Tenzin GyatsoThe current Dalái Lama, It turned 90 years oldOf course, he plans to live to 130 and postpone the appointment of his successor. And this message sent him with a return to China, claiming that the Beijing regime would not intervene in who will be the new leader in Buddhism.
But how was the next Dalaya Lama chosen? Unlike what we are used to in the rest of the world, continuity is made in a peculiar way. “This was not chosen and did not vote, he has a special process”Explains Ven. Geshe Tuben Cheeden, director of the Institute Madrid Hayagiv.
And this is that Buddhists believe in reincarnation, and this is the central axis on which the mechanism of continuity is controlled. The death of the current Dalai Lama begins. From there, a period of two or three years opens: “Because the child must be born, and with three years he begins to speak.”
The prophecies of great teachers and Buddhist deities will fill out the latest information that will begin a great search. Thus, Tenzin Gyatso was discovered in the eastern region of Tibet, in Ando when I was only two or three years old“He began to speak and talked about things about his previous one.” He was even able to recognize people and some personal objects that belonged to his predecessor. Of course, despite the fact that he is a child, it is necessary to pass a number of exams in order to confirm as a new Buddhist leader.
During his term, Gyatso lived, as China invaded Tibet on October 7, 1950, and since then he has always persecuted him. “This is his symbol of identity. And if this symbol of identity is politically against Beijing, because the legitimacy of this Chinese government, this control over Tibet, is much lower, ”says Mario Esteban, researcher of the Royal Institute of Elkano.
At 23, he had to flee, crossing the Himalayan mountain range in the direction of India, where he established a new headquarters of the Tibetan government, restoring the political and religious community that Beijing never forgave him.
From there, in his ninety birth and knows about lWith the importance of its reincarnationIN guarantees that it will be in a free country and that it will never be chosen by ChinaField
