China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is “an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation.”
What kind of permit does one need to get? Do you need to get it stamped on your way through the bardos?
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They banned scribbling phone numbers on the pavements to help incomers from the countryside too. But they still do that. I don’t really think this is gonna work.
Chris Paul said this on August 29th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
PS this story is more than a week old but I only picked it up on C4news last night … should have felt it in my ancestors bones really
Chris Paul said this on August 29th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Do you still have your ancestors bones Chris?
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Blunt said this on August 29th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
This isn’t surprising. China still enjoys many similar consequences of socialism.
Coconspirator said this on August 30th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Permit or not, I always thought that it was the ultimate Buddhist aim was not to come back. This could be a very good excuse not to do so. As in Pratchett, when the old Buddhist priest dies and his spirit enters the body of the child to restart the cycle of reincarnation, he exclaims… “Oohh, bugger. Not again!!”
Howler monkey said this on September 6th, 2007 at 10:39 am