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Succession mantra: ‘Lead as if I’m not there’

“One of your main responsibilities as a leader is to lead the movement forward as if I’m not there.” Those words were spoken in 2012 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in a private conversation with Lobsang Sangay, president of the Central Tibetan Administration. “(His) words struck me like a lightning bolt,” Sangay later reported. “I ...

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