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After Centuries Of Men, Will The Next Dalai Lama Be A Woman?

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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets the audience as he arrives to attend a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of exiled Tibetans settlement in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. The exiled leader of the Tibetan people was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for his non-violent efforts to free Tibet from Chinese control. Under Mao Tse-tung, China invaded Tibet in 1951, insisting that the mountainous kingdom had always been part of China. Forced into permanent exile in 1959, the Dalai Lama travels the world campaigning for a free Tibet and preaching the power of compassion. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets the audience as he arrives to attend a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of exiled Tibetans settlement in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012.  (AP/Altaf Qadri)

Tibetan Buddhism’s supreme leader, the Dalai Lama, has that he believes a female Dalai Lama was entirely possible, although all previous holders of the title have been male.

“If the circumstances are such that a female Dalai Lama is more useful, then automatically a female Dalai Lama will come,” he said in a press conference in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, adding that the world is currently undergoing a “moral crisis” which will require more compassionate leaders.

“In that respect, biologically, females have more potential,” the Dalai Lama said. “Females have more sensitivity about others’ well-being.”

He reflected on his own family to make his point, noting that “in my own case, my father, very short temper. On a few occasions I also got some beatings. But my mother was so wonderfully compassionate.”

The comments came amid controversy in Australia over a botched joke regarding Prime Minister Julia Gillard, where opposition leaders released a fake menu at a fundraiser that used obscene references to the female anatomy. 

This isn’t the first time the Buddhist leader has expressed his support for the notion of a female Dalai Lama. In 2007, he made very similar comments in a Telegraph piece, noting: “If a woman reveals herself as more useful the Lama could very well be reincarnated in this form.”

This article originally was published at Global Post.

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June 14th, 2013
Faine Greenwood

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