Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu with the Dalai Lama at Dharamshala on Saturday. United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio extended his best wishes to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday. “The Dalai Lama continues to inspire with his message of unity, peace, and compassion,” Marco posted on X. (ANI)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Saturday said that he hopes to live for another 30 to 40 years, until he is 130 years old, days after he said the Gaden Phodrang Trust will be “solely responsible” for finding his reincarnation. He turns 90 on Sunday.

“I hope to still live for 30 or 40 more years. Your prayers have borne fruit so far…We have lost our country and we live in exile in India. But, I have been able to benefit the beings (of Tibet) quite a lot. So, living here in Dharamsala I intend to benefit, serve beings and the dharma as much as I can,” the Dalai Lama said. He was speaking at the prayer ceremony ahead of his 90th birth anniversary at Tsuglagkhang, the main Dalai Lama temple in McLeodganj.