China on Dalai Lama: Tibetan Government Condemns China’s Interference in Dalai Lama’s Successor

China on Dalai Lama: The subject of the Dalai Lama’s successor (reincarnation) has once again made news. The Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s senior religious leader, has sent a clear message to China and his followers that the Dalai Lama institution will continue. Following this statement, there was an uproar in China, India, and America. At the same time, a wave of happiness has swept among Tibet’s lamas.

Penpa Tsering, the chairman of the Tibetan government in exile, has expressed strong opposition to any attempt to tamper with the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation. He dismissed China’s meddling as pointless, claiming that reincarnation is a spiritual process. In such a situation, China can’t determine where the next Dalai Lama will be born. The spiritual guru selects where he needs to be born.