In 2007, BI Video Producer Eames Yates interviewed His Holiness the Dalai Lama. During the interview His Holiness made it clear that he loves to laugh. To celebrate his 80th birthday we wanted to ...

The Dalai Lama appears promptly and sits in front of the camera, smiling and adjusting his burgundy robes. "Half-five," he says with a grin. His eyes sparkle: "Too early!" We both laugh.

"If a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive," he said in English, while laughing. The statement apologised for any offence caused and put it down to a misunderstood joke.

The “Dalai Lama: China, Mount Kailash ... “When I asked the question he started laughing. He said, the Tibetan culture goes back thousands of years and it’s well preserved, because of ...