BEIJING (AFP) - - Tibetan living Buddhas are no longer allowed to be reincarnated without permission from the atheist Chinese government, state media reported Friday.

The new rules are "an important move to institutionalise the management of reincarnation of living Buddhas," the Xinhua news agency said.

According to the regulations, which take effect on September 1, all reincarnation applications must be submitted to religious affairs officials for approval, Xinhua said.

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http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070803/tts-china-tibet-religion-incarnation-a73cdd6.html

Just let them try, Kyo.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

Seriously.

I thought this was a joke when I first saw it. Then I read the article.

Red tape can't stop a living Buddha....from going anywhere he wants to go....

love, blink :)

Truth, is often stranger than fiction.
;)

Thou shall not believe in another god than the allmighty communist party.

Hilarious and sick.  Duality!  :o

that's funny, but also sad what they're doing to the tibetans

Yes, the perpetrators indulging in fear-based / fear-motivated oppression of others, resulting in furthering their own negative karma. In this case, the fear not so much of the spiritual capabilities of the Tibetans, but rather fear/false-wants of political power and control over the Tibetans.

Hello there!

If it would be possible for them to achieve this goal, Tibet would be immediately under their full control, as the reincarnations of Buddha (like the 14., as well as the following, but I am not sure if the Dalai Lama will be able to achieve his goal of a democratic Tibet) are like "god-kings" (maybe you could compare it to the pharaohs of egypt, the principle might be the same...).

Communist Party, lol... they exploit the farmers and workers, that are thought to be the base of a communist society more than every "capitalistic" western country would ever think about doing it :).

But one shall not wonder, if you do internet reasearch for "freedom" (in China), you'll get investigated by their secret service (no hoax, I have seen it on a german documentary channel called phoenix, a camera team traveled there and filmed a victims everyday life, that dared to search for freedom outside of the cp dogma).

Love,

pulsar

The Dalai Lama recently stated that the next Dalai Lama has to continue the work of the previous Dalai Lama, and therefore it's possible that the next one could be born not only in Tibet but as well in other countries.

Spooky

You are right, spooky, just forgot about this. But that would also mean another exile government, or I am maybe misinformed about the Dalai Lama being automatically the head of Tibet.

I could hear the fits of laughter filling every hall in every monastery.  ;D

Surely, the pinnacle of false perception by that govment.