and they are not kidding!

[old3bob]

 

"The reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, the Panchen Lama and other great Buddhist figures must be chosen by drawing lots from a golden urn, and approved by the central government," Mao Ning, foreign ministry spokeswoman, said at a press briefing, Reuters reports.

 

[BigSkyDiamond]

4 hours ago, old3bob said:

 

"The reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, the Panchen Lama and other great Buddhist figures must be chosen by drawing lots from a golden urn, and approved by the central government," Mao Ning, foreign ministry spokeswoman, said at a press briefing, Reuters reports.

 

 

 

However, the  Dalai Lama defies China to say successor will be chosen by Tibetan tradition.

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"The Dalai Lama has declared in a direct challenge to China that the centuries-old spiritual institution bearing his name will continue after his death and that only his inner circle, not Beijing, will have the authority to identify his successor.  ...ahead of his 90th birthday, the 14th Dalai Lama said the Gaden Phodrang Trust, which manages his affairs, would oversee the search for his reincarnation.

 

“No one else has any such authority to interfere in this matter,” he said in Dharamshala, the northern Indian hill town that serves as the seat of the Tibetan government in exile. “In accordance with past tradition, the search for my reincarnation and the naming of a 15th Dalai Lama will be carried out.”

Also:  "The new Dalai Lama will be born in the free world.”

 

source

 

Edited 14 hours ago by BigSkyDiamond

[old3bob]

 

righto, thanks for adding that.

 

Btw, radical right nationalist Christian's have a similar mindset about controlling religion although of  a different variation for America.  (including to eliminate all religions except for fundamentalist Christianity while also ending the separation of religion and government!)

 

[old3bob]

2 hours ago, BigSkyDiamond said:

 

 

However, the  Dalai Lama defies China to say successor will be chosen by Tibetan tradition.

"

"The Dalai Lama has declared in a direct challenge to China that the centuries-old spiritual institution bearing his name will continue after his death and that only his inner circle, not Beijing, will have the authority to identify his successor.  ...ahead of his 90th birthday, the 14th Dalai Lama said the Gaden Phodrang Trust, which manages his affairs, would oversee the search for his reincarnation.

 

“No one else has any such authority to interfere in this matter,” he said in Dharamshala, the northern Indian hill town that serves as the seat of the Tibetan government in exile. “In accordance with past tradition, the search for my reincarnation and the naming of a 15th Dalai Lama will be carried out.”

Also:  "The new Dalai Lama will be born in the free world.”

 

source

 

 

a potential problem is that his home in India (which is only safe for the moment) is part of an India through its leaders that is "in bed" so to speak with the murderer Putin for Russian military arms and oil.

 

Edited 11 hours ago by old3bob

[Nungali]

There is room in that bed  for him  ?