THE LAST DALAI LAMA: Since the 14th century, the Dalai Lama has been the spiritual and political leader of Tibetan Buddhism. There have been 14 Dalai Lamas. But now, all that may be coming to end.
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To date, there have been a total of 14 Dalai Lamas over a period of 700 years. Each time the current spiritual leader of Tibet dies, he is reincarnated into a young child who is then groomed to be the next Dalai Lama. This follows the Buddhist belief that all life is cyclical and everlasting. Except the current Dalai Lama, now 80 years old, says he may choose not reincarnate this time.
Given Tibet’s political situation with China, this might be the only available option to him. China now wants to take part in the process of identifying the newly reincarnated Dalai Lama. This is because they want…
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