<pre wrap="">yeah - but not as crazy as it sounds. Since the Tibetans believe the dalai lama is reincarnated after death the Chinese government is trying to control who will be appointed as the next dalai lama. Only <br>the lamas approved by the government will be named as the dalai lama. <br>This also is a way of controlling those lamas who will be permitted to teach - the ones who follow the Government rules. -Tom (I)</pre><br><br><b><i>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> "In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned<br>Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnation without government permission." <br><br>-- Newsweek (August 20, 2007)<br><br>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"People who ridicule others while hiding behind anonymous monikers in<br>chat-room forums are neither brave nor
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