from babysandpiper@sopuli.xyz to world@lemmy.world on 30 Jun 13:16
https://sopuli.xyz/post/29668007
Speaking ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama has indicated that the Tibetan Buddhist institution could continue after his death after all.
The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet’s Buddhists, on Monday gave his strongest indication yet that the centuries-old institution could continue after his death.
Speaking at prayer celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday on July 6, Tenzin Gyatso told followers that “there will be some kind of a framework within which we can talk about its continuation.”
Tibetan Buddhists believe that the Dalai Lama can choose the body into which he is reincarnated, as has happened on 14 occasions since the creation of the institution in 1587. But the current Dalai Lama has suggested in the past that he could potentially be the last.
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So between 500 CE when Buddhism came to Tibet, and 1584 CE, it was someone else. This Dalai Lama has only been in charge for basically 1/3 of the time.
So yeah, no kidding Tibetan Buddhism will survive after this Dalai Lama kicks this incarnation. Did you know that the Vatican has survived its most recent change in leadership as well? Shocking!
You seem to be ignoring the issue with the Panchen Lama that the CCP kidnapped as a child. He is the one who is supposed to recognize the next Dalai Lama, and he is either long dead or under Chinese control.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedhun_Choekyi_Nyima
Well, it would be entirely stupid for the CCP to abduct him because he’s a reincarnation and then kill him. He’s just going to reincarnate again.
you seem to be mistaking this for hubris. The CCP means to use the finding of the next Dalai Lama as a tool to further destroy Tibetan culture and identity, as they have done with the Panchen Lama.
To me, this indicates that he is feeling more confident in their ability to find the first(?) Dalai Lama outside of occupied Tibet - and keep them safe from abduction.
Make dzohchen global
The next Dalai Lama will be born into a water tribe
Though which one? South, north or swamp?
There’s no way to know in advance. When the time comes we’ll need to closely monitor Antarctica, Greenland, and the state of Louisiana.
You forgot all of siberia, scandinavia, canada, alaska, hokaido, island, netherlands, indonesia and hawaii
Why though? Could just start winding down the whole thing early and call it quits when he does.
Because the CCP is doing it’s level best to eradicate it. He can’t return to Tibet or he’ll be arrested, and China used pretzel logic to install their own lama who they have political control over. He’s afraid that the nice folks at the CCP will make hell out of the life of whatever kid is chosen after he dies, until he either submits to them or disappears. Fuck China.