The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that a non-profit that he has founded will have the sole authority to identify his future reincarnation, countering Chinas insistence that it will choose the successor of the Tibetan spiritual leader.The remarks by the leader, who turns 90 on Sunday, came throughout a week of celebrations to mark his birthday.
There was no immediate comment from China.Beijing views the Dalai Lama, who left Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese guideline, as a separatist.
The Dalai Lama has previously stated his follower will be born outside China and urged his followers to turn down anyone selected by Beijing.I am verifying that the organization of the Dalai Lama will continue, the Dalai Lama stated in a statement.He added that the Gaden Phodrang Trust, the non-profit that he established to keep and support the tradition and institution of the Dalai Lama, has the sole authority to identify his future reincarnation in assessment with the heads of Tibetan Buddhist traditions.They should appropriately carry out the treatments of search and recognition in accordance with previous custom ...
no one else has any such authority to interfere in this matter, the Dalai Lama said.Source: Reuters-- Agencies