This just-in-case legislation from the world's most promising economic
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*China regulates reincarnation
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/29/reincarnation_ban/> *
*Register,UK -* China has rather brilliantly declared that, from next
month, Tibetan Buddhist monks must have official permission to
reincarnate, Newsweek reports. The new legislation lays down strict
guidelines for making a reappearance and is, according to a statement
from the State Administration for Religious Affairs, "an important move
to institutionalize management of reincarnation". The penalty for
illicit reincarnation is not noted (100 consecutive life sentences
without parole?), but there is method in the Chinese authorities'
madness. As Newsweek points out, the law will effectively prevent any
Buddhist monk living outside Tibet from seeking reincarnation.
Accordingly, it also "effectively gives Chinese authorities the power to
choose the next Dalai Lama". The exiled 72-year-old Dalai Lama is
currently in India pondering his successor. Since he's refused to
reincarnate in Tibet while it's under Chinese control, there is the
provocative possibility of a Chinese-sponsored Dalai Lama going
head-to-head with a new young chum for Richard Gere.
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