Dalai Lama: Successor selection process is in the hands of Dalai Lama: India

The Chinese government has recently made key comments on the selection of the 15th Dalai Lama, demanding that it should also have a role in the process and that Beijing approve the Dalai Lama'ssuccessor. The Indian government has responded strongly to this. It has made it clear that the selection process for the 15th Dalai Lama will be entirely in the hands of the current Dalai Lama. It has been stated that no one other than the Tibetan spiritual leader has the authority to decide the successor of the Dalai Lama. To this end, Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijijuissueda statement on Thursday. 'The position of the Dalai Lama is of utmost importance not only for Tibetans.. but for all his followers around the world. The Dalai Lama alone has the right to decide his successor,' the statement said.

It is known that the 14th Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso alias Lama Thondup has made key comments on China's comments that the new Dalai Lama will be chosen based on Buddhist traditions.
He clarified that the selection of the 15th Dalai Lama will be based on 600-year-old Buddhist traditions. This decision will be taken by his trust Gaden Phodrang.. in whichIt is clear that China's role will not beThe Dalai Lama made these comments at a Tibetan spiritual event that began four days before the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday.
No right to interfere
In a statement released by the Dalai Lama, he said that only the Gaden Phodrang Trust has the right to identify the next Dalai Lama based on Buddhist traditions. He clarified that no one else has the right to interfere in this matter. He said that he has received messages through various channels from Tibetans living in other parts of the world and Tibetan Buddhists that the Dalai Lama organization should continue. He said that he confirms that the Dalai Lama organization should continue. He clarified that the Dalai Lama organization will continue after him. He said that the Gaden Phodrang Trust will contact the heads of Tibetan Buddhist traditions and sworn faithful dharma guardians who are integrally connected to the lineage of the Dalai Lamas. He said that this will complete the search and identification process according to tradition.
He said that the Dalai Lama should be born outside China. He suggested that anyone selected from Beijing should be rejected. The Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebrations began on June 30 at the main temple, Suglagkhang, in McLeodganj, near Dharamsala. At the same time, China, which considers Lama Thondup a separatist, said Beijing would recognize the heir apparent through a centuries-old custom. In Tibetan tradition, the soul of a senior Buddhist monk is believed to be reincarnated in the body of a child after his death. According to the Dalai Lama's website, the 14th Dalai Lama was born Lama Thondup on July 6, 1935, to a peasant family in what is now Qinghai province. He was recognized as one of those reincarnations at the age of two.

China rejects succession plan:
China has rejected the Dalai Lama's succession plan, saying any future successor must have its approval. This is set to become a new chapter in the decades-long dispute between China's ruling Communist Party and Tibetan Buddhism. The Dalai Lama's successor should follow the principles of domestic recognition, the golden urn process and the approval of the Chinese government in accordance with religious traditions and laws, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said. After Chinese forces led by Communist Party founder Mao Zedong invaded Tibet in 1959, the Dalai Lama attracted global attention by taking refuge in India along with a large group of Tibetans. The Dalai Lama has since made Dharamsala his home. This has become an issue that Beijing cannot swallow. His presence remains a point of contention between China and India. The fight for Tibetan autonomy is a situation that his successor will have to continue. However, a US State Department spokesperson said that the US will continue to urge China to stop interfering in the inheritance and respect religious freedom.

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