The Dalai Lama admitted that he might be the last who will hold the title and said the fate of his institution is up to the people of Tibet.

In an interview with BBC, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader from China said it would also be better if the tradition would already stop. He said he already concedes that no one might take after his post.

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He firmly said that another Dalai Lama coming after him would solely depend on the circumstances as the title no longer includes political responsibilities as he has handed such tasks back in 2011 to the Tibetan government's leader Lobsang Sangay, who is also in exile.

China always points out that they will be the one choosing the next Dalai Lama so the spiritual leader now feels that the man-made institution will cease one day.

"So, much better that a centuries-old tradition should cease at the time of a quite popular Dalai Lama," he stated.

The Dalai Lama also talked about democracy and pointed out that the international community has to do more and to step in for the people to be encouraged to vote for democracy. He touched on the United Kingdom taking on a lenient alliance with China over the protests of pro-democracy students in Hong Kong for financial support and financial-related reasons.

The spiritual leader also said China wants to join the mainstream world economy and that the country should be welcome in the said field. However, the free world still has a moral responsibility over China's desire convert the ruling to mainstream democracy in order to better align with the interests of China, the 79-year-old leader explained.

The Dalai Lama has announced that he is advocating a "middle way" as opposed to what the Chinese officials called him, which is a "splittist". He is now seeking only autonomy for the Tibetan people and not independence.

Back in 1959, the Nobel Peace Prize winner fled to India as Chinese troops stopped an attempted uprising in Tibet, thus he was labeled as a "splittist."

TagsDalai Lama, spiritual leader, Tibet autonomy, China-Tibet