During his visit to Australia, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed doubt over the effectiveness of Tibetan self-immolations while stressing that Tibetans were not sacrificing their lives because of simple social or family grievances. “this [is],,,a symptom of some causes…Chinese officials…must investigate what is the cause of this symptom, of these events. It’s not the solution just to blame someone” he said.