> 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.
>