Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures, during a press conference on the occasion of the 5th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet, held at the Italian Lower Chamber of Parliament, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. The 74-year-old spiritual leader said that when he dies, “there will be a setback, there’s no doubt,” but added that a very healthy, cultivated new generation is rising with the potential to lead. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures, during a press conference on the occasion of the 5th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet, held at the Italian Lower Chamber of Parliament, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. The 74-year-old spiritual leader said that when he dies, “there will be a setback, there’s no doubt,” but added that a very healthy, cultivated new generation is rising with the potential to lead. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)