Dalai Lama and Tibet

"Things will be just all right during my generation in exile. After that, there will be another generation. It is possible that the situation will be fairly all right during their time. But it is impossible to say whether beyond that generation the situation will be good or bad." (http://www.dalailama.com/page.8.htm, para 3)

There has been some focus on the Tibetans recently as protests have escalated in Tibet. There has also been a rift between the Dalai Lama and the current Tibetan generation when it comes to violent protests. For Tibetans in Ground Zero, they seem to be running out of patience with the peaceful ways that the Dalai Lama has been preaching. Even from his speech last year, he acknowledges that there may be a growing difference in opinion on how to ultimately achieve their objective of independence.