The Dalai Lama mentioned, in a new work which has just appeared, its succession as well as its reincarnation.
This Tuesday, March 11, the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, published a new book entitled A voice for the voiceless. Tenzin Gyatso, 89, has lived in exile in India since the repression of a popular uprising by the Chinese army in 1959. The objective of his work, analyzed by Reutersis to offer “a framework for the future of Tibet after his death”. He notably evokes the political situation of Tibet, under the control of China since 1950. The Dalai Lama, who renounced his political role in 2011, calls for new discussions and negotiations between the two parties, while these have been frozen since 2010. “No totalitarian regime, whether led by an individual or a party, can last forever,” he said. “The right of the Tibetan people to direct their native land cannot be indefinitely refused to him, nor its aspiration for repressed freedom forever,” he added.
In addition, Tenzin Gyatso also addresses the subject of his successor. Many Tibetans fear that in disappearance, the government of Beijing chooses the one who will replace it. They thus called on their spiritual leader to ensure the maintenance of the line. The Chinese government has already proclaimed that if there should be a fifteenth Dalai Lama, it would be chosen by China.
The next Dalai Lama born outside China?
Tenzin Gyatso, for his part, said that any spiritual leader designated by China would not be respected the Tibetan tradition wants the soul of the deceased Dalai Lama to reincarnate in the body of a child. The current one was identified as the reincarnation of his predecessor at the age of two. According to him, the new Dalai Lama will be born in a free world “and therefore outside China. “Since the aim of reincarnation is to continue the work of the predecessor, the new Dalai Lama will be born in the free world so that the traditional mission of the Dalai Lama-namely to be the voice of universal compassion, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and the symbol of Tibet embodying the aspirations of the Tibetan people-can continue,” he wrote. He had previously indicated that he could reincarnate outside Tibet, and therefore possibly in India.
The Buddhist spiritual leader should reveal the details of his succession to his 90th anniversary in July. His supporters are also worried about his health, especially since his knee operation last year. However, the latter declared in December to Reuters that he could live up to 110 years. However, he said, in his book, that in view of his advanced age, he was unlikely to return to Tibet one day.