![]() The ongoing Kalchakra is the biggest ever religious platform for him as they prepare him for playing a vital political and religious role in future. Why the Buddhists are not pleased, when they supposedly ‘should’ be?Īs a part of its efforts to win over the allegiance of Tibetans, the Chinese have been gradually exposing Norbu in public roles in the past too, with almost no success. To ensure a ‘decent’ turnout, the Chinese authorities have made it mandatory for each household to send at least two members to the religious congregation. Since then, this religious event has been conducted at various places all over the world 33 times by the present Dalai Lama.īuddhists from Tibet who face the risk of persecution on getting back home have braved all odds to be a part of it – such is the importance of these proceedings for a practicing Buddhist. It was last conducted in Tibet in 1956 by Dalai Lama, whom Beijing insists on calling ‘a long-time stubborn secessionist’ (even though he been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize). The ongoing ritual is the first one to be conducted on Tibetan soil in the last 60 years. ![]() The Kalchakra is an esoteric but a key ritual in Tibetan Buddhism during which a senior Lama conducts a series of teachings, initiations, and empowerments, hoping these will assist Tibetan Buddhists through the cycle of life. The importance of Due Khor Wang Chen (Kalchakra) In 2015, Norbu Dunzhub, a member of the Tibet autonomous region’s united front work department, elaborated saying, "The reincarnated child Panchen Lama you mentioned is being educated, living a normal life, growing up healthily and does not wish to be disturbed." To which they replied saying: "Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is a perfectly ordinary Tibetan boy, in an excellent state of health, leading a normal, happy life and receiving a good education and cultural upbringing.” In May 2007, Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the UN Human Rights Council, questioned Beijing about the steps they had taken to implement the recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. The Chinese authorities refuse to share details about the same saying his security is ‘threatened’ and that he could be ‘kidnapped by separatists’. The conspiracy grew deeper when shortly after Nyima’s disappearance, Gyaltsen Norbu, a son of two Communist Party members was appointed as the eleventh Panchen Lama by the officially ‘atheist’ Chinese government.Įven 21 years after the reincarnated Panchen Lama vanished, the whereabouts of the cherubic six-year-old, who, at the time of his abduction was the youngest political prisoner in the world, remains unknown. A board outside the Dalai Lama Temple in McleodGanj.
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