More than 17,000 people gathered Thursday in a New York sports
arena to offer prayers for the long life of the 89-year-old Dalai Lama, who said he expected to live past 100. “I have done my best to benefit others and the Tibetan people,” the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader said in his first major public appearance following
knee replacement surgery in June..
“Going forward too, I will live for more than 100 years in order to fulfill the wishes of the Tibetan people,” he said,
reiterating past predictions.