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The Dalai Lama is apparently not leaving his reincarnation to chance. \u00a0Taking a page from the playbook of millenialist Christians who leave instructional videos for their unraptured loved ones, the DL will leave written instructions about his own reincarnation:<\/p>\n

DHARMSALA, India (AP) \u2014 The Dalai Lama said Saturday if he is to be reincarnated he will leave clear written instructions about the process, but that the matter is unlikely to come up for a number of years.<\/p>\n

The Tibetan spiritual leader said in a statement that when he is \u201cabout 90\u201d he will consult Buddhist<\/a> scholars to evaluate whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue at all. He is 76.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via News from The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dalai Lama is apparently not leaving his reincarnation to chance. \u00a0Taking a page from the playbook of millenialist Christians who leave instructional videos for their unraptured loved ones, the DL will leave written instructions about his own reincarnation: DHARMSALA, India (AP) \u2014 The Dalai Lama said Saturday if he is to be reincarnated he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[799],"class_list":["post-3872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random","tag-reincarnation"],"yoast_head":"\nDalai Lama Prepping for Reincarnation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Dalai Lama is apparently not leaving his reincarnation to chance. \u00a0Taking a page from the playbook of millenialist Christians who leave instructional\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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