US EditionChinese Government Has 'Final Say' in Dalai Lama Reincarnation, Tibetan Official Says
TIBET, CHINA, AUG 5 – Chinese officials assert the central government will control the Dalai Lama's reincarnation process despite the current Dalai Lama's plans for independent selection outside China.
- On Tuesday, Gama Cedain said the Chinese government will carry out the next Dalai Lama’s discovery through a domestic search and central approval, not the current Dalai Lama’s directives.
- At his 90th birthday celebration last month, the Dalai Lama, Nobel laureate and 14th spiritual leader, said he’d be reincarnated and empowered his non-profit to identify his successor, noting reincarnation has never been decided by himself.
- Historical precedent shows the government process follows strict religious rituals and customs for living Buddhas, and China installed a Panchen Lama after the six-year-old candidate disappeared in 1995.
- He declared the central government asserts it has the final say in the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation, while the Dalai Lama said his successor will be born outside China.
- Looking at historical actions, China considers the Dalai Lama a separatist and seeks to control Tibetan Buddhism, having installed a Panchen Lama after the Dalai Lama’s chosen child disappeared in 1995.
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Chinese government has 'final say' in Dalai Lama reincarnation, Tibetan official says
The discovery of the next Dalai Lama will be carried out by the Chinese government, and not under the current Dalai Lama's directions, a Chinese Communist Party committee official for Tibet said on Tuesday.
·United Kingdom
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Chinese Government Has 'Final Say' in Dalai Lama Reincarnation, Tibetan Official Says
The discovery of the next Dalai Lama will be carried out by the Chinese government, and not under the current Dalai Lama's directions, a Chinese Communist Party committee official for Tibet said on Tuesday.
·New York, United States
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