tenzin gyatso , the 14th dalai patriarch , has vowed to step down from his chair if they " get out of control " in tibet , where violent demonstrations against china have killed anywhere from 13 to 100 people . at a 2011 conference in dharamsala , india , the dalai lama announced he was opposed to the effectiveness of violence against china ' s population . " this is almost suicide , " he said . " even if 1 , 000 pakistanis sacrifice their lives , it will not help . " meanwhile , he says that many radical exiles have criticized his practice of non - violence , and says that his only option is to " completely resignation " if the bloodshed continues .
The 14th Dalai Lama was born in Dharamsala.