This is just so very wrong:All future incarnations of living Buddhas related to Tibetan Buddhism "must get government approval," the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing the State Administration for Religious Affairs.
China's officially atheistic communist government has increasingly sought to direct Tibetan Buddhism, for centuries the basis of Tibet's civil, religious, cultural and political life. Reincarnate lamas, known as tulkus, often lead religious communities and oversee the training of monks, giving them enormous influence over religious life in Tibet.
China already insists that only the government can approve the appointments of the best-known reincarnates, including the Dalai and Panchen Lamas, the No. 1 and No. 2 figures in Tibetan Buddhism.
That's just stupid! You know this has got to be from an atheistic regime.
They can't just dictate who a Buddha is and who isn't. That's like the Canadian government deciding who's a prophet or not a prophet, or who's a saint or not a saint. That's not up to the government, that's up to the discernment of the religious followers.
I hope the Tibetans don't back down. This is just absolutely assinine. They can't let the government make up their religion.
China in 1992 rejected the exiled Dalai Lama's choice for the latest reincarnation of the Panchen, seizing the boy and appointing another boy in his stead.
They're atheists. What in the world are atheists doing telling the people what to believe and not to believe?
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