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Posted by gardenergirl on August 27, 2007, at 11:19:27
I guess for a government that's officially atheist, that doesn't matter. But strange things out of China...
http://www.dailymantra.com/2007/08/wannabe_buddhas_must_get_licen_1.html
The Chinese government passed a law which takes effect Sept 1 that bans Tibetan Buddhist monks from reincarnating without prior permission from four separate government departments.
Yikes! I hope they are better at processing those licenses than the US has been recently about passports.
gg
Posted by caraher on August 27, 2007, at 14:52:53
In reply to Separation of church and state?, posted by gardenergirl on August 27, 2007, at 11:19:27
Fear not - I don't think the government's efficiency in processing these requests will have *any* effect at all on the rate of reincarnated "living Buddhas."
Hilarious stuff...
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