INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TOKYO: In a sharp message to China to back off from interfering in the succession process of the next Dalai Lama, the Japanese Buddhist
conference for World Federation has placed on record its position that the Tibetan individuals should decide the follower of His Holiness
the 14th Dalai Lama on the basis of Tibetan culture and history, and not China.The Japan Buddhist Conference for World Federation is an
umbrella organisation that brings together a variety of sects of Japanese Buddhism, with millions of fans in Japan and other countries and
the letter has strongly voiced objections over Chinas continuous disturbance in Tibets spiritual and spiritual matters
His Holiness, Dalai Lama, the 14th turned 87 years on July 6, 2022
The issue of his future successor is slowly getting attention all over the world
We the monks of Japan believe that Tibetan individuals should pick the next follower based upon their Tibetan Buddhist culture and history ,
reverend Eihiro Mizutani, the secretary general of Japan Buddhist conference for World Federation stated in the letter while highlighting
that China had no role in this
PRC, which manages Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is exercising the policy which would select the Dalai Lamas follower under the Chinese
governments leadership, based on the Tibetan Buddhism Living Buddha Reincarnation Management Law, enacted in the year 2007
Nevertheless, Peoples Republic of Chinas national policy is based on communism and is considered non-religious
The Japanese Buddhist Conference said, Non-religious people deciding spiritual leader is contradictory in itself
