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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668  |
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo2...20070823fc.html
This is a RL article but it reminded me very much of AZT's control of religion in Mexico. In it modern China has said the llamas must get permission from the government to reincarnate. Sadly it shows they Chinese are dominating the tibetan culture but just the way they phrase it is funny. |
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Aug 23 2007, 07:13 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,871 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
Oh man does that give me ideas for a run!!
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Aug 23 2007, 07:50 PM
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Aug 23 2007, 08:13 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
The Dalai Lama didn't specify what species he'd reincarnate as...
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Aug 24 2007, 12:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668 |
Sorry, the two ll spelling got by the spell check and I am Shinto, not buddhist. Currently in tibet the #2 lama is under house arrest. The Chinese did not like him so they named their own person, which oddly no one else accepts. I wonder if the Dali lama has to reincarnate in Tibet? In theory couldn't he come back near by? Like in Nepal or India?
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Aug 24 2007, 04:50 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
at least according to Wikipedia, the 14th Dalai Lama has stated several times that he refuses to be reincarnated inside territory controlled by the PRC.
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Aug 25 2007, 02:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 10-July 05 Member No.: 7,492 |
You know, I always thought the point of reincarnation is that you don't get to choose. Even the supreme poobah shouldn't be able to say "nah, I don't want to reincarnate there."
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Aug 25 2007, 10:14 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
The fun part is going to be when the current Dalai Lama dies and we then get competing reincarnations from the Central Tibetan Administration and the Chinese government. Just hope that he can pull off the reincarnate outside of Chinese controlled Tibet or things are going to start getting really complicated.
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Aug 25 2007, 11:45 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
yeah, the Dalai Lama definitely needs to be nerfed. way, way OP. |
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Aug 26 2007, 02:00 AM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I believe in the case of the Dalai Lama, the story is he has reached Nirvana and has the option of leaving the reincarnation cycle altogether, however he chooses to return to earth in order to lead others to enlightenment. Presumably, if he can choose whether he gets reincarnated or not, he can choose where.
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