[lbo-talk] China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate

[John Thornton]

Sujeet Bhatt wrote:
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2194682.ece
>
> >From The Times
> August 4, 2007
> China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate
>
> Jane Macartney in Beijing
>
> Tibet's living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without
> permission from China's atheist leaders. The ban is included in new
> rules intended to assert Beijing's authority over Tibet's restive and
> deeply Buddhist people.
>
> "The so-called reincarnated living Buddha without government approval
> is illegal and invalid," according to the order, which comes into
> effect on September 1.
>   

If only the Romans had forbidden resurrecting without a permit we would, 
in all probability, be in better shape today !

John Thornton