'China should have no role in reincarnation'

SHIMLA

: Amid news that China might interfere in the selection of the next Dalai Lama, the 14th Tibetan Religious Conference being held at the headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamshala made it clear that the present Dalai Lama would have the sole authority in his

reincarnation

.


"If the government of the People's Republic of China, for political end, chooses a candidate for the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan people will not recognise and respect that candidate," the resolution moved in the conference stated.

It added the karmic bond between the Dalai Lamas and the Tibetan people have been inseparable and all Tibetans wish for the continuation of the institution and reincarnation of the Dalai Lama in the future. "We, therefore, strongly supplicate to His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama for the same," it said.

The resolution stated that the authority of decision concerning the way and the manner in which the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama should appear solely rests with His Holiness himself.

It added that the unique Tibetan traditional method in recognising the future reincarnations of the Dalai Lama, which has been used until now, will be followed here after too. This method conforms to be basic philosophy and tenets of the Buddha dharma and originated in Tibet over 800 years ago, it said.

The conference is focusing on enabling extensive participation of the religious heads and other important figures of Tibetan Buddhism in the discussion and decision making on the overarching significance of Tibetan tradition of recognising the reincarnation of scholarships with a particular emphasis on the discovery and recognition of the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.

The three-day conference, which started on Wednesday, is being attended by the heads and important figures of Tibetan Buddhist tradition.