It's perhaps useful that so many Chinese have used this site to practice propaganda because, in doing so, they are likely to now need to read the views of others who respect the DL

The freedom of the Tibetan people to preserve their cultural integrety must be regarded as their right by the world.

val vizor, Brighton, UK

When all is said and done the Dalai Lama doesnt have all the answers BUT he is trying his best and has my respect....he is imprisoned into a situation which is a sisyphean feat where he cannot return to Tibet, or send money or aid there or do anything much other then try and get tibet free

ruby cooper, nice, france

The Dalai Lama keeps talking about… a peaceful way. However, solid facts prove that his much-vaunted 'middle way' policy and 'peaceful demonstrations' are blatant lies fabricated by the Dalai himself and the Dalai clique.

Mills, london, United Kingdom

dalai lama is a complicated figure, you cannot say he is a religious leader or a politician. sometimes mixed ..... he is spreading peace and human rights, but did any one ask him how the human rights and Tibetans living before 1959 when he still ruled the region as a slavery system.....

michael, nantong,

To：jonathan, sydney, Australia

I could ague that all you are instructed to think too. What you've read, heard and seen are from western media but not yourself. So, how could you so sure about what you are instructed is 100% truth? Think about the moive Matrix.

Kang, Shenzhen, China

To£ºjonathan, sydney, Australia

I could ague that all you are instructed to think too. What you've read, heard and seen are from western media but not yourself. So, how could you so sure about what you are instructed is 100% truth? Think about the moive Matrix.

Kang, Shenzhen, China

To Taff Gidi, Stoke-on-trent, UK

Chinese leaders are not like Dala 14th, big mouth small action. Chinese leaders are really working hard for Chinese people have a better life. Dala 14th is the most manipulative person on earth, and backwards! less Dala monks, more peaceful world

Mills, london, United Kingdom

Face it: 99% of Tibetan ppl were in peace before the riot and are in peace now! What 's the "peace" deal DL wants? - a peace deal only 4 hundreds exiled Tibetan nobles I see.

Why DL wastes $ on luxurious long EU Tour, while he can save & donate it to so many Tibetan families in earthquake?

Dr. Wang, London, UK

why this monk with Gucci shoes never say a word about the victims of the earthquake in Sichuan, China, many of them are tibetans, whom the monk always declared to love and be loved, it's ridiculous,Dalai Lama, you are more a hypocrite than a religious leader.kick off yr Gucci, keel down to the dead

Nathan, Shenzhen, China

Muhammad, Cambs: I feel sorry for you. It sounds to me like you are the sad one. I watche the Dalai Lama giving evidence to the foreign relations committe and he exhibited a lot of intelligence, humanity and a grasp of world affairs more than Chinese leaders have tried to lead us to believe.

Taff Gidi, Stoke-on-trent, UK

To J Young - isn't the role of a spiritual leader to pray? And he has expressed a desire to offer money, if China will accept it.

Keith Lawson, Poole, UK

do you konw what many victims in this massive earthquake are tibetan! what has him done for his fellow tibetan? i haven't seen anything never! and Communist Party ? PM wenjiabao come to the area immediatly ,sent more than 150000 army ,101 helicopters ,more than 200 polices died in relief effort

zhang, fuzhou, china

A sad man, whose followers think he is god and can fly during the night. The only reason the PM is meeting him is to upset china. Other than that the meeting is of little or no value.In the world of today I do not think anyone can stand up to china and it is not going to change soon. Live with it.

Muhammad, Cambridgeshire,

If the Chinese Communist Party instructs all the Chinese to change their minds about this issue, then all the Chinese will change their minds. The Chinese people think what they are instructed to think, on this and other issues.

(And yes, it was 1959.)

jonathan, sydney, Australia

Time is running out for China to find a peaceful resolution on the issue of Tibet. The Dalai Lama is the solution. Solve the issue during his lifetime and gain international respect.

Dalai Lama has often called for this to be the century of dialogue. Solution for Tibet could serve as an example

Gyame Kyaktsar, Red Deer, Canada

What did he do to his fellow Tibetan earthquake victims besides his prayers? Any tangible action or financial help? One should not only hear what a person says, more importantly to see how he/she acts.

J Young, Harrison, USA

When we 1.3 billion Chinese people in Deep sorrow because the stong earthquale, Dalai is travelling happily around the world for his "Free Tibet".
If UK people like you think this is the wisdom, I have nothing to comment then.

Tao, Hangzhou, China

There's misinformation in the article. In fact, the Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959. He lived happily under the Communist leadership for quite a few years. An example is his going to Beijing in 1954 and writing of a poem to praise Mao. He fled partly because he hated the abolishment of serfdom.

Sylvia, Urbana, US

"— Mao Zedong’s troops entered Tibet when he was 15 years old in 1950, and he fled to India on foot in 1951"

What are nonsense, Dalai fled to india in 1959, not 1951.

T Yang, Shenzhen, PRC

I hope China and Britain could become friends. Don't let Dalai lama stand in the way.

mark, Birmingham, UK

What a wonderful person he is. And what a shame the many Chinese officials ranged against him are so boorishly unable to realise this or admit it. Inevitably this means that though they may hold the land of Tibet they will NEVER hold its people.

Allan Tierney, Glasgow, Scotland