According to the head of the world's second-largest monastery, after the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, only the present Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people have the authority to decide on the Tibetan spiritual leader's legacy. China has no involvement in this. He told the Press Trust of India that the Chinese government does not believe in religion. How can a government that rejects religion choose the next Dalai Lama? Inheritance planning is a religious and spiritual subject; it is not a political problem. "China has no right to pick the next Dalai Lama," he stressed. Only the present Dalai Lama and his supporters will be able to make this decision.