Inciting self-immolation is an extreme crime and runs against Buddhist doctrine, a Buddhist master has said, while advising followers to "discern good and evil."

The 14th Dalai Lama and his clique are doomed to fail in their attempt to realize "Tibet independence" by playing up self-immolations, according to an opinion piece carried by the People's Daily on Tuesday.

Eminent Tibetan Buddhist monks interviewed by Xinhua have expressed their grief over the recent deaths of Tibetans who set themselves alight.

The US'backing to the Dalai clique is not at all for its concern for Tibetan culture, religion and human rights, but for its own anti-China purpose. And the Dalai group is nothing but a puppet for the Western countries to restrain China’s development.

The Dalai clique's efforts are completely in vain. The democratic reforms in Tibet have replaced serfrom. Tibetan people will never choose a political system of unifying politics and religion.

The self-immolation issue has triggered wide debate world widely. The Dalai Lama Clique used to win westerners' favor, while in this issue, even the US media practitioner publicly claimed that the Dalai Lama should condemn Tibetan self-immolations.

As the so-called spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama has not condemned the loss of life, and his silent consent has instigated Tibetan separatist groups to propagate that "their actions and personal information and pictures will be passed on to India a...

A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday slammed a statement issued by a U.S. official on the situation in Tibet, urging the United States to stop interfering in China's internal management.