14TH DALAI LAMA SERIES
Based on these visions, search parties are sent out to find children born around the date of his death who match these visions and are then put through a series of tests, until the right one is divined. Traditionally, after he dies, a search begins in Tibet to find his reincarnation, based on signs such as where he was looking when died, which direction the smoke blows when he is cremated and visions interpreted from Lhamo La-tso, an oracle lake in Tibet. He is both the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism and in many times past and present also a political leader of the Tibetans. Last year, in a direct shot at China, the US revised its Tibet policy to declare that only Tibetans had the right to select the next Dalai Lama.Īccording to teachings, each Dalai Lama is a reincarnation of the Avalokiteśvara, who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. India is not alone in seeing the Dalai Lama’s succession as a matter of geopolitical importance. The Indian government denies any surveillance. Analysis suggests it was the Indian government selecting the potential surveillance targets. Last week, it emerged that several members of the Dalai Lama’s inner circle, as well as senior figures in the Tibetan Central Administration, which operates out of Dharamshala, were among those selected as potential targets for surveillance with Pegasus spyware made by NSO group. The controversies over the Dalai Lama’s successor are likely to have a direct impact on India one possible scenario put forward by the Dalai Lama himself is that he could be reincarnated in a “free country”, likely to be India rather than Tibet. Last month, in what was described as a “significant departure” from previous policy, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi wished the Dalai Lama happy birthday on Twitter and, according to the president of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, a meeting is planned between the two this year.
India has control over the Dalai Lama’s movements, both within India and abroad.īut as relations with China have deteriorated to historic lows over the past year due to deadly border aggression, there has been increased pressure on the Indian government to strengthen its Tibet policy in order to counter China, including declaring that only the Dalai Lama can choose his successor. Since 1959, the Dalai Lama has lived in exile in Dharamshala, nestled in the Himalayas, and Tibet has remained a sensitive factor in India’s relationship with China, with whom it shares a 2,000-mile border. Yet China is not the only country now keeping a watchful eye on the Dalai Lama’s succession. “One selected on the basis of instructions left behind by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and one chosen by the Chinese Communist party.” “We are looking at the highly likely situation that when the 14th Dalai Lama dies, there will be two Dalai Lamas named in his place,” said Robert Barnett, a Tibetan expert. But a power struggle for who will choose his reincarnation after he dies has already begun. Future generations are likely to regard him in the same light as the Great Fifth and the Great Thirteenth for his contributions to spreading the message of Tibetan Buddhism to the world, thereby saving the tradition.The Dalai Lama, who recently turned 86, has insisted that discussions of his death are premature (according to his own visions, he will live to 113). In 2011 he absolved himself of political power, although he is still the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th Dalai Lama was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. In some ways, his exile has been to the world's benefit, since he has spent his life bringing a message of peace and compassion to the world. The 14th Dalai Lama established a Tibetan government in exile in Dharamsala, India. However, the Tibetan Uprising of 1959 forced the Dalai Lama into exile, and he has never been allowed to return to Tibet. For nine years he attempted to negotiate with the Chinese to save the Tibetan people from the dictatorship of Mao Zedong. Tenzin Gyatso was born in 1935 and recognized as the Dalai Lama at the age of three.Ĭhina invaded Tibet in 1950 when Tenzin Gyatso was only 15. The Dalai Lama attended proceedings marking 50 years of exile in Mcleod Ganj, the seat of the exiled Tibetan government near the town of Dharamsala. His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Tsuklag Khang Temple on Main Dharamsala, India.
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