Even living Buddhas aren’t above the law in China. A new book written by the Dalai Lama, the highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism and considered the manifestation of bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, ...
Reincarnation, interrupted The most important ... the 14th Dalai Lama and his court have operated as a government in exile — a symbol of unity for the Tibetan diaspora and leaders of the ...
“Since the purpose of a reincarnation is to carry on the work of the predecessor ... the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, and the symbol of Tibet embodying the aspirations of the Tibetan people — ...
The Dalai Lama’s book reveals that his successor will be born in the free world, firmly establishing the reincarnation ...