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China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate

Filed Under China | Posted on August 6, 2007

Proving that absurdity knows no boundaries, the Communist Chinese regime has banned reincarnation by Buddhas and bodhisattvas without permission from the government. I suppose the Chinese will now begin rewriting the Tibetan Book of the Dead to include the new “bardo of governmental approval.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2194682.ece
http://www.panasianbiz.com/2007/08/reincarnation_of_living_buddha.html
http://goldsea.com/Asiagate/708/03buddhas.html

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One Response to “China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate”

  1. cybercoven.org » I am, literally, dumbfounded on October 18th, 2007 3:05 pm

    […] China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnateProving that absurdity knows no boundaries, the Communist Chinese regime has banned reincarnation by Buddhas and bodhisattvas without permission from the government. I suppose the Chinese will now begin rewriting the Tibetan Book of the Dead to include the new “bardo of governmental approval.” […]

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