Dalai Lama interned for chest infection

NEW DELHI.- The
Dalai Lama, leader
Tibetan spiritual, was hospitalized yesterday in the capital of the

India

because of an infection in the chest. The news was confirmed by spokesman Tenzin Taklha, who said that Lama had received medication and had probably spent a day or two being hospitalized. The Buddhist arrived by plane from Dharmasala to attend a medical consultation with doctors in the capital and was hospitalized.

Settled in the northern city of India since he fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against the Chinese government, the 83-year-old ruler was suffering from chest pains. "His Holiness is much better, but he is still under treatment at the hospital and we expect him to leave in a few days," Taklha said.

Not long ago, Ngodup Tsering, a representative of the Dalai Lama in the United States, said that the spiritual leader arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday. "The doctor said that there was no reason to worry, it's nothing serious," said Tsering, adding, "It will take a few days' rest. . "

Although he is still a popular speaker, the Dalai Lama has significantly reduced his international commitments in recent years. In fact, it has not met any global leader since 2016. However, several governments have confessed their reluctance to invite it for fear of generating tension with the Chinese government.

Nobel Peace Prize

The Dalai Lama is considered the reincarnation of the Buddha on Earth. He is the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, as well as the followers of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the supreme leader of a feudal absolutist theocratic monarchy, which lasted until the invasion of Tibet by

China

in 1950

The Communist Party of the Asian Giant claims that Tibet is an integral part of its territory and insists that the Dalai Lama is a "separatist" with a monk's tunic.

Since 1959, the chief is in India, a country that offered him asylum when he escaped through the Himalayas disguised as a soldier. In 2011, he gave up his political power and handed over the leadership of Tibetans in exile to a diaspora-elected prime minister, which was a historic change.

Throughout his life, he has been constantly seeking a commitment to Beijing regarding the future of Tibetans. This pacifist and nonviolent struggle earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

Among other measures, the Dalai Lama announced that he could himself be the last of the lineage, perpetuated since the fourteenth century, with the aim of preventing any attempt by the Chinese government to name his successor reincarnated.

AP and AFP agencies