The Dalai Lama is not a true buddhist, if he was then he wouldn't ask his followers to burn themselves, seriously what is that going to accomplish? If he was a true buddhist leader he would understand why Tibet should be with China and also understand the benefits Tibet gains from being with China like having infrastructure; roads connecting to all cities in Tibet and beyond, providing unparalleled wealth in the regions history. Hell, even today Tibet's infrastructure is better than most places in South Asia, not to mention the population has increased more dramatically than anytime in its history: from one million to over six million.
The Dalai Lama, just wants power, and he is using his status to spout and distort buddhist rhetoric and platitude to brainwash and gain followers from all over the world because he knows the average person wouldn't do research and are just plain ignorant about most things that happened or are happening on this planet.The reason why the Dalai Lama received the nobel peace prize is because its an attempt by the west to further cloud the average persons perception of the Dalai Lama; thinking he is a saint sent by god, but in actuality the west have been trying to separate Tibet from China since the late Qing Dynasty to weaken China.
Dalai Lama doesn't care for his people, if he could he would live like the Pope, living in decadence and extravagant luxury with a legion of brainwashed religious zealots willing to do anything he asks. He wishes he was the Pope and longing for the day where he used to own a million Tibetan slaves and living in his comfortable palace looking down at all the unfortunate Tibetans living in harsh condition, as you can you see from the pictures that have been posted a few posts back.
Even today he still lives in luxury; The CIA gives him over millions upon millions of dollars a year, which he uses to fund his guerilla tactics against China and also to host seminars to show how much of a saint he is by spouting more platitude, but the only thing he has accomplished is being a celebrity and getting a bunch of people who are jealous and hate China to listen and drool with their eyes wide opened, oh and of course brainwashing zealous people to burn themselves to further fool morons at the expense of human lives.
All you Indians who keep engaging in this circle jerk Chant "Free Tibet, its the only option, they must gain their freedom. Poor Tibetans, we are their brothers we must help them blah blah blah", you people don't care about the well being of the Tibetan people, you people mistreat and abuse the people in your North East, so why would you treat the Tibetans any different? All you people just want to see China as a smaller country and would hope for anything that hinders China's progress of becoming a healthy prosperous nation. Not to mention, the average Tibetans are way richer than the average Indian and living conditions far better than anywhere in India, so why would they join you.