The Dalai Lama declaration on the appointment of the successor | EUROtoday

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On 24 September 2011, at a gathering of the heads of Tibetan non secular traditions, I made a press release to fellow Tibetans in and outdoors Tibet, followers of Tibetan Buddhism, and those that have a reference to Tibet and Tibetans, relating to whether or not the establishment of the Dalai Lama ought to proceed. I said, “As far back as 1969, I made clear that concerned people should decide whether the Dalai Lama’s reincarnations should continue in the future.”

I additionally mentioned, “When I am about ninety I will consult the high Lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, the Tibetan public, and other concerned people who follow Tibetan Buddhism, to re-evaluate whether or not the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue.”

Although I’ve had no public discussions on this difficulty, over the past 14 years leaders of Tibet’s non secular traditions, members of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile, contributors in a Special General Body Meeting, members of the Central Tibetan Administration, NGOs, Buddhists from the Himalayan area, Mongolia, Buddhist republics of the Russian Federation and Buddhists in Asia together with mainland China, have written to me with causes, earnestly requesting that the establishment of the Dalai Lama proceed. In specific, I’ve obtained messages via varied channels from Tibetans in Tibet making the identical enchantment. In accordance with all these requests, I’m affirming that the establishment of the Dalai Lama will proceed.

The course of by which a future Dalai Lama is to be acknowledged has been clearly established within the 24 September 2011 assertion which states that accountability for doing so will relaxation solely with members of the Gaden Phodrang Trust, the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. They ought to seek the advice of the varied heads of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions and the dependable oath-bound Dharma Protectors who’re linked inseparably to the lineage of the Dalai Lamas. They ought to accordingly perform the procedures of search and recognition in accordance with previous custom.

I hereby reiterate that the Gaden Phodrang Trust has sole authority to acknowledge the longer term reincarnation; nobody else has any such authority to intrude on this matter.