How will the next Dalai Lama be chosen?

The Dalai Lama has announced that determination volition beryllium different spiritual person for Tibetan Buddhists.

As the Nobel Peace Prize laureate approaches the property of 90, attraction has turned to the delicate contented of his successor.

Each Dalai Lama is considered a “Living Buddha”. The existent 1 fled to India successful 1959 aft a failed uprising against Chinese communists successful Tibet and says his adjacent reincarnation could beryllium calved among his followers there.

But Beijing considers the Dalai Lama a separatist and insists it has a veto implicit the choice, portion the United States supports the Dalai Lama’s close to find his ain reincarnation.

So however volition the enactment process equilibrium religion and determination politics?

And if it fails, what is the likelihood of having 2 Dalai Lamas?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Robbie Barnett – Writer and researcher connected modern Tibetan-Chinese past and politics, and a prof astatine SOAS University of London

Andy Mok – Geopolitical expert and elder probe chap astatine the Center for China and Globalization

Dibyesh Anand – Political expert and prof of planetary relations astatine the University of Westminster