After The Dalai Lama - India

January 2009

At 73 the Dalai Lama is facing retirement. Switching power to the Karmapa Lama could sidestep Chinas plan to control his succession. But will the Karmapa be accepted by the Dalai Lamas rival sect?

Recently, the Dalai Lama held an emergency summit on how to deal with China, stating: I have to accept failure. It is my moral responsibility to ask people what to do. Despite the historic rivalry between their sects, the Dalai Lama took the Karmapa Lama under his wing when he was exiled to India as a child. Many believe he is being groomed as a successor. But it is doubtful that members of the Dalai Lamas sect will ever accept the Karmapa Lama as a leader. Hes the one who has to shoulder a great responsibility, says Tenzin Dhundup of The Tibetan Youth Congress. But can Karmapa prevent China from using the divisions amongst his followers to cripple the independence movement?

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[jbearden]

This breaks the entirety of my heart. All this samsara in the name of market and politics. The karma from this will be enormous.

[jbearden]

@Majje76 Thank you for being a human being. I, too, am a human being. To you I say, Hello.

[Adorado31]

ddf

[djm51x]

i 3will pray for u #73

[phuditdiary]

@Majje76 ur right. belief lives a soul

[msckitten]

@Majje76 Also, you are now not living in Manchuria or even China. You and your family are not even considered as manchurian. Please take your nose back. If we manchurian want independent, we will fight for it and considering our character, nobody can prevent this. But if we have not done anything, then thank you these foreigners including you for your concern. Leave us alone, please.

[msckitten]

Majje76 if you think it is han Chinese make these people poor, I am afraid your grandparents must forget to tell you why a lot of people are not included in eight tribes. Also, big scale of agriculture started after 1950. Everywhere has poor people, including Manchuria, from Manchuria.

[Majje76]

@msckitten I do not think I am better, but I do think I can put my ideas up for discussions. I do not represent every one who consider themselves as Manchurian. I represent only myself. There political polarities in every society, look at south Korea or Japan. Manchurians are like all other people, there are fractions. Many people wanted Kosovo to be an independent nation or part of Albania after Tito passed away, while others want Kosovo to be a part of Serbia.

[Majje76]

@msckitten I am not sure the scientific solutions can help a society with everything. I am not a materialistic person, I do know why religion is important for me. Temples are rebuild, actually with modern concrete and steel. Why? The answer is easy, the traditional construction methods have lost. So many temples are used today as a park, I have seen this in many places. The Manchurian culture is not just a few heroic stars in history, rather a big crowd of people with their own unique views.

[Majje76]

@msckitten I believe in respect for ideas and identities, this was one of the most important factor in the history. It is not important to have a name that songs like something, but to understand the meaning of each and every name. Famine in the fertile Manchuria could occur, this must be the greatest joke in the history.