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[Glenn Scheper]

'China has rather brilliantly declared that, from next month, Tibetan Buddhist 
monks must have official permission to reincarnate, Newsweek reports. 'The new 
legislation lays down strict guidelines for making a reappearance and is, 
according to a statement from the State Administration for Religious Affairs, 
"an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation". The penalty 
for illicit reincarnation is not noted (100 consecutive life sentences without 
parole?), but there is method in the Chinese authorities' madness. 'As Newsweek 
points out, the law will effectively prevent any Buddhist monk living outside 
Tibet from seeking reincarnation. Accordingly, it also "effectively gives 
Chinese authorities the power to choose the next Dalai Lama."
  -- http://www.media-underground.net/site/index.php?/categories/3-news
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Glenn Scheper
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