www.whec.com – China’s Panchen Lama Makes Appearance
(AP) BEIJING – The boy chosen by Beijing as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure, met with China’s top legislator in a rare public appearance and expressed support for the Communist Party, state media reported.
What else is he going to say? They’ve had him all his life.
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Thanks for alerting me to the lodenjinpa site, Bill. I hadn’t come across it before. Happy Super Tuesday!
Although I realize that the boy was chosen by Beijing, it still reminds me of the way the ancient Romans would take the children the rulers of conquered nations to Rome both to hold them as hostages and to indoctrinate them into the culture and ways of the Romans.