China shows off "Panchen Lama"

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The Chinese presented a "Panchen Lama" this week in a Buddhist center in Hong Kong.

He took no questions on Thursday at a Buddhist forum in the former British colony of Hong Kong. He stayed away from controversy, mostly using esoteric terms to talk about Buddhism and its emphasis on inner peace to achieve social harmony.

"Current society values external science and technology over the inner sciences," he said in Mandarin.

"The three vices contaminate the self. The sins spread and (spiritual) corruption becomes rampant. The body loses balance and the environment is tainted."

Over the last year, there has been a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans protesting against Beijing's control over Tibetan areas of China.

China shows off its own Panchen Lama on trip outside mainland | Reuters

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Originally Posted by Marble

The Chinese presented a "Panchen Lama" this week in a Buddhist center in Hong Kong.

With the advent of the third and the end-time Metteya after the Buddha, in the form of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 1835-1908, no truthful panchan lama is due.