It's possible we are now slowly losing the present Dalai Lama and he says that he might not come back?

I have heard several things like "he might not reincarnate" but then I realize that would be mostly because he doesn't want the Chinese or anyone else to mimic or misuse the office of the Dalai Lama to harm people in various ways.

Then later I hear things like "Maybe the Dalai Lama could come back as a woman?"

But all these things are very vague indeed.

So, I think we should prepare ourselves for there to be no living Dalai Lama in the future at all (or we might have many "Pretenders who are NOT the Dalai Lama that would be sanctioned by the Chinese Government or others to corrupt Tibetan Buddhism so it would no longer be what it has been for over 1000 years already.

So, I think all of us need to be prepared for no more Dalai Lama which will be very hard for Buddhists and Tibetan Buddhists and those who sympathize with Buddhist Precepts or who have actually heard the Dalai Lama Speak in person in English like I did at UC Santa Cruz likely in the late 1980s.

The Dalai Lama appears to be slipping away from us now at age 87 like many we know in their 80s, 90s, or 100s.

Tashi Delek!

Which means Good Luck or Good Fortune in Tibetan.