My job is too big for one man, says Dalai Lama
After 500 years of autocracy, Tibetan leader calls for democracy
By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent for the Independent

Robert Thurman, professor of Indo-Tibetan studies at Columbia University, said that while the Dalai Lama had managed to perform both a political and religious role, it was his belief that the Tibetan people would benefit from more secular education and taking more personal responsibility. “He thinks that democracy is the best way for this. He has dealt with Chinese autocracy for more than 60 years and he has seen what that has done,” he said. Full article.