it is also interesting to note that the Choice of reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is not really an arbitrary thing with the Previous Dalai Lama pointing at a direction and the first kid they find is the reincarnation.
There is a thing called the golden urn that is basically a voting system by different lama groups with different interest or even the Qing dynasty that can be used to ''guide the Dalai Lama's reincarnation''. This is why there are periods where the young Dalai Lamas mysteriously passed away via poison.
This is also the reason why there is a Dalai Lama reincarnation crisis when the current one will eventually die. the Chinese government and the current Dalai Lama apparently are ok with one child but the pro independent group chose their own one that they said is legitimate
I didn't know about the golden urn but I always found it weird growing up how otherwise rational Americans took the whole reincarnation thing at face value as an apolitical supernatural process lol.
you know the rational liberals are just doing noble savage trope on people from foreign countries because they got rid of the noble savages on their own land
Also that movie is fucking hilarious especially how they portrayed Mao like some asshole who didn't respect local custom or something. Opponents of Mao would always refer him as some snakes that knows how to pull a show which is not something shown in the movie.
it is also interesting to note that the Choice of reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is not really an arbitrary thing with the Previous Dalai Lama pointing at a direction and the first kid they find is the reincarnation.
There is a thing called the golden urn that is basically a voting system by different lama groups with different interest or even the Qing dynasty that can be used to ''guide the Dalai Lama's reincarnation''. This is why there are periods where the young Dalai Lamas mysteriously passed away via poison.
This is also the reason why there is a Dalai Lama reincarnation crisis when the current one will eventually die. the Chinese government and the current Dalai Lama apparently are ok with one child but the pro independent group chose their own one that they said is legitimate
I didn't know about the golden urn but I always found it weird growing up how otherwise rational Americans took the whole reincarnation thing at face value as an apolitical supernatural process lol.
what 7 years to Tibet does to a MF
you know the rational liberals are just doing noble savage trope on people from foreign countries because they got rid of the noble savages on their own land
Also that movie is fucking hilarious especially how they portrayed Mao like some asshole who didn't respect local custom or something. Opponents of Mao would always refer him as some snakes that knows how to pull a show which is not something shown in the movie.