singular_me
15th March 2015, 12:59 PM
politics IS religion, look no further to understand the REAL drive toward armageddon
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Chinese Authorities Claim Control Over the Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation Process
march 15
http://www.davidicke.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-412-587x391.jpg
Perhaps China will be the next great nation, but perhaps not. I’ll tell you one thing, unless the political environment changes a lot over there, a world defined by the Chinese perspective is not a world I want to live in.
The relative lack of political and internet freedom in China is well known, as is the egregious treatment of the Tibetan people. Despite having controlled Tibet since 1949, and the subsequent intentional migration of ethnic Han Chinese into the region in order to dilute the culture, Chinese authorities remain paranoid and filled with fear. So much so that the government is panicking at recent statements by the Dalai Lama that he may not be reincarnated. This screws up the government’s plan to name the next Dalai Lama and use him as a puppet stooge for the regime. Truly embarrassing.’
The AP reports that:
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Communist Party is officially atheist, but that has not stopped it from making some impassioned claims on the afterlife.
Some of the strongest language at this week’s annual national congress has been reserved for the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader. The fury is over his claim in recent interviews that he may not be reincarnated, ending the Dalai Lama’s seven-century lineage. His comments undercut Beijing’s plans to pick a China-friendly successor to the Dalai Lama after he dies.
China’s stance: The Dalai Lama doesn’t control the next life. We do.
Zhu Weiqun, a senior government adviser, followed up in similarly caustic language, declaring Wednesday that “the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama has to be endorsed by the central government, not by any other sides.”..........
http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2015/03/13/peak-pathetic-chinese-authorities-claim-control-over-the-dalai-lamas-reincarnation-process/
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Atheistic China claims 'right to reincarnate' Dalai Lama
AP
Mar. 13, 2015
.............. Buddhists believe the soul is reincarnated after death in an eventual journey to nirvana, or liberation from the repeating cycle or birth and death. The Dalai Lama is considered an aspect of Buddha whose mission is to help others along the path to nirvana. Tibetan Buddhist tradition holds that a Dalai Lama can exercise some degree of control over how and when his soul is reincarnated.
China's claim over the Dalai Lama's recognition dates from an order by the Qing Dynasty emperor Qianlong in 1792 that disputes over the reincarnation be resolved by the drawing of candidates' names held in a golden urn, a method intended to prevent the process being rigged.
In fact, the golden urn method soon fell into disuse and played no part in the recognition of the current Dalai Lama, the 14th. Beijing revived it in its recognition of the latest Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's second-highest figure, in 1995. The Dalai Lama recognized someone else as the Panchen Lama; that candidate, a 6-year-old boy, quickly disappeared.
That was seen as just one more Chinese attack on Tibet's religious institutions, culture and way of life, already eroded by Beijing's heavy-handed rule and large-scale migration to the region by ethnic Han Chinese.
A leading advocacy group, the London-based International Campaign for Tibet, said attacks on the 79-year-old Dalai Lama could backfire because of enduring strong support for him inside and outside Tibet.
"They expose the atheistic Chinese leadership's lack of legitimacy on this matter," said Matteo Mecacci, the group's president.
Decades of Tibetan resistance to Chinese rule have come to nothing and a recent wave of self-immolations by more than 130 Tibetans has signaled a new desperation. Some Tibetans question the Dalai Lama's advocacy of a peaceful campaign to win genuine autonomy for the region under Chinese rule.
Dibyesh Anand, a Tibet expert and associate professor of international relations at London's Westminster University, said China's claims reveal "paranoia and jitteriness" about what will happen after the Dalai Lama dies.
Such statements may reflect efforts by the Chinese leadership to gain concessions from the Dalai Lama and his followers, said Robbie Barnett, a Tibet expert at New York's Columbia University.
"But of course in this case the rhetoric is so overdone that it has comic overtones," Barnett said.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fd0e273f641745138126e92f77191453/atheistic-china-claims-right-reincarnate-dalai-lama
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Chinese Authorities Claim Control Over the Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation Process
march 15
http://www.davidicke.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Untitled-412-587x391.jpg
Perhaps China will be the next great nation, but perhaps not. I’ll tell you one thing, unless the political environment changes a lot over there, a world defined by the Chinese perspective is not a world I want to live in.
The relative lack of political and internet freedom in China is well known, as is the egregious treatment of the Tibetan people. Despite having controlled Tibet since 1949, and the subsequent intentional migration of ethnic Han Chinese into the region in order to dilute the culture, Chinese authorities remain paranoid and filled with fear. So much so that the government is panicking at recent statements by the Dalai Lama that he may not be reincarnated. This screws up the government’s plan to name the next Dalai Lama and use him as a puppet stooge for the regime. Truly embarrassing.’
The AP reports that:
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Communist Party is officially atheist, but that has not stopped it from making some impassioned claims on the afterlife.
Some of the strongest language at this week’s annual national congress has been reserved for the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader. The fury is over his claim in recent interviews that he may not be reincarnated, ending the Dalai Lama’s seven-century lineage. His comments undercut Beijing’s plans to pick a China-friendly successor to the Dalai Lama after he dies.
China’s stance: The Dalai Lama doesn’t control the next life. We do.
Zhu Weiqun, a senior government adviser, followed up in similarly caustic language, declaring Wednesday that “the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama has to be endorsed by the central government, not by any other sides.”..........
http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2015/03/13/peak-pathetic-chinese-authorities-claim-control-over-the-dalai-lamas-reincarnation-process/
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original OP
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Atheistic China claims 'right to reincarnate' Dalai Lama
AP
Mar. 13, 2015
.............. Buddhists believe the soul is reincarnated after death in an eventual journey to nirvana, or liberation from the repeating cycle or birth and death. The Dalai Lama is considered an aspect of Buddha whose mission is to help others along the path to nirvana. Tibetan Buddhist tradition holds that a Dalai Lama can exercise some degree of control over how and when his soul is reincarnated.
China's claim over the Dalai Lama's recognition dates from an order by the Qing Dynasty emperor Qianlong in 1792 that disputes over the reincarnation be resolved by the drawing of candidates' names held in a golden urn, a method intended to prevent the process being rigged.
In fact, the golden urn method soon fell into disuse and played no part in the recognition of the current Dalai Lama, the 14th. Beijing revived it in its recognition of the latest Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's second-highest figure, in 1995. The Dalai Lama recognized someone else as the Panchen Lama; that candidate, a 6-year-old boy, quickly disappeared.
That was seen as just one more Chinese attack on Tibet's religious institutions, culture and way of life, already eroded by Beijing's heavy-handed rule and large-scale migration to the region by ethnic Han Chinese.
A leading advocacy group, the London-based International Campaign for Tibet, said attacks on the 79-year-old Dalai Lama could backfire because of enduring strong support for him inside and outside Tibet.
"They expose the atheistic Chinese leadership's lack of legitimacy on this matter," said Matteo Mecacci, the group's president.
Decades of Tibetan resistance to Chinese rule have come to nothing and a recent wave of self-immolations by more than 130 Tibetans has signaled a new desperation. Some Tibetans question the Dalai Lama's advocacy of a peaceful campaign to win genuine autonomy for the region under Chinese rule.
Dibyesh Anand, a Tibet expert and associate professor of international relations at London's Westminster University, said China's claims reveal "paranoia and jitteriness" about what will happen after the Dalai Lama dies.
Such statements may reflect efforts by the Chinese leadership to gain concessions from the Dalai Lama and his followers, said Robbie Barnett, a Tibet expert at New York's Columbia University.
"But of course in this case the rhetoric is so overdone that it has comic overtones," Barnett said.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fd0e273f641745138126e92f77191453/atheistic-china-claims-right-reincarnate-dalai-lama