cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/60817627
Exiled former Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay said any successor to the Dalai Lama appointed by China “is going to be a fake one”. He also likened Beijing’s ethnic unity law to “an ethnic erasure”, said Tibetan concerns had been “downgraded a bit” in US-China talks and accused China of failing to warn of the deadly August floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.
Speaking to FRANCE 24, Lobsang Sangay, who headed the Tibetan government-in-exile from 2011 to 2021, rejected Beijing’s claim to choose the 91-year-old Dalai Lama’s successor. “The one selected by his office and by our monks will be the real one,” he said, rather than “the one appointed by China, which is going to be a fake one”.
Beijing’s law on “promoting ethnic unity and progress”, which came into force on July 1, is “like an ethnic erasure or assimilation”, Sangay said, warning that it “can extend beyond China’s border”.
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However odd the Dalai Lama tradition is to us westerners its worth putting the emphasis on the ethnic unity law and by many definitions cultural genocide the CCP is pushing against ethnic minorities in China.
We all know that Bobby Hill is the next Dalai Lama.
Ah yes, only trust the ancient reincarnated soul of a mystical man who can only be verified in his new body by the method of eeny meeny miny moe.
Well if he chooses to reincarnate, it does seem likely that the powers that want him gone are not the ones to trust on the new body
Absolutely. I give zero credit or faith in them, either. I just don’t particularly believe in successful transitioning of a form of mind or soul with memory from one body to another yet. I remain unconvinced by the metrics used by the monks’ particular brand of belief.
Just noticed that there’s new research on the phenomenon (generally, not the Dalai Lama) and I also agree it’s tough to understand how the monks define it. Maybe I need to read if there’s some criteria or something
No different than the current american president appointed by russia. /s
