His Holiness the Dalai Lama and The Potala Palace in Lhasa

His Holiness the Dalai Lama looks at the backdrop of the International Campaign for Tibet event featuring the Potala Palace in Lhasa and shows where he used to live before he was forced into exile in 1959.
The backdrop was designed by contemporary Tibetan artist Losang Gyatso.
The International Campaign for Tibet is a not-for-profit advocacy organization working internationally to promote human rights and democratic freedoms for the Tibetan people. ICT has offices in Washington, DC, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Brussels. Please visit our website at www.savetibet.org for more information.

[@billieabbott3198]

Always with the Dalai Lama a laugh. Teaches me to lift my spirits in adversity.How I love the DL, I feel Iknow that little room where he slept and the rats that kept him company. 💗

[@mirageinmercuryshadow]

I do hope that Tebet is returned back to its people 1 day

[@jungnay]

Hello, where can I find the full length video of this gathering?

[@TsebT]

Freedom for tibetans...free tibet

[@jameswang362]

I'm wondering: Why was the Dalai Lama, being a Buddhist monk, living in a palace?

[@Gompotashikham]

His Holiness The Dalai Lama was both the political head and spiritual leader of Tibet. He later retired from the political leadership and established a democratic system where people can elect the political seat holder. The Potala Palace was built from the era of the 5th Dalai Lama and renovated by the trusted minister of the fifth Dalai Lama. From then, the Potala Palace is a large establishment with lots of features like holy shrines, offices of the govt body, printing press, grounds, monastic institution, libraries and etc. The Potala Palace holds 1000 rooms in total.

[@AnoopKammaran]

Its because the Potala Palace even though is called a "palace" was actually a monastery accompanied by offices of the Tibetan government... Think of it like the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican...

[@刘海-s7z]

shame shame da lai lama!