[T]he Dalai Lama must be reincarnated “in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations”. The succession must take place in mainland China and get approval from the central government,
Man får tycka och tänka vad man vill om fenomenet eller föreställningen att folk reinkarnerar. De flesta i vår kultursfär kan kan säkert finna båda uppfattningarna i tvisten om den nästkommande Dalai Lama lika tossiga
The search for the present Dalai Lama commenced in earnest in 1935 when the embalmed head of his deceased predecessor is said to have wheeled around and pointed toward northeastern Tibet.
Then, the story goes, a giant, star-shaped fungus grew overnight on the east side of the tomb. An auspicious cloud bank formed and a regent saw a vision of letters floating in a mystical lake, one of which Ah he took to refer to the northeast province of Amdo.
High lamas set off at a gallop and found a 2-year-old boy in a distant village. This child, they determined after a series of tests, was the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.
Can You Choose Your Reincarnated Successor? – The New York Times, Jan. 31, 2009
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