Dalai Lama Hinders Normal Order of Tibetan BuddhismFacts show that the Dalai Lama, disguised as a "religious leader," is a politician in exile engaged in separating his motherland, says a commentary in Monday's Tibet Daily in Lhasa.Headlined "Dalai Lama Is the Biggest Obstacle to Normal Order of Tibetan Buddhism," the commentary said the Dalai Lama actually regards Tibetan Buddhism as a tool he can wield at will. The Communist Party of China (CPC) always persists in the " religious freedom" policy. President Jiang Zemin has written in favor of Tibetan Buddhism, saying he expects believers to love the country and the religion, unite and make progress, the newspaper said. However, the Dalai Lama has been inducing monks and nuns to cause trouble, using temples as the bases for realizing his dream of Tibet independence, the article said. His separatist activities have done great harm to Tibetan Buddhism as well as large numbers of monks and nuns, the commentary said. Over the past years, the Dalai Lama and his clique smuggled in many reactionary publications containing rumors and hostile remarks against the central government. As a result, normal religious activities in some temples were disturbed, leading to loose management and irregularities. Some monks and nuns were coerced into engaging in political activities to split the country, which were strongly criticized by the 10th Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism. Worse yet, the Dalai Lama went so far as to violate religious tenets by interfering in the selection of the 10th Panchen Lama's reincarnation. He turned what should have been an auspicious occasion in Buddhism into a political farce, the daily said. Since 1987, the Dalai Lama has met five times with Shoko Asahara, founder of the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult, and the two have colluded for political purposes. The CPC doesn't believe in religion, but respects believers' legal rights for religious freedom, and opposes anyone who engages in destroying the motherland's reunification, national unity, and social stability, the commentary said. |
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