Dalai Lama successor: Tibet's prez-in-exile picks apart China's 'Golden Urn' tradition

In effect to China's remarks connected the succession of the Dalai Lama, Penpa Tsering, the president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), questioned Beijing’s assertion implicit spiritual matters, including the enactment of the adjacent Tibetan spiritual leader.Speaking connected China's insistence that the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama indispensable travel the 'Golden Urn' process, Tsering said, "That's for the Chinese authorities to determine whether the authorities that does not judge successful religion wants to interfere successful the spiritual state of Tibetan people; not conscionable inhabit our state but besides unit a batch of things connected us, including spiritual state to take our ain spiritual leader.

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He added, "So, that is precise unfortunate, and Chinese authorities ever keeps saying something. They are saying that we broke from tradition. What contented is the Chinese Government talking about? The Golden Urn? This was introduced lone successful 1793, precocious 18th century. There person been 8 Dalai Lamas earlier that. Are those not Dalai Lamas due to the fact that determination was nary Golden Urn?"The comments from the Tibetan administration-in-exile came aft number Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said connected Thursday that the prime of the adjacent Dalai Lama rests lone with the existent Dalai Lama and the spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.

Rijiju said, "The Dalai Lama is the astir important and defining instauration for the Buddhists. And each those who travel the Dalai Lama consciousness that the Incarnation is to beryllium decided by the established normal and arsenic per the privation of the Dalai Lama himself. Nobody other has the close to determine it but him and the conventions successful place."This was the archetypal authoritative effect from a elder curate aft the Dalai Lama spoke publically astir his succession plan.Earlier this week, China rejected the Tibetan spiritual leader’s plan, with Chinese overseas ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning reiterating that the enactment indispensable spell done a process approved by Beijing."The Dalai Lama's reincarnation indispensable travel the principles of home recognition, the ‘Golden Urn’ process, and support by the cardinal government, successful enactment with spiritual traditions and laws,” Mao said astatine a media briefing successful Beijing.This comes aft Dalai Lama declared that the Gaden Phodrang Trust, a non-profit instauration helium established, has the sole authorization to recognise his aboriginal reincarnation.The 'Golden Urn' system, which China refers to arsenic a accepted method for selecting high-ranking Tibetan lamas, was introduced during the Qing dynasty successful 1793.