Comments | guitarcries: (без темы)

guitarcries

(Untitled)

Mar 09, 2009 15:49

This article about Chinese governmental/party involvement in Tibetan Buddhism reads like an Onion article, or an alternate version of 1984:

State authorities "decide what kind of person is allowed to be reincarnated," says Jiao Zai'an, an official in the Communist Party-led United Front Work Department....

The government's approval process ( Read more... )

Comments 5

i_julie_ocean March 10 2009, 00:41:26 UTC

Wow. Wow.

nicoli_dominn March 10 2009, 04:00:52 UTC

Off topic, BUT: Your Ramona Quimby icon is awesome. She's the best.

nicoli_dominn March 10 2009, 04:00:06 UTC

First reaction: NU-UHHHHH!!! (Definitely seemed like an Onion excerpt to me, too.)

Then, slow realization: in China's particular form of Communist government, of course all reincarnations have to be approved by an authority...otherwise, if someone in opposition to their party is granted reincarnation because of a religious principle, that principle suddenly undermines the control of the Communist party, and you NEVER know what kinds of ideas the public could get from that...ohgodthepropagandamakeitstop.

You post some of the most interesting articles, I have to say. :-)

guitarcries March 10 2009, 12:57:01 UTC

It's just the concept that the government/party can approve reincarnations that throws me for a loop. It's like, what? The more I read about China, the more it seems like some kind of alternate universe that's hard to imagine.

Thank you. It has nothing to do with the fact that my job is not very busy these days and I have hours upon hours to scour the web. :)

(The comment has been removed)

guitarcries March 10 2009, 13:00:44 UTC

Hah, your icon is perfect for this.

I feel the same way. China is such an enigma. How do people really think that government has control over things like that? And even if they realize that the govt. doesn't really, how could the govt. think that people would believe it and/or pay it any mind? There are just so many levels of unbelievability and ridiculousness about it. If you're a true Buddhist and believe in lamas and their reincarnation, then the Chinese govt. parading around a candidate will not sway you. How could China really even remotely think that would be effective?