The 81-year-old Tibetan spiritual Guru Dalai lama called India ‘A guru and he as a chela of the Guru’ and ascribed himself as the messenger of ancient Indian values and knowledge. Addressing a seminar organised by the Social Justice Department of Karna-
taka Government to commemorate Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary in Bengaluru on TuesdayTibetan Guru said “He consider himself as a son of India.”
He said “India is a guru and we are chelas (followers), we are reliable chelas, because we have preserved your ancient knowledge.”
“I also consider myself as the son of India as every part of my brain cells are filled with ancient Indian knowledge and my body is because of Indian rice and dal.”
Deprivation from social justice in the name of caste was not from religion, but it was from existing societal systems like feudal system, he added.