China to Dalai Lama: Get (Another) Life!

[Perknose]

He says he might not reincarnate. Chinese officials say that's for the Chinese government to decide!

 

[Newell Steamer]

Wut?

,... officials repeatedly warned that he must reincarnate, and on their terms.

Party functionaries were incensed by the exiled Dalai Lama’s recent speculation that he might end his spiritual lineage and not reincarnate, confounding the Chinese government’s plans to engineer a succession that would produce a putative 15th Dalai Lama who accepts its presence and policies in Tibet. Their anger welled up on Wednesday, as it had a day earlier.

Zhu Weiqun, a Communist Party official who has long dealt with Tibetan issues, told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday that the Dalai Lama had, essentially, no say over whether he was reincarnated. That was ultimately for the Chinese government to decide, he said, according to a transcript of his comments on the website of People’s Daily, the party’s main newspaper.

This is all sorts of crazy,.. I don't even know,..

The reality is that they want him to 'commit' to a statement in this life time. Then, when the next Dalai Lama is "discovered", they strong arm him/her to accept the terms he agreed to in the previous life.

 

[dainthomas]

lolchina

 

[alzan]

China's atheist government telling a Buddhist he must reincarnate. Lolwut?

 

[z1ggy]

If you replaced Chinese Gov't with Republican Leaders and Dalai Lama with Ronald Reagan, then yeah I'd believe this lunacy.

 

[DesiPower]

India, Hindus and its sub religions and its traditions are a local matter, China should not intervene in other people's matters and mind its own business

 

[EliteRetard]

 

[norseamd]

Not even sure if the Dalai Lama could influence his reincarnation. He might or might not but that might be outside of his ability to influence.

 

[DesiPower]

If you replaced Chinese Gov't with Republican Leaders and Dalai Lama with Ronald Reagan, then yeah I'd believe this lunacy.

wut! Republicans buried Regan's people alive in walls? 😵

 

[z1ggy]

wut! Republicans buried Regan's people alive in walls? 😵

Well, he did tear down a wall. I'm sure he tossed a few bad apples in the rubble along the way.

 

[Craig234]

America's right-wing anti-government derangement is crazy, seeing tyranny in nothing.

China is sort of the case where those views are pretty justified.

Ironically, where we have freedom here, people are deranged and demand bad policies. In China, where the fight for freedom is needed, they can't do that much.

 

[Craig234]

India, Hindus and its sub religions and its traditions are a local matter, China should not intervene in other people's matters and mind its own business

Do you know the history of China and Tibet?

 

[Perknose]

India, Hindus and its sub religions and its traditions are a local matter, China should not intervene in other people's matters and mind its own business

Do you know the history of China and Tibet?

Craig, Desi probably considers Tibet to part of a greater, historical India . . . along with Pakistan and Bangladesh (both highly understandable), but also maybe Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar (far less so.)

 

[norseamd]

Tibet

While religiously they are following Buddhism which has South Asian origins I think Tibet culturally tends to be outside the Hindu and Chinese civilizations.

along with Pakistan and Bangladesh (both highly understandable)

Very true.

Sri Lanka

Just as understandable as Pakistan and Bangledesh.

Nepal

Also understandable and inbetween India and the Tibetan plateau. Not sure how they fit in the long term history of South Asia.

Bhutan

Another country inbetween India and the Tibetan plateau although if I remember right this is young country with more isolated foundings than India or China in comparison.

Myanmar

Sometimes considered part of Greater India probably due to the Chola civilization but also more or less have their own culture and origins. All of Southeast Asia have huge cultural influences from both India and China while the individual ethnicities often have their own origins. Hence the term Indochina.

 

[Markbnj]

I have no idea why I laughed at this.

 

[Perknose]

I have no idea why I laughed at this.

Hush, now. Don't even think about it. Just put your lips on that pickle and blow. 😛

 

[IronWing]

I'm coming back as Rinpoche Ricochet.

 

[Printer Bandit]

is that a telephone?

 

[IronWing]

is that a telephone?

You ain't never seen a yodeling pickle?

 

[Perknose]

is that a telephone?

Sort of. It's a niche communication gadget . . . for those mountainous areas with scant cell phone coverage:

So apt! For, what is a pickle but a reincarnated cucumber?

 

[IronWing]

So apt! For, what is a pickle but a reincarnated cucumber?

Careful how you reveal that information.

 

[Ns1]

 

[bradly1101]

I never understood reincarnation in Buddhism. I get that it is a way to move on from here with what you've learned or have been enlightened by (or are burdened by), but death seems like the last, best opportunity to experience the unburdening of it all. But letting go doesn't bring anything along.

 

[Jeff7]

😀


"You come right back here, you hear?"

"Nuh uh! You can't make me!"

<dies flipping off the world>


Such a silly thing to argue about.

 

[feralkid]

India, Hindus and its sub religions and its traditions are a local matter, China should not intervene in other people's matters and mind its own business

Joking, right?

Hard to tell sometimes.