Sponsor |  MJ-Brutus | May 9, 2:51pm | "The case of the 11th Panchen Lama raised implications for what happens upon the death and subsequent reincarnation of the current Dalai Lama (the 14th) living in exile. Apparently mindful of its previous experience with the 11th Panchen Lama, Beijing late in 2007 took steps designed to solidify its future control over the selection process of Tibetan lamas. On August 3, 2007, the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) issued a set of regulations, effective September 1, 2007, that require all Tibetan lamas wishing to reincarnate to obtain prior government approval through the submission of a "reincarnation application." In a statement accompanying the regulations, SARA called the step "an important move to institutionalize management on reincarnation of living Buddhas."
The Dalai Lama's Special Envoy, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, described the new regulations as a blow against "the heart of Tibetan religious identity." The regulations also require that reincarnation applications come from "legally registered venues" for Tibetan Buddhism -- a provision seen as an attempt to illegalize the reincarnation of the current Dalai Lama, who has declared he will not be reborn in China if circumstances in Tibet remain unchanged. In the aftermath of the new reincarnation law, the Dalai Lama also has said that he is thinking of alternative ways of choosing his successor, including selecting a candidate before his own death. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman responded to these comments by saying that such a move would "violate religious rituals and historical conventions of Tibetan Buddhism." The new reincarnation law inserts the Chinese government directly into what for centuries has been one of the principal mystical and religious aspects of Tibetan Buddhism." Source
Seems China and the Hillary Clinton campaign both use the same reality-disconnect play book...
I mean how fucking loony tunes is this? Apply for reincarnation? Holy crap. |
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Sponsor | | tigerdragonbrand | May 9, 3:55pm | It's about time. These crazies think they can up and reincarnate anywhere/when they want? Like when/wherever they might drop dead?
Despicable. Good thing someone puts them in their place.
And anyways, why don't they just go on to Heaven, like normal God-fearing folk? |
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Sponsor | | ntltrmllgnc | May 9, 4:06pm | | How do you prove you reincarnated? And how do they prove you reincarnated illegally? And just how do you keep your papers over the jump? |
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Sponsor | | alice44 | May 9, 4:11pm | More to the point how does one prove that you aren't reincarnated -- how can Chinese officials prove that they are not reincarnated, in direct contradiction of the rules?
Probably all's well as long as you don't admit to an illegal reincarnation. |
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Sponsor | | ntltrmllgnc | May 9, 4:14pm | well fascist propaganda is such a mindjob anyway so there'd be no trace of your former self left after puberty
i declare that i will reincarnate in China
as a female |
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Sponsor | | Journey | May 9, 5:39pm | | Hello. It's China. They do she-at like that. Just to piss people off. |
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Sponsor | | Journey | May 9, 6:00pm | | Uhm.... yeah.... I just..uh... wrote it..... Hello. |
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Sponsor | | alice44 | May 9, 6:06pm | | I think it is rather clever as it is so silly that it is hard to combat. But they have been arguing for some time that it they, the Chinese who will recognize the next Dalai Lama. |
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Sponsor | | tigerdragonbrand | May 9, 7:12pm | It's clever in an insanely ridiculous kinda way.
So Journey, maybe your problem is, you keep trying to talk to me and I'm reading what you write.... ya think? |
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