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China Says Tibetans Need Permission To Reincarnate
michaelcole writes "China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. This article is both hilarious and sad, looking at the lengths to which a government will go to regulate thought through censorship. It also goes into some of the more subtle politics of the current 72-year-old Dalai Lama as he thinks about his political and spiritual successor. The Dalai Lama 'refuses to be reborn in Tibet so long as it's under Chinese control.'"
thats fine, I'm sure I can reincarnate again. seriously though, the west is going to eat up stories of china killing suspected reincarnated monks. if only america could survive without china to prop itself up on... bonds and manufacturing will keep that from happening.
thats right, I rarely use capitals. deal with it. but don't mistake my laziness for stupidity
yeah, it's SO fashionable to bash China nowdays, isn't it? Everything in United Stupids of Amerikkka is so perfect and open and democratic, isn't it? Fix your own problems USA, BEFORE you try to fix other's countries!
fuck karma, I like saying the truth better
I'm all for the Dali Lama not reincarnating at all personally. Hes a pretty bit of prick for a religious figure (ruling class of priests vs poor serfs). Least he isn't Mother Theresa. The world is better off without anyone who enjoys seeing people die horrible diseased deaths because they believe it brings them closer to god imo.
It's a Communist country !
End of story !
Well, you've made some interesting points, but, as a firm believer in the self determination of nations, I'm going to have to say:
Fuck You And Your Groveling Apology For Colonialism.
I'd also like to say that this has been a stimulating intellectual discourse.
May the Maths Be with you!
So have you even read or heard a single word from the Dalai Lama?
...You know what I was going to spend a lot of effort writting a page or so to try and expose you to your own ignorance but it's really not worth the effort, just enjoy your +5 negativity/ignorance/interesting or whatever it is...
If the tibetans were so impoverished and surpressed by the "upper class"... I think you're about the first person I've ever heard raise this theory, and I actually know people from mongolia.
Why didn't they just over throw them by force? Do you even know that the Dalai Lama more often than not is born into one of these impoverished families?
Wow, I didn't realise that knowing people froma country makes you an expert on that country. Hell, I better contact the UN for a job right away, I must be worth a fortune!
Yes I have read some of his work. Most of what I read was meandering and when subjected to serious scrutiny, ultimatelly meaningless. It has, in my opinion almost no application to the real world other then to increase the fame and wealth of its creater and publishers.
As to why their own people didn't overthrow them. Well, when you're busy just trying to feed your family, such things aren't so easy, especially when the ruling class control virtually all forms of decent communication, which is typically the case.
Quite apart from that, its very well established that when religion has a strong hold on a culture, overthrowing that control (in the event that it is unfair), is supremely hard. In the UK the church had an unchallenged position of power until the black death, during which there was the first recorded incident of ordinary people attacking a priest because he was burying a body inside the city (in a church yard to be exact). before that such an act was unthinkable.
The one L lama, he's a priest
The two L llama, that's a beast
And I will bet a silk pyjama
There isn't any three L lllama