http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2007/08/bbc-on-tibet-part-3-religious-repression/ A Global Blog by Students for a Free Tibet Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2007/08/bbc-on-tibet-part-3-religious-repression/comment-page-1/#comment-35446 Tibet Will Be Free » Blog Archive » Terrifying Implications of China’s New Reincarnation Rules Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:37:04 +0000 http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2007/08/15/bbc-on-tibet-part-3-religious-repression/#comment-35446 [...] It is heart-rending, simply heart-rending, to consider the implications of the Chinese government’s new regulations claiming the right to control Tibetan Buddhist reincarnations.  While we wrote about this issue before (here, here and here), a new analysis by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China drives home how terrifying the implications of this regulation could be.  [...] [...] It is heart-rending, simply heart-rending, to consider the implications of the Chinese government’s new regulations claiming the right to control Tibetan Buddhist reincarnations.  While we wrote about this issue before (here, here and here), a new analysis by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China drives home how terrifying the implications of this regulation could be.  [...]

]]> http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2007/08/bbc-on-tibet-part-3-religious-repression/comment-page-1/#comment-35257 Tibet Will Be Free » Blog Archive » Newsweek: China’s “Absurd Act of Totalitarianism” in Tibet Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:09:55 +0000 http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2007/08/15/bbc-on-tibet-part-3-religious-repression/#comment-35257 [...] We previously discussed this issue (here, here and here), so we’ll just quote this relatively short article in its entirety: [...] [...] We previously discussed this issue (here, here and here), so we’ll just quote this relatively short article in its entirety: [...]

]]> http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2007/08/bbc-on-tibet-part-3-religious-repression/comment-page-1/#comment-35240 Tibet Will Be Free » Blog Archive » The Economist on China Usurping Reincarnation Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:22:21 +0000 http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2007/08/15/bbc-on-tibet-part-3-religious-repression/#comment-35240 [...] The Economist recognizes that China’s ”apparent determination to control religion in Tibet is especially intense, because Buddhism is so bound up with Tibetans’ identity and nationalism.”  As we previously discussed (here and here), this is all a political power-grab by the Chinese government. [...] [...] The Economist recognizes that China’s ”apparent determination to control religion in Tibet is especially intense, because Buddhism is so bound up with Tibetans’ identity and nationalism.”  As we previously discussed (here and here), this is all a political power-grab by the Chinese government. [...]

]]> http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2007/08/bbc-on-tibet-part-3-religious-repression/comment-page-1/#comment-35102 Tibet Will Be Free » Blog Archive » China Claims Right to Control Reincarnation Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:08:10 +0000 http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2007/08/15/bbc-on-tibet-part-3-religious-repression/#comment-35102 [...] We discussed this issue previously in the context of a BBC article.  The International Campaign for Tibet provides further detail: The Chinese government has announced new measures, translated below into English by ICT, stating that all reincarnated lamas (tulkus) must have government approval. The measures, which are deliberately targeted at one of the core belief systems of Tibetan Buddhism, reveal the Party’s agenda to undermine and supplant the Tibetan religious hierarchy and weaken the authority of legitimate Tibetan religious leaders including the Dalai Lama. [...] [...] We discussed this issue previously in the context of a BBC article.  The International Campaign for Tibet provides further detail: The Chinese government has announced new measures, translated below into English by ICT, stating that all reincarnated lamas (tulkus) must have government approval. The measures, which are deliberately targeted at one of the core belief systems of Tibetan Buddhism, reveal the Party’s agenda to undermine and supplant the Tibetan religious hierarchy and weaken the authority of legitimate Tibetan religious leaders including the Dalai Lama. [...]

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