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China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate
Times Online ^ | August 4, 2007 | Jane Macartney in Beijing

Posted on 08/04/2007 8:46:01 AM PDT by jrg

Tibet’s living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China’s atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing’s authority over Tibet’s restive and deeply Buddhist people.

“The so-called reincarnated living Buddha without government approval is illegal and invalid,” according to the order, which comes into effect on September 1.

The 14-part regulation issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs is aimed at limiting the influence of Tibet’s exiled god-king, the Dalai Lama, and at preventing the re-incarnation of the 72-year-old monk without approval from Beijing.

It is the latest in a series of measures by the Communist authorities to tighten their grip over Tibet. Reincarnate lamas, known as tulkus, often lead religious communities and oversee the training of monks, giving them enormous influence over religious life in the Himalayan region. Anyone outside China is banned from taking part in the process of seeking and recognising a living Buddha, effectively excluding the Dalai Lama, who traditionally can play an important role in giving recognition to candidate reincarnates.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: buddha; china; reincarnation; religion
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.....How can they be so ignorant? (ig'nert as we say in Alabama).

Guess they'll have to be edited by the Chinese first
1 posted on 08/04/2007 8:46:05 AM PDT by jrg
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Communists are funny sometimes. How the heck do they expect to convert the whole population to atheism while claiming to be in control of reincarnation?


2 posted on 08/04/2007 8:48:37 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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permission from China’s atheist leaders

Funny stuff. Atheists denying atheists the right to reincarnate.

3 posted on 08/04/2007 8:49:51 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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Next Jesus’s Second Coming and the Resurrection will have to have the proper permits filled out in advance with prior approval.


4 posted on 08/04/2007 8:50:01 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
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-what they don’t tolerate illegal immigrants there?


5 posted on 08/04/2007 8:51:05 AM PDT by tioga
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“..obtain permission before they reincarnate..”

Now, that is what I call clout.


6 posted on 08/04/2007 8:51:45 AM PDT by 353FMG
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Funny stuff. Atheists denying atheists the right to reincarnate?

More like atheists denying heathens/pagans the right to reincarnate....................

7 posted on 08/04/2007 8:51:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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Pagans have gods.


8 posted on 08/04/2007 8:53:18 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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It’s my karma and I’ll reincarnate if I want to......../leslie Gore music.......


9 posted on 08/04/2007 8:53:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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So don’t Bhuddists?.....


10 posted on 08/04/2007 8:53:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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No, it’s blasphemous.


11 posted on 08/04/2007 8:55:20 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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This reads like something from The Onion.


12 posted on 08/04/2007 8:55:27 AM PDT by Numbers Guy
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I initially thought this was from the Onion. It should be, lol.

5.56mm

13 posted on 08/04/2007 8:56:23 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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Next Jesus's Second Coming and the Resurrection will have to have the proper permits filled out in advance with prior approval.

I wonder what the environmental impact statement would look like. Does the EPA have regulations concerning this???

14 posted on 08/04/2007 8:56:34 AM PDT by teacherwoes ("It is vain to expect a well-balanced government without a well-balanced society" -Gideon Welles)
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I get it... Communism OWNS reincarnation also.. BRILLIENT!...


15 posted on 08/04/2007 8:58:08 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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When government chooses your God, your government is your God.


16 posted on 08/04/2007 8:58:48 AM PDT by Lexington Green (Remember when Hispanics were White?)
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What/who is Buddah, then? Chopped Liver?.......


17 posted on 08/04/2007 9:01:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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In China’s legal Christian churches, they leave out Revelation in their Bibles. I guess they don’t think that Jesus will really return.

This action is proof that atheistic governments are a religion unto themselves, and act as such.


18 posted on 08/04/2007 9:03:15 AM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publici scholae)
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To: Lexington Green

What is the difference between Hillary! and God?................God doesn’t think He’s Hillary!...........


19 posted on 08/04/2007 9:03:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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The Buddha is a man. The original one was a man and all subsequent ones are men. Don’t know if wimmin are allowed to be the Buddha, maybe somebody can answer that one.


20 posted on 08/04/2007 9:04:00 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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