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HH the 17th Karmapa, one of Tibet’s highest-ranking religious figures, has told Radio Free Asia that he has complete faith in the Dalai Lama as the only person who can decide the matter of his reincarnation. This statement counters China’s insistence that the communist rulers of Beijing have the authority to select the next leader of Tibetan Buddhism. The Dalai Lama speculated earlier this year that he might not reincarnate.
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