Billosaur's Journal: China Attempts to Regulate Buddhist Reincarnation

It is bad enough that the Chinese government tries to control people in this life, now they are trying to do the same in the next life. According to a Newsweek article, the Chinese government is attempting to legislate reincarnation. Specifically, they have passed a law to regulate how Buddhists reincarnate themselves. This is seen as an indirect stab at the Dalai Lama, since theoretically he is reincarnated in Tibet, and the law would "prevent" Buddhists living outside Tibet from reincarnating in Tibet. This could lead to a scenario where Buddhists are faced with two Dalai Lamas: one the true reincarnation and the other a Chinese-picked version. No matter how you cut it, this has to be one of the more idiotic ideas ever posited.

If it didn't represent a greater problem

[benhocking]

this would be downright hilarious. As it is, I'm afraid I might get bad karma for laughing...