27th of October, 2007

No Reincarnation without Legal Permission in China

Posted by greglarson in humor, news at 4:05 pm | Permanent Link

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This is great. It seems “China’s State Administration of Religious Affairs announced Order No. 5, a law covering “the management measures for the reincarnation of living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism.” This “important move to institutionalize management on reincarnation” basically prohibits Buddhist monks from returning from the dead without government permission…”

HT: Ben Witherington’s blog


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