China gives monks a list of things they can’t do after the Dalai Lama’s death

Monks chanting
Monks from the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism chant while studying prayer books in the courtyard of Nanwu Temple in Kangding in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, March 18, 2008.

China gives monks a list of things they can’t do after the Dalai Lama’s death. In the event of the Dalai Lama’s death, Buddhist monks are banned from displaying photos of the Tibetan spiritual leader and other “illegal religious activities and rituals,” according to a training manual Chinese authorities have distributed to monasteries in Gansu province in China’s northwest, a source inside Tibet and exiled former political prisoner Golok Jigme said.

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