The Dalai Lama is turning 90 on July 6 and has announced that when he dies he will reincarnate, and has previously said it would be someone outside of China. His broadcast about it was censored in China. China has said they will find the new Dalai Lama within China.
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"Dibyesh Anand, professor of International Relations at the University of Westminster, said, "After a period of a few months or a few years, they will have their own proteges identify a small boy as the next Dalai Lama and impose that. Of course, a majority of Tibetans are going to reject it and the majority of people in the world are going to make fun of it. But remember China has immense authority in terms of resources so they will try to impose that.""
This article discusses the Tibetan Situation:
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"When the Panchen Lama, the second highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism, died in 1989, the Dalai Lama identified a successor to that post in Tibet. But the child disappeared. Beijing was accused of kidnapping him, although it insists that boy, now an adult, is safe. It then approved a different Panchen Lama, who Tibetans outside China do not recognise.
"If there are two Dalai Lamas, it could become a test of China's powers of persuasion. Which one will the world recognise? More important, would most Tibetans in China even know of the other Dalai Lama?"
What would it be like growing up as a "Dalai Lama" in this day and age? Are there comparisons to growing up as a member of a royal family, which is seen by many as increasingly anachronistic? Is this a tradition that should continue?
Dalai Lama: Tibetan spiritual leader confirms he will have successor after his death
The exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism issues a landmark announcement as he turns 90, ending years of uncertainty.
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"Dibyesh Anand, professor of International Relations at the University of Westminster, said, "After a period of a few months or a few years, they will have their own proteges identify a small boy as the next Dalai Lama and impose that. Of course, a majority of Tibetans are going to reject it and the majority of people in the world are going to make fun of it. But remember China has immense authority in terms of resources so they will try to impose that.""
This article discusses the Tibetan Situation:
Tibet is silent as Dalai Lama turns 90, BBC finds
The BBC speaks to Tibetans in Aba, which has long been at the heart of resistance to Chinese rule.
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"When the Panchen Lama, the second highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism, died in 1989, the Dalai Lama identified a successor to that post in Tibet. But the child disappeared. Beijing was accused of kidnapping him, although it insists that boy, now an adult, is safe. It then approved a different Panchen Lama, who Tibetans outside China do not recognise.
"If there are two Dalai Lamas, it could become a test of China's powers of persuasion. Which one will the world recognise? More important, would most Tibetans in China even know of the other Dalai Lama?"
What would it be like growing up as a "Dalai Lama" in this day and age? Are there comparisons to growing up as a member of a royal family, which is seen by many as increasingly anachronistic? Is this a tradition that should continue?
