Dalai Lama May Name Own Successor
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The Dalai Lama gestures during a speech in Ottawa during his visit in late October.
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Dalai Lama May Name Own Successor
Posted Nov 20,07 6: 48 PM CST in World
Source: Associated Press (newser) – Fearful that the Chinese will influence the process, the Dalai Lama says he may break with Tibetan tradition and choose his own successor, the BBC reports. For centuries, senior Buddhist officials have searched for a child born around the time the previous Dalai Lama died. 'If China selected my successor after my death, the people of Tibet would not support him, ' he said. • China has intervened before: When the Dalai Lama selected the Panchen Lama, the second-most-important Tibetan figure, Beijing detained the boy and installed a pro-China replacement. The Dalai Lama, believed by Tibetans to be a reincarnation of his predecessors, has said that if he were reborn it would not be anywhere ruled by China.
Source: BBC
May skip reincarnation this time, Dalai Lama says
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20,2007 | 12: 30 PM ET
The Dalai Lama is floating the idea of breaking a centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist tradition by naming his successor or letting monks elect the next spiritual leader, according to news reports.
His comments in Japan come on the heels of a recent order by China that it must approve Tibet's future spiritual leaders.
The order has fuelled concerns that China may forcibly choose a pro-Beijing leader once the current Dalai Lama is dead.
'If the Tibetan people wish to uphold the Dalai Lama system, one possibility would be to select the next Dalai Lama while I am still living, ' the Dalai Lama was quoted as saying in an interview with the Japanese national newspaper, Sankei Shimbun..
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