Updated: 03-28-08
MSNBC:
In one of history's more absurd acts of
totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from
reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement
issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which
goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by
which one is to reincarnate, is "an important move to institutionalize
management of reincarnation." But beyond the irony lies China's true
motive: to cut off the influence of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled
spiritual and political leader, and to quell the region's Buddhist
religious establishment more than 50 years after China invaded the small
Himalayan country. By barring any Buddhist monk living outside China
from seeking reincarnation, the law effectively gives Chinese
authorities the power to choose the next Dalai Lama, whose soul, by
tradition, is reborn as a new human to continue the work of relieving
suffering.
At 72, the Dalai Lama, who has lived in India since 1959, is
beginning to plan his succession, saying that he refuses to be reborn in
Tibet so long as it's under Chinese control. Assuming he's able to
master the feat of controlling his rebirth, as Dalai Lamas supposedly
have for the last 600 years, the situation is shaping up in which there
could be two Dalai Lamas: one picked by the Chinese government, the
other by Buddhist monks. "It will be a very hot issue," says Paul
Harrison, a Buddhism scholar at Stanford. "The Dalai Lama has been the
prime symbol of unity and national identity in Tibet, and so it's quite
likely the battle for his incarnation will be a lot more important than
the others."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/08/22/china-bans-reincarnation-_n_61444.html
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