Reincarnating Bodhisattvas: Dalai Lamas (video)

CGTN (YouTube); CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Reincarnation of Living "Buddhas": How is the Dalai Lama chosen

(CGTN, 10/14/20) Tibetan Buddhists believe that some religious leaders (rinpoches) of a sect or school are the reincarnations of their previous lives. But how are these leaders chosen?

I'm going West, far from China.

This documentary explores the story behind the Living 'Buddhas' [actually Bodhisattvas not Buddhas] reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism, an amalgamation of Hinduism, Tantra, and Mahayana Buddhism.

CGTN [funded by the Chinese government] on YouTube, Apple app (iOS), or Google (Android). More: cgtn.com/video #Buddhists #Tibetan

COMMENT

(Lisa V. Blake, April 2021) H.H. the Incomparable 14th Dalai Lama never ever refers to himself as a "Living Buddha." He only calls himself a simple Buddhist monk sitting in the back rows of all the Buddha's disciples. That right there tells you all you need to know. [He's full of] genuine humility and pure spiritual leadership. The only claim H.H. has stated unequivocally: if there is a 15th Dalai Lama, that is up to Tibetan people to decide, and that rebirth will definitely not occur within China.