Dalai Lama cannot decide on reincarnation, says China; India maintains neutrality

NEW DELHI: China's ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, connected Sunday said the 14th Dalai Lama has nary authorization to determine the continuation of the Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation system, calling it a spiritual signifier that has existed for implicit 700 years and is not taxable to idiosyncratic discretion."The reincarnation strategy of Living Buddhas successful Tibetan Buddhism has existed for implicit 700 years,” China’s Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, said successful a station connected X. “Currently, determination are much than 1,000 specified reincarnation lineages crossed Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited regions of Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, and Qinghai," helium wrote.Xu emphasised that the 14th Dalai Lama is portion of a humanities and spiritual succession and cannot unilaterally determine whether the instauration should proceed oregon end.

“The reincarnation of Dalai Lamas neither began with him nor volition it extremity with him,” helium said. “He has nary authorization to abolish oregon proceed the system,” helium added.

The remarks travel amid renewed planetary attraction connected the issue, particularly arsenic the Dalai Lama turns 90 connected July 6. The question of his succession has emerged arsenic a delicate geopolitical and spiritual issue, peculiarly successful the discourse of China's expanding power implicit spiritual affairs successful Tibet.

However, the ministry of outer affairs connected Friday said that the authorities “does not instrumentality immoderate position” connected specified spiritual issues. “We person seen reports relating to the connection made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama astir the continuation of the Dalai Lama institution,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, portion adding: “Government of India does not instrumentality immoderate presumption oregon talk connected matters concerning beliefs and practices of religion and religion.”Meanwhile, national curate for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju, a practising Buddhist, reiterated that the determination rests solely with the Dalai Lama and accepted Buddhist customs. Speaking astatine day eve celebrations for the Tibetan spiritual person successful Dharamshala, Rijiju said, “Dalai Lama instauration is purely spiritual and authorities of India believes determination should beryllium nary interference successful spiritual matters... I would similar to privation His Holiness a agelong life...

All his devotees tendency to spot him steadfast truthful that the planetary assemblage tin payment from his wisdom.

.. I don't privation to respond connected the Chinese statement, but we permission everything to His Holiness.”

Earlier, Rijiju had said, “The Dalai Lama is simply a defining spiritual person for Buddhists. The determination astir his reincarnation should travel contented and beryllium made by him alone. No 1 other has the right.”“The Dalai Lama is simply a defining spiritual person for Buddhists,” Rijiju said connected July 2.

“The determination astir his reincarnation should travel contented and beryllium made by him alone. No 1 other has the right.”The 14th Dalai Lama had precocious reiterated that the instauration would proceed and that lone the Gaden Phodrang Trust would person the authorization to recognise his reincarnation.China has consistently asserted that the process of selecting Tibetan Buddhist leaders indispensable travel procedures approved by the Chinese state.

In a caller statement, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, “Reincarnation indispensable travel Chinese laws and spiritual rituals, including drafting tons from a aureate urn and support from the cardinal government.”Mao added that portion China respects spiritual freedom, it strictly regulates spiritual activities, including reincarnation processes.Meanwhile, successful a crisp rebuttal, Penpa Tsering, President of the Tibetan government-in-exile, accused China of erasing Tibetan individuality done “cultural genocide.”