Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama talks to the media as he comes out of a prayer room at the Tawang monastery, in Tawang, in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The Dalai Lama brushed off Chinese protests and traveled Sunday to the remote Himalayan town near the Tibetan border to lead five days of prayer and teaching sessions for Buddhist pilgrims. AP Photo logo AP Photo 27 months ago

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama talks to the media as he comes out of a prayer room at the Tawang monastery, in Tawang, in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The Dalai Lama brushed off Chinese protests and traveled Sunday to the remote Himalayan town near the Tibetan border to lead five days of prayer and teaching sessions for Buddhist pilgrims.