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Panchen Lama says reincarnation must follow Chinese laws, be endorsed by Beijing (www.scmp.com)
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Second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism makes apparent reference to succession of exiled spiritual leader Dalai Lama

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[–] -3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

as the adherents aren’t acting in ways that are harmful to others

The Buddhist successors to the Mongolian/Qing Dynasty were plenty harmful to others. That's what sparked the student revolts responsible for their leadership's removal.

You can blame the icky yicky communists for polarizing and galvanizing upwardly mobile tibetan youth into an insurgency. But falling back on CIA agitprop to justify what was effectively a US military operation intended to destabilize a border region isn't proof of your humanitarianism. Even the Dalai Lama himself regrets letting the CIA militarize Tibet.

The fact that the US reneged on their promises and only used Tibet to extract information about China is depressing, but not surprising.

It's the story of the Cold War told over and over again. The goal of these operations is to spark civil war, not to liberate or liberalize any population.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    The Buddhist successors to the Mongolian/Qing Dynasty were plenty harmful to others. That's what sparked the student revolts responsible for their leadership's removal.

    It's my understanding that those harms were political and not religious in nature.

    You can blame the icky yicky communists

    Why the disparaging adjectives? I feel like I'm missing the point.

    falling back on CIA agitprop to justify what was effectively a US military operation intended to destabilize a border region isn't proof of your humanitarianism. Even the Dalai Lama himself regrets letting the CIA militarize Tibet.

    I don't think there is any justification. It was selfish and self serving from the beginning. If the CIA had followed through on their promises, that would be a different story. But they clearly never intended to do so.

    It's the story of the Cold War told over and over again. The goal of these operations is to spark civil war, not to liberate or liberalize any population.

    Amen.

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