The spiritual leader suggested that he could be the last to regenerate if Tibet remains under the control of the Asian giant.
China demanded last Wednesday Dalai Lama that respects the Buddhist dogma of reincarnation, after the spiritual leader suggested in an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag what could be the last person in acquiring this position.
According to reports Europa Press, The Dalai Lama told the aforementioned Bavarian newspaper that the tradition of succession in the position of spiritual leader could end him, warning that, At his death, the same would not reincarnate in China if Tibet remains under its control.
The Chinese Government also recalled that Tibetan Buddhism does not depend on a single person, highlighting that “no one has the right to choose his successor” and less “for political reasons”.
In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, He recalled that the communist regime has prepared “a series of procedures and historical customs” for when the succession of the Dalai Lama occurs.
“China follows a policy of freedom of expression and freedom of religion, which, naturally, includes respecting and protecting the forms of succession in Tibetan Buddhism”, Hua said at the daily press conference held yesterday, Wednesday..
“The title of Dalai Lama is granted by the central government, which has hundreds of years of history. The actual Dalai Lama, the fourteenth, has ulterior motives and seeks to distort and deny history, thus harming Tibetan Buddhism”, He added.
The latest incident surrounding the Dalai Lama's successor occurred in 1995, when the great lamas appointed a Tibetan boy as their successor, after an identification process that can take years and that, normally, is limited to this autonomous region.
After the designation of this child, Chinese authorities placed him under house arrest and appointed another in his place. It is feared that they will do the same again, creating a division in Buddhism, with a leader in exile and another in Tibet.
The current Dalai Lama has been in exile in India since 1959, when a revolt occurred in Tibet against Chinese rule of the autonomous region. Beijing considers the spiritual leader and his followers terrorists.
