Will the world allow Communist/athiest China to handpick the next Dalai Lama?
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
By Brian Pellot
CHINA---China, an officially atheist country with one of the worst track records on religious freedom, is accusing Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of profaning his own faith by continuing to suggest that he may not choose to be reincarnated when he dies. China wants the power to approve a next Dalai Lama. The current Dalai Lama wants anything but. For Tibetan Buddhism, politics and religion seem more interwoven than ever before. [link]
By Brian Pellot
CHINA---China, an officially atheist country with one of the worst track records on religious freedom, is accusing Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of profaning his own faith by continuing to suggest that he may not choose to be reincarnated when he dies. China wants the power to approve a next Dalai Lama. The current Dalai Lama wants anything but. For Tibetan Buddhism, politics and religion seem more interwoven than ever before. [link]