His Holiness has held discussions with heads of different religions and participated in many events promoting inter-religious harmony and understanding. Since the mids, His Holiness has engaged in a dialogue with modern scientists, mainly in the fields of psychology, neurobiology, quantum physics and cosmology.
This has led to a historic collaboration between Buddhist monks and world-renowned scientists in trying to help individuals achieve peace of mind. It has also resulted in the addition of modern science to the traditional curriculum of Tibetan monastic institutions re-established in exile.. Political Retirement On 14 March His Holiness wrote to the Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies Tibetan Parliament-in-exile requesting it to relieve him of his temporal authority, since according to the Charter of the Tibetans in Exile, he was technically still the head of state.
He announced that he was ending the custom by which the Dalai Lamas had wielded spiritual and political authority in Tibet. He intended, he made clear, to resume the status of the first four Dalai Lamas in concerning himself only with spiritual affairs. He confirmed that the democratically elected leadership would assume complete formal responsibility for Tibetan political affairs.
The formal office and household of the Dalai Lamas, the Gaden Phodrang, would henceforth only fulfil that function. On 29 May His Holiness signed the document formally transferring his temporal authority to the democratically elected leader. In so doing he formally put an end to the year old tradition of the Dalai Lamas functioning as both the spiritual and temporal head of Tibet.
The Future As far back as , His Holiness made clear that whether or not a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama should be recognised was a decision for the Tibetan people, the Mongolians and people of the Himalayan regions to make.
However, in the absence of clear guidelines, there was a clear risk that, should the concerned public express a strong wish to recognise a future Dalai Lama, vested interests could exploit the situation for political ends. Therefore, on 24 September , clear guidelines for the recognition of the next Dalai Lama were published, leaving no room for doubt or deception. His statement also explored the different ways in which the recognition of a successor could be done.
They should consult the various heads of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions and the reliable oath-bound Dharma Protectors who are linked inseparably to the lineage of the Dalai Lamas. They should seek advice and direction from these concerned parties and carry out the procedures of search and recognition in accordance with their instruction.
His Holiness has stated that he will leave clear written instructions about this. The five points of the plan were as follows: Transformation of the whole of Tibet into a zone of peace.
Abandonment of China's population transfer policy that threatens the very existence of the Tibetans as a people. Many toil as roadside laborers or make trinkets to sell to tourists. And so large numbers of young Tibetans are making the choice to return, lured to a homeland they have never known. Many of the returnees are armed with better education and world experience than their peers who grew up in Tibet.
Tibet still has a government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Administration CTA in Dharamsala, but it is dogged by infighting and scandal. Exiles are instead forging their own path. Even those who have achieved prosperity elsewhere are opting to return. Today his award-winning brewery has an annual capacity of 2. Most residents lived a Hobbesian existence. Nobles were strictly ranked in seven classes, with only the Dalai Lama belonging to the first.
Few commoners had any sort of education. Modern medicine was forbidden, especially surgery, meaning even minor ailments were fatal. The sick were typically treated with a gruel of barley meal, butter and the urine of a holy monk.
Life expectancy was 36 years. Criminals had limbs amputated and cauterized in boiling butter. But he also emphasizes that traditional Tibetan life was more in communion with nature than the present.
Asked who is responsible for fixing the crisis, he points not to Beijing but to Washington. The Dalai Lama is a refreshingly unabashed figure in person. He appears equally at home with both the physical and the spiritual, tradition and modernity. He meditated within reach of an iPad tuned to an image of a babbling brook and mountains and a few minutes later turned to Tibetan scriptures written on wide, single sheets, unbound. He retires at 6 p.
So my No. The Dalai Lama said his second commitment is to religious harmony. Conflicts in the Middle East tend to involve sectarian strife within Islam. Saudi Arabia, plus their money, is Sunni. Buddhism has its own extremists. The themes of Buddhism, as a nontheistic religion with no single creator deity, are more accessible to followers of other faiths and even ardent atheists, emphasizing harmony and mental cleanliness.
He keeps a sharp eye on global affairs and is happy to weigh in. In his ninth decade and moving with the help of assistants, the Dalai Lama continues to explore human consciousness and question long-held shibboleths. During a series of lectures in February to mark the Tibetan new year, he pontificates on everything from artificial intelligence — it can never compete with the human mind, he says — to blind deference to religious dogma.
This includes the institution of the Dalai Lama itself. Even as a young boy, his scientific mind led him to question the idea that he was the 14th incarnation of a deity king. No problem. This is not my concern. Indeed they are. There are usually predictions about where and when a dalai lama will be reborn, but further tests and signs are required to ensure the proper child is found.
In the case of the 13th Dalai Lama, after his death his body lay facing south. However, after a few days his head had tilted to the east and a fungus, viewed as unusual, appeared on the northeastern side of the shrine, where his body was kept. This was interpreted to mean that the next dalai lama could have been born somewhere in the northeastern part of Tibet.
The district of Dokham, which is in the northeast of Tibet, matched all of these signs. A 2-year-old boy named Lhamo Dhondup was just the right age for a reincarnation of the 13th dalai lama, based on the time of his death.
The 14th Dalai Lama recounts in his memoirs about his early life that he remembered recognizing one of the monks in the search party, even though he was dressed as a servant. To prevent any manipulation of the process, members of the search party had not shown villagers who they were. The Dalai Lama remembered as a little boy asking for the rosary beads that monk had worn around his neck. These beads were previously owned by the 13th Dalai Lama. After this meeting, the search party came back again to test the young boy with further objects of the previous Dalai Lama.
He was able to correctly choose all items , including a drum used for rituals and a walking stick. Today the selection process for the next dalai lama remains uncertain. The Dalai Lama fled in and set up a government in exile.
The Dalai Lama is revered by Tibetan people , who have maintained their devotion over the past 70 years of Chinese rule. Since then China has refused to give details of his whereabouts. Panchen lama is the second most important tulku lineage in Tibetan Buddhism. The Tibetan people revolted when the newly selected 11th Panchen Lama was detained. The Chinese government responded by appointing its own Panchen Lama , the son of a Chinese security officer.
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