The Dalai Lama was in Washington, D.C., talking to members of Congress about his decision to step aside as the political leader of Tibet.
"The religious institution, the leader of the religious, and the political leadership, should be separate," he told the legislators during an appearance Thursday in the Capitol. "I myself combine! So my statement, my explanation, become like hypocrisy. Saying something, doing something different."
"Religious institutions, political institutions, must be separate – the last several decades I emphasized that," he said.
