http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dali_Lama#Future_of_the_position
"In the mid-1970s His Holiness, Tenzin Gyatso, The Fourteenth Dalai
Lama, told a Polish newspaper that he thought he would be the last
Dalai Lama. In a later interview published in the English language
press he stated "The Dalai Lama office was an institution created to
benefit others. It is possible that it will soon have outlived its
usefulness."[31] These statements caused a furor amongst Tibetans in
India. Many could not believe that such an option could even be
considered. It was further felt that it was not the Dalai Lama's
decision to reincarnate. Rather, they felt that since the Dalai Lama
is a national institution it was up to the people of Tibet to decide
whether or not the Dalai Lama should reincarnate"
You're gotta laugh.
Oh what stories we weave.
