All the reincarnations of living Buddhas of Tibetan Buddhism must get government approval, otherwise they are "illegal or invalid," China's State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) said in Beijing Friday.Go Forward....
The SARA has issued a set of regulations on reincarnation of Tibetan living Buddhas, which will take effect as of September 1.
"It is an important move to institutionalize management on reincarnation of living Buddhas," the SARA said in a statement issued Friday.
[ cf Reincarnation of Living Buddha Needs Gov't Approval ]
I mean WOW!!!!
Clearly this is Progress in the War On Whatever...
Maybe here in america we should take a similarly strong stand against anyone who fails to recognize the value of the Argument From Intelligent Design...