His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is currently in the United States, met more than 400 Tibetans from California. Speaking about the struggle for Tibet’s culture and identity, he said “We’re passing through the most difficult period in the last 2,000 years of our recorded history.” His Holiness maintained that giving a proper education to younger generations of Tibetans is the only way of preserving Tibet’s identity and culture.