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domenica, novembre 25, 2007
L'insostenibile leggerezza di Tenzin Gyatso/2. Anche il Dalai Lama in fondo è consapevole di consegnare al suo successore una causa indebolita:
The Dalai Lama has had a number of international successes in recent weeks promoting his cause of Tibetan autonomy — not, he has taken pains to note, independence — and protection of its culture, much to Beijing's fury. But despite those high-profile appearances the Dalai Lama is well aware that time is on Beijing's side. "The Chinese are simply waiting for him to die," says Nicholas Bequelin, a China researcher for the New York-based rights organization Human Rights Watch. When the Dalai Lama is gone, Bequelin says, supporters of Tibetan autonomy will have lost what is by far their most potent symbol of resistance to Chinese rule. Whoever takes over will have a much-diminished presence. Ecco allora all'orizzonte nuove regole per la scelta della prossima guida spirituale. Dalla reincarnazione ad una designazione politica: "If the Tibetan people want to keep the Dalai Lama system, one of the possibilities I have been considering with my aides is to select the next Dalai Lama while I'm alive," he told the Sankei Shimbun in an interview published November 21st. That could mean either some kind of democratic election among senior Buddhist monks or a personal selection by the current Dalai Lama himself, who is the 14th of the line. But even if the Dalai Lama finds the perfect candidate, it may be too late. Beijing has become more sophisticated in dealing with Tibetan religion, allowing some interaction among less exalted lamas on both sides of the political divide. More importantly, the accelerating erosion of Tibetans' traditional nomadic lifestyle, along with a burgeoning influx of ethnic Chinese workers, businessmen and tourists, makes it likely that Tibet will lose much of its unique cultural identity within a generation. |
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