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India on Thursday backed the traditional process for selecting the next Dalai Lama, a day after the 14th Dalai Lama declared that his reincarnation would be determined solely by established Tibetan Buddhist conventions and his appointed trust.
On Wednesday, the 14th Dalai Lama, who turns 90 this Sunday, stated that the centuries-old institution of the Dalai Lama would continue and that the Gaden Phodrang Trust– a non-profit body set up by his office in 2011– would have the “sole authority” to recognise his reincarnation.
“Reincarnation has to be decided by the established conventions and the desire of the present Dalai Lama. No one else has the right to decide on the next Dalai Lama. It is the most important defining institution for all the Tibetans and all those who follow the Nalanda tradition of Buddhism,” Rijiju, the Union Minister for Minority Affairs, said.
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