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Originally Posted by komitsuki
Other than he's not a little kid anymore. Panchen Lama is chosen from the Chinese authorities, a traditional since the Qing dynasty. This is Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, politically influenced from Beijing.
And he once lead a huge Buddhist conference event in China as a spokesperson. Great assumption you got there.
It's Tibet... Before the Qing dynasty, there was several hundred years of religious civil war (that makes European religious wars look like juvenile kids' plays) until it was formally stabilized by the Qing negotiators and lead to the acquisition of Tibet. But ever since the Qing dynasty, the position called Dalai Lama has been gathering too much power in that region or sphere of influence and made more power trips after the Qing dynasty. Don't forget, the Qing royal family was the biggest patron of the Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhism.
Other than that, there are several greatest incidents in history that shouldn't be made. One of them is transmitting Tantric Buddhism to a Bonpo-influenced Tibet from today's pre-Islamic Bangladesh.
Either ways of looking around, the Tibet issue is a pain from historical or modern perspectives.
And just to let you know: Five Races Under One Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The birth of modern China is meant to be a multi-ethnic country in the first place. |
Nice speech there... too bad the Tibetans themselves don't buy it.
And when we're talking about
national self determination as set out in the UN charter... that's ALL that matters