed to go back to his Country Tibet cos that country belongs to him not the occupeir Chinese.
China is lucky that thier victims are peace loving buddhist Tibetans who only believe in non violant methods to free TIbet.
There is not one suicide bomber TIbetan who killed Chinese officials .
The current Chinese leader Hu Jintao has blood in his hands of Tibetan people.
He was the general secretery of (Lhasa) TIbet in the 80ties and he imposed martial law in Tibet which resulted in deaths of tens of thousands of Tibetans.
Tibetans in Tibet still live under Chinese dictatorship and has absolutely no religous or political rights .
Tibetans who display a pic of thier god king Dalai lama are jailed for years sometimes 15 years and they are subject to torture in jail.
China built roads, train stations and lots of buildings or economic develepments in TIbet but this is actually nothing but a cultural genocide for the Tibetans.
All these benefit the Chinese not TIbetans.
Tibetans are still a minority in thier own country and are treated as a second class citizen by the Chinese gov and officials.
Free Tibet now!
Long live the Dalai Lama.
China out of Tibet!

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Answer 3

I wonder would Bush invade Tibet and get the Chinese out? silly me forgot no oil in Tibet.

Answer 4

I would like him to get "home" before he dies at least one time. It really is a sad state of affairs.

Answer 5

yes, no, maybe.

Answer 6

who cares??????????????