Then, for the rest of my life, I will focus on the promotion of human values and the promotion of harmony among the different religious traditions. I will continue teaching Buddhism to the Buddhist world. On Goals and Impermanence There are no inherent contradictions between being a political leader and a moral leader, as long as you carry on political activities or goals with sincere motivation and proper goals. Proper goals mean not working for your own name, or for your own fame, or for your own power, but for the benefit of others. Within another fifty years I, Tenzin Gyatso, will be no more than a memory.
Time passes unhindered.
The Chinese authorities and the Tibetan people very much want me to continue my work, but I am now over sixty-four years old. So, there is little time left for active work. My physicians say that my life span, as revealed by my pulse, is one hundred and three years. In this time, until my last day, I want to, for the benefit of all, maintain close relationships with those who became Tibet's friends during our darkest period. I consider these friendships very precious.