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China continues its suffocating stranglehold on Tibet
China continues its suffocating stranglehold on Tibet A SENIOR Tibetan lama and Chinese government advisers have defended contentious rules banning reincarnations of “living Buddhas” without approval. The rules are apparently aimed at empowering China to name the next Dalai Lama when the 14th and current Dalai Lama dies. Last July, […]
“Living goddess” forced to give up her title after US visit
A 10-year-old Nepali girl worshipped as a living goddess, or Kumari, has lost her “divine” status for defying tradition and visiting the United States. Sajani Shakya was installed at the age of two as the Kumari of the ancient town of Bhaktapur, near the capital Kathmandu, where she was revered […]