TNN
Anand Bodh,
September 7, 2015,
SHIMLA: Amid the controversy that China wants to control the process of reincarnating next Dalai Lama, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) at Dharamshala has claimed that China wants to grab Tibet’s institution of the Dalai Lama due to its past geopolitical importance in the volatile politics of China, Mongolia and Tibet.
According to CTA, China’s internal assessment that it cannot rule Tibet forever without the legitimizing influence of Dalai Lama over the Tibetan people is also behind the move.
CTA has prepared a 31-page report in response to China’s White Paper on Tibet claiming that the legitimacy of the14th Dalai Lama of Tibet rests on China’s recognition and approval. The report states that by demanding that 14th Dalai Lama reincarnate and in its determination to appoint his reincarnation, China is claiming this spiritual resource of Tibet which at its whim could be turned into a highly potent political tool.
Challenging China’s claim, CTA said that there would be an international pushback to such a Chinese move. “The pushback will not only come from the Tibetan people but millions of Buddhists who traditionally share Tibet’s spiritual culture and others in rest of the world who have benefitted from the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama,’ it added.
“Such a move on the part of China will create an international furor comparable to China muscling its way into the South China Sea,” the report stated.
The report stated that Communist Party in China has realised the total collapse of Tibetan people’s trust in its administration. “The peaceful protests that erupted throughout Tibet and the ongoing self-immolations are indicators of the Communist China’s consistent failure to win the trust of the Tibetan people,” it said.
“The Party’s fear of the influence of Dalai Lama in China is best expressed by former President Jiang Zemin. He said even a visit by the Dalai Lama to China would make all Tibetans go mad,” the report added.
It claimed this was a risk the Party had no stomach for. “Now, the Party wants to wait for the passing away of the 14th Dalai Lama and then select a pliant successor to continue its rule in Tibet,” it added.
It said that Khata (white cloth) in hands and head slightly bowed, Gyaltsen Norbu swore undying allegiance to the Party and to its sitting general secretary. In the Party’s game plan, Gyaltsen Norbu would be pivotal in helping the party to impose a 15th Dalai Lama on the Tibetan people, report stated.
