[FairfieldLife] Re: Permit required for reincarnation
Falling bridges be damned. This has my vote as News Item Of The Week. Nice find, Vaj. But now I'm worried. If I don't apply for a permit from the Chinese guvmint, am I outa here after I croak? Bummer. Can I get out of the Bodhisattva Vow thang on a technicality? :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: China tells Tibet's living Buddhas to apply for reincarnation http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070803/tts-china-tibet-religion- incarnation-a73cdd6.html AFP - Friday, August 3 BEIJING (AFP) - - Tibetan living Buddhas are no longer allowed to be reincarnated without permission from the atheist Chinese government, state media reported Friday. The new rules are an important move to institutionalise the management of reincarnation of living Buddhas, the Xinhua news agency said. According to the regulations, which take effect on September 1, all reincarnation applications must be submitted to religious affairs officials for approval, Xinhua said. China is ruled by the Communist Party, which, despite being officially atheist, maintains strict controls over Tibetan Buddhism and all other religions. Living Buddhas are an important element in Tibetan Buddhism, forming a clergy of influential religious figures who are believed to be continuously reincarnated to take up their positions anew. Often there is more than one candidate competing to be recognised as the actual reincarnation, and the authority to decide who is the true claimant carries significant power. This is especially true in the case of the Panchen Lama, the second- most influential figure in Tibetan Buddhism behind the Dalai Lama. Chinese authorities detained the Dalai Lama's choice as the Panchen Lama in 1995 when the boy was six years old, and he has not been seen in public since. The Chinese government's choice as the Panchen Lama has meanwhile been paraded around the country in recent years to promote China's rule over his homeland. China sent troops in to liberate Tibet in 1951. The Dalai Lama later fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising and established a government-in-exile in Dharamsala.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Permit required for reincarnation
Here, let me control that for you! *lol* Classic, Vaj, thanks! :-) *L*L*L* --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: China tells Tibet's living Buddhas to apply for reincarnation http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070803/tts-china-tibet-religion- incarnation-a73cdd6.html AFP - Friday, August 3 BEIJING (AFP) - - Tibetan living Buddhas are no longer allowed to be reincarnated without permission from the atheist Chinese government, state media reported Friday. The new rules are an important move to institutionalise the management of reincarnation of living Buddhas, the Xinhua news agency said. According to the regulations, which take effect on September 1, all reincarnation applications must be submitted to religious affairs officials for approval, Xinhua said. China is ruled by the Communist Party, which, despite being officially atheist, maintains strict controls over Tibetan Buddhism and all other religions. Living Buddhas are an important element in Tibetan Buddhism, forming a clergy of influential religious figures who are believed to be continuously reincarnated to take up their positions anew. Often there is more than one candidate competing to be recognised as the actual reincarnation, and the authority to decide who is the true claimant carries significant power. This is especially true in the case of the Panchen Lama, the second- most influential figure in Tibetan Buddhism behind the Dalai Lama. Chinese authorities detained the Dalai Lama's choice as the Panchen Lama in 1995 when the boy was six years old, and he has not been seen in public since. The Chinese government's choice as the Panchen Lama has meanwhile been paraded around the country in recent years to promote China's rule over his homeland. China sent troops in to liberate Tibet in 1951. The Dalai Lama later fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising and established a government-in-exile in Dharamsala.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Permit required for reincarnation
On Aug 3, 2007, at 1:31 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Falling bridges be damned. This has my vote as News Item Of The Week. Nice find, Vaj. But now I'm worried. If I don't apply for a permit from the Chinese guvmint, am I outa here after I croak? Bummer. Can I get out of the Bodhisattva Vow thang on a technicality? :-) You should be fine as long as you don't reincarnate in China or near Judy's reincarnation. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Permit required for reincarnation
TurquoiseB wrote: Falling bridges be damned. Reincarnation be damned. The historical Buddha didn't teach reincarnation. In order to reincarnate, there must be an individual soul-monad to reincarnate. Get some smarts and try reading a little Buddhist history. The Buddha taught Causation - one thing leads to another. According to Marshy, Tibetan Buddhism is 'far fetched'. China tells Tibet's living Buddhas to apply for reincarnation
[FairfieldLife] Re: Permit required for reincarnation
--Right. Some of the components of what made a body/mind in an incarnation of those components, reasserts themselves along with unfinished karma in a future embodiment. Along with those impulses is a faint memory stored in some subtle dimension. The persona next embodied having those living components, groks: that was a previous incarnation - as in Adi Da says that his deeper personality vehicle was the combined package of both Ramakrishna and Vivekananda; which is rather farfetched but OTOH some leftover impulses of Vivekananda seem to match Adi Da's present incarnation. Vivekananda hinted that he would reincarnate in the West. Adi Da claims to have become Enlightened while at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Temple in Hollywood, CA in 1970 (where I used to meditate frequently). At any rate, I side with the Buddhist perspective and therefore agree with the statements below; except of course for the commie meddling in spiritual affairs. The Chinese should stick to what they're doing best: polluting shrimps with PCB's and manufacturing lead based paints to poison children with toxic toys. . BTW, Richard/willtex - still waiting for the MMY audios from Rishikesh. Can't wait to hear them. Thanks. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Falling bridges be damned. Reincarnation be damned. The historical Buddha didn't teach reincarnation. In order to reincarnate, there must be an individual soul-monad to reincarnate. Get some smarts and try reading a little Buddhist history. The Buddha taught Causation - one thing leads to another. According to Marshy, Tibetan Buddhism is 'far fetched'. China tells Tibet's living Buddhas to apply for reincarnation
