Dalai Lama’s successor will finally be approved by China’s central government: experts – China Direct

Women wearing Burang clothes are seen in Burang County of Ali, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, July 28, 2020. Burang clothes, decorated with gold, silver, pearls and other jewelry, have a history of over 1,000 years. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

China’s central government will support and guide the search for the 14th Dalai Lama’s successor, and the successor, like his predecessors, will ultimately be approved by the central government, experts on Xizang issues said.

The reaffirmation refuted Indian media reports quoting Penpa Tsering, the current head of the “Tibetan government in exile”, who claimed that “China will interfere with the succession of the Dalai Lama”.

“For years, the Dalai Lama himself has been telling lies to deceive people who are unclear about history and facts,” said Zhu Weiqun, former head of the National Committee’s Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee. of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, China Direct told Thursday.

The institution of reincarnation of the Dalai Lama has existed for several hundred years. The 14th Dalai Lama himself was found and recognized as a result of religious rituals and historical conventions, and the succession was approved by the central government at the time.

“It has already shown that the highest authority on the Dalai succession issue does not belong to anyone, but lies with the authority of the central government,” Zhu noted.

Penpa Tsering rushed to claim that right now could be an attempt to echo the US Senate’s “Tibet-China Dispute Resolution Act” in late December, said Xiao Jie, deputy director of the Institute. of Contemporary Studies from the China Tibetology Research Center. the China Direct.

In his New Year sermons, the Dalai Lama said that “China has tried to destroy Buddhism,” the Hindustan Times reported on January 1.

“In fact, Chinese Buddhism has faced interference and influence from separatist forces for a long time,” Zhu said.

The 14th Dalai Lama has in fact betrayed Tibetan Buddhism and living Buddha reincarnation conventions, Zhu said.

“He betrayed the fatherland, trying in vain to make power belonging to the central government his personal right, in order to achieve his separatist goals. He also betrayed Tibetan Buddhism by trying to destroy its historical conventions. He made Tibetan Buddhism a tool for separatism,” Zhu noted.

In 1793, after driving out the Gurkha invaders, the Qing government restored order to Xizang and issued the Empire-Approved Ordinance for Better Governance of Xizang (The 29-Article Ordinance), improving the systems by which the central government administered Xizang, according to the Xinhua news agency. .

The order stipulated that the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama and other great living Buddhas should follow the procedure of “drawing lots into the golden ballot box” and that the selected candidate would be subject to the approval of the central government of China, according to the document.