So, um, reincarnation is now illegal in China unless you get the government's permission...

In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is "an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation." But beyond the irony lies China's true motive: to cut off the influence of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual and political leader, and to quell the region's Buddhist religious establishment more than 50 years after China invaded the small Himalayan country. By barring any Buddhist monk living outside China from seeking reincarnation, the law effectively gives Chinese authorities the power to choose the next Dalai Lama, whose soul, by tradition, is reborn as a new human to continue the work of relieving suffering.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20227400/site/newsweek/

I'm actually curious if they're going to start arresting people on the basis that they illegally reincarnated--I imagine they can "take care of" a lot of future political protestors with such an absurd ruling.

Attention to all peaceful, meditative and contemplative buddhist monks: Your souls are desparately needed in America! Please, take advantage of our policy of amnesty to all incarnating souls!!!

Hmm, makes me wonder if we can get the conservative souls to start outsourcing their bodies to China...hee hee :)

if Mao came back as a toad? Who would he tell?

Mz Pip
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Who gets permission?

:rofl: