After failed self-immolation, Tibetan says 'I won't repeat it'

c. 2013 Religion News Service

DHARAMSALA, India (RNS) After more than 100 Tibetans have set themselves on fire, a man who tried and failed says he won't do it again -- but only because he doesn't want to create trouble for the Dalai Lama.

    "I won't try to burn myself again," said the 30-year-old survivor Dawa Dhondup, a shy and soft-spoken man in Dharamsala, the Himalayan seat of the Dalai Lama's government-in-exile in northern India.