In a direct hit at China, Indian Buddhist organisation calls for no interference in succession of 14th Dalai Lama, passes resolution
The Indian Buddhist organisation said, "If the government of the People"s Republic of China, for political ends, chooses a candidate for the Dalai Lama, the people of the Himalayas will never accept it, never pay devotional obeisance to such a political appointee and publicly denounce such move by anyone".
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New Delhi, Dec 21: In a significant development, an Indian Buddhist organisation passed a resolution calling for no interference when it comes to the succession of the 14th Dalai Lama and the appointment of the next (15th) Dalai Lama.
The Indian Himalayan council of the Nalanda Buddhist Tradition (IHCNBT) in a resolution said, "If the government of the People's Republic of China, for political ends, chooses a candidate for the Dalai Lama, the people of the Himalayas will never accept it, never pay devotional obeisance to such a political appointee and publicly denounce such move by anyone".
The one-page resolution said, "System of recognizing reincarnated spiritual beings is a religious practice unique to Nalanda Buddhism and the philosophy of the principle of life after death." "No government or any individual has the right to interfere in this matter," it added.
The resolution pointed out that the sole authority on the reincarnation of his holiness the Dalai Lama is Gaden Phodang's institution. "No one, including China, should interfere with such a holy and devotional process", it read.
It is evident that Xi Jinping-led China's communist government could interfere in this matter and might appoint its own Dalai Lama. Unlike China, the Indian government so far has never made a comment on the appointment of the next Dalai Lama.
It is pertinent to mention that IHCNBT was formed in 2018 and has the top Buddhist leadership of the Indian union territory of Ladakh and states like Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh. These states and union territories border China-administered Tibet.
The name of the organisation was given by Dalai Lama. Tibetan Buddhism is seen as the heir to India's Nalanda tradition of Buddhism. IHCNBT was first conceived by The Tawang Foundation, a strategic Think Tank body during a National Conference held in June 2018 at Haryana's Gurugram.
The organisation works for the Preservation of Indian Himalayan Nalanda Buddhist tradition and develops Institutions of learning amongst all the traditions of Nalanda Buddhism in the Indian Himalayan region. It has been organising a number of Buddhist conclaves as well in Ladakh, Himachal, Uttarakhand, and Sikkim.
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