Business Recorder - World - Asia https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:20:29 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:20:29 +0500 60 Dalai Lama rejects pleas to reconsider retirement https://www.brecorder.com/news/7424/dalai-lama-rejects-pleas-to-reconsider-retirement <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/mar/dalai-lama_404.jpg" width="400" height="502" />DHARAMSHALA: The Dalai Lama rejected on Thursday calls from the Tibetan parliament in exile for him to reconsider his decision to retire as political head of the movement.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">"No (I will not reconsider). I gave serious consideration for many years. my decision for the long run is best," he told AFP during a media interview.</p> <p><center><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011</i></b><i> </i></center></p> DHARAMSHALA: The Dalai Lama rejected on Thursday calls from the Tibetan parliament in exile for him to reconsider his decision to retire as political head of the movement.

"No (I will not reconsider). I gave serious consideration for many years. my decision for the long run is best," he told AFP during a media interview.

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