Dalai Lama says he won't be the last
Speaking at prayer celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday on Sunday, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism in a recorded statement said that the next Dalai Lama should be found and recognized as per past Buddhist traditions.
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