Reincarnation

It is an abomination! How can a country that is substantially participating in the global economy enact such laws? China has enacted a law that states that Tibetan Buddhist monks cannot reincarnate without the permission of the Chinese government. This is the equivalent of making the effect of Earth’s gravitational pull based on express permission by a national legislative body . . . it is absurd and ridiculous!
Now then, with any story, there is some background that sheds some light on its innards. Of course, the background may provide some understanding of the ongoing insanity but certainly does not lend itself to excuse or rationality. In the instant case, the Chinese having invaded Tibet by brute force, some years back, are attempting to quash the Tibetan independence movement by dictating the ‘reincarnating’ ability of the Dalai Lama – the rightful leader of Tibet who is currently taking refuge in India. Thus, China wants the ability to ‘name’ who becomes the next Dalai Lama and thus allow this new figurehead (or puppet) to steer Tibet’s freedom movement ‘safely’ into the clutches of the manipulative and overtly obtrusive Chinese regime. How deceitful is that?
Contrary to any other country in the world in the modern age, Tibet had a history of religious rule. The religion of the land, Buddhism, dictated the politics of the country. The leader of the country is in fact a monk! (The Dalai Lama). Perhaps, the idea of purely religious rule has yet to manifest its critical mass in this age of power, greed, upheaval, and social turmoil. Nevertheless, there is a refreshing quality about having selfless spiritual ideals leading the daily chores of people’s minds, hearts, and politics.
In observation of these ludicrous Chinese laws, the mind becomes saddened and deeply unsettled – thrusting oneself to reflect on Arjuna’s (a character depicting Everyman in the great Indian epic the Mahabharata) moment of despair on the field of Kurukshetra (The battlefield and location where Krishna, The Lord incarnate, bestowed Arjuna with transcendental Knowledge after quelling Arjuna’s desultory mood). Where else is the type of abomination that Chinese government attempting to carry out so apparent? The answer is quite shocking!
The abomination, the absurdity, the ridiculous, the manipulation, the deceit, the unsettled nature – these are all aspects of the untrained mind. The untrained mind can and will lead one to believe that it can control the tides, the stars, Earth’s gravitational influence, and YES, even the ability to dictate how other souls reincarnate. Perhaps, by inculcating the mind with selfless spiritual ideals one’s politics, hearts, and rationality can come to achieve the critical mass required to free one’s entrapped soul . . . and even free Tibet from oppressive rule.