[Buddha-l] Permit required for reincarnation

[jkirk]

Looks like they are setting the stage for who gets to be the next Dalai
Lama. That could be one big fight. 
However, as long as the committee of lamas outside China, searching for the
next one, finds someone outside Tibet, they have a chance of making the
choice stick. Although he's in exile today, along with thousands of his
followers, the DL has tons more clout with international media and
institutions than does the highest lama the Chinese have endorsed, the
Panchen Lama. Thus, a new DL outside China will have a good opportunity to
upstage the Chinese rulers. 
Whether he will emerge as the intellectual and charismatic equal of HHDL
today is, of course, a question.
Joanna
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China tells Tibet's living Buddhas to apply for reincarnation

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070803/tts-china-tibet-religion-incarnation-a
73cdd6.html


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