China News Service, Beijing, January 14 (Reporter Lu Mei) Zhu Weiqun, former executive vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, pointed out in an exclusive interview with China News Service in Beijing recently. The 14th Dalai Lama regarded the reincarnation of living Buddhas as a trifling matter, and he only valued how he himself had the highest authority in matters concerning the reincarnation of living Buddhas.

Zhu Weiqun, former executive vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, accepted an exclusive interview with China News Agency "Focus on China".

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Qiming

　　Zhu Weiqun pointed out that the fourteenth Dalai Lama has talked about reincarnation all over the years. He said "reincarnation", "stop reincarnation", reincarnation as a foreigner, and reincarnation as a woman. But It must be a "lively blond girl". It is a trifling matter for the reincarnation of a living Buddha.

　　He said that the reincarnation of the Living Buddha was originally a solution to some important temples of Tibetan Buddhism. After the death of its leader, its temples, believers, property and social influence were passed on as a solution.

Due to the expansion of the social influence of religion, the inheritance of the Big Living Buddha has become a matter of great concern to Tibetan religious believers.

If the living Buddha reincarnation affairs are handled well, the society will be relatively stable.

If a problem occurs, it will affect the stability and stability of society.

Zhu Weiqun, former executive vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, accepted an exclusive interview with China News Agency "Focus on China".

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Qiming

　　Zhu Weiqun pointed out that after hundreds of years of development and evolution, the reincarnation system of Living Buddhas has gradually formed a relatively complete set of norms.

In particular, the reincarnation of the living Buddha has clear religious rituals and historical customization. The core of the reincarnation is the highest authority of the Chinese central government in the reincarnation of living Buddhas.

　　According to him, one of the links to the reincarnation of the living Buddha is to report to the central government through the local government at the temple where the living Buddha passed away, requesting approval to search for his reincarnated soul boy. After approval, a corresponding search agency will be established in the temple.

Second, the local government will organize the religious circles to find reincarnated soul boys in accordance with the history of religious rituals, and report the soul boy candidates to the central government for the implementation of golden lottery.

The third is that the local government organizes the Tibetan Buddhist community to draw lots in accordance with the rituals in historical custom.

Fourth, after the lottery is drawn in the golden bottle, the officials in charge of the lottery, religious leaders, and important people involved in the work of all aspects report the results of the lottery to the central government for approval.

Fifth, after the approval of the central government, the reincarnated soul boy sitting in bed ceremony was held, and only then did it formally inherit the previous legal system.

　　Zhu Weiqun mentioned that after the founding of New China, the 11th Panchen Erdeni was the first living Buddha of the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama, the first to be signed by the golden vase, marking the new China’s living Buddha in Tibetan Buddhism. Success in reincarnation affairs.

　　Regarding the arrangement and handling of religious affairs related to the reincarnation of Living Buddhas, Zhu Weiqun said, “Nothing we do is contrary to the teachings, teachings, and rules of Buddhism.” In the process of drawing lots in the golden bottle, divination, watching the lake, and divination. Religious affairs, such as unannounced visits to soul boys, are all done by religious figures.

The central government's legal management of religious affairs has gradually created a clean atmosphere that is truly conducive to the healthy inheritance of religion.

This is also the fundamental protection of freedom of religious belief.

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