Exile Tibetan spiritual leader of the Dalai Lama on Wednesday confirmed that After his death, he will have a successor, and assured the devotees of Tibetan Buddhism around the world that the 600-year-old Dalai Lama institution will continue. Informed AP and AFP, writes TASR.
According to AFP, this is a breakthrough decision for the Tibetans, of which Many feared the future without a leader, As well as for the supporters of Tibetan Buddhism, who perceive the Dalai Lama as a symbol of non -transparency, compassion and permanent struggle for the Tibetan cultural identity under Chinese rule. Tändzin Gjamccho, 14. Reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, said some time ago that The Dalai Lama institution will continue only if there is a general interest.
On Wednesday in a speech at the Prayer Assembly before his Sunday’s 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama said that he had received several challenges from the Tibetan diaspora for the last 14 years, Buddhists from the entire Himalayan region, Mongolia and parts of Russia and China who “They strongly ask the Dalai Lama institution to continue”. He added that the next Dalai Lama would be selected and recognized according to the usual Buddhist customs.
Many Tibetans in exile fear that The successor to the current Dalai Lama is appointed by China, To strengthen her control of the territory, where she sent her soldiers in 1950. However, the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that Responsibility for the selection of 15. The Dalai Lama “will exclusively” bear the Office of the Dalai Lama (Gaden Phodrang).
“This is what I repeat that the exclusive authority of the future reincarnation has Gaden Phodrang; no one else has the power to interfere with the matter,” said the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama and thousands of other Tibetans have lived in exile in India since the Chinese troops in 1959 suppressed the uprising in the Tibetan capital Lhasa. Concerns about the future of the Tibetan leadership and the delicate question of his succession was caused by the Dalai Lams advanced age.
The Tibetan activist Lhamo, living in exile, expressed the belief that The continuation of the Dalai Lama’s role will be beneficial to the Tibetans of IV’s benefit of humanity. She added that his announcement sent Beijing a message to “clearly give up” any task in identifying the future Dalai Lama.
Tändzin Gjamccho, born July 6, 1935, became 14. The spiritual and political leader of the Tibetans at the age of two, identified as the reincarnation of his predecessor, andThis requires a Buddhist tradition. From the escape from Tibet and the beginning of China’s repression in 1959, the Dalai Lama stayed most of his life in the McLeod Ganj monastery at the foot of the Himalayas.
The Dalai Lama in 2011 handed over the political power of the exile government, which Democratically elected 130,000 Tibetans around the world. It was at the same time that he warned that the future of his post threatened the apparent efforts to misuse the system of reincarnation for political interests.
