The 14th Dalai Lama Concedes He May Be The Last

Vesak Day is here and let us talk about Buddhism and who can be more Buddhist than the 14th Dalai Lama? The following quote was taken from "Dalai Lama concedes he may be the last - BBC News (17 December 2014)".

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In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Newsnight programme, during a visit to Rome for the 14th World Summit of Nobel Laureates, the 79-year-old spiritual leader conceded that he may not have a successor.

Whether another Dalai Lama came after him would depend on the circumstances after his death and was "up to the Tibetan people", he said.

He pointed out that the role no longer included political responsibilities; in 2011 the Dalai Lama handed these to an elected leader of the Tibetan government in exile, Lobsang Sangay.

The move was seen by many as a way the Dalai Lama could ensure the Tibetan community would have an elected leader in place outside the control of China.

China has said repeatedly that it will choose the next Dalai Lama.

"The Dalai Lama institution will cease one day. These man-made institutions will cease," the Dalai Lama told the BBC.

"There is no guarantee that some stupid Dalai Lama won't come next, who will disgrace himself or herself. That would be very sad. So, much better that a centuries-old tradition should cease at the time of a quite popular Dalai Lama."
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Is the 14th Dalai Lama a real incarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama? Is reincarnation true? Can the man who claimed to be an reincarnation of another prove to us that he is a reincarnation while is he still alive?

Can the Dalai Lama stop himself from reincarnating? Does he has the power? Does he have complete control over his own reincarnation? Why is his reincarnation "up to the Tibetan people"? How does the living influence the dead and reincarnation? Can he explain? According to the Kalama Sutta, we should question everything, so I am not being disrespectful.

Monarchies and presidencies are man-made institution because the selection and succession is clearly natural. The Dalai Lama's succession is by reincarnation, which is supernatural. Is Dalai Lama a man-made institution? If the Dalai Lama is a man-made institution, does he mean that the reincarnation thingy is just a hoax to trick the Tibetan people into believing that he is more than human?

"Ma paramparaya" - Buddha in The Kalama Sutta
Translated from Pali:
Do not accept anything just because it is ancient and has been handed down from past generations.