Philip wrote:The best way to defeat the inscrutable "oriental" from Beijing?
Make HH the Dalai Lama President of India.He being the spiritual and political head of Tibet will see Tibet automatically and legally become part of the Indian Republic! It is not an impossibility,he has lived in India for decades now.Buddhism's spiritual home IS India,as I've said many a time and Tibet by that yardstick gives India a far greater claim to it as a "protectorate" than Confucian China.This calls for an all-party agreement on it.We've already had a Sikh and Muslims as Pres. before,why not this great humanitarian and spiritual head of Buddhism,who says many a time that he is both Tibetan and "Indian"?I'm sure that the BJP and the larger rump of the Congress will agree,plus all the parties that proclaim Dr.Ambedkar as their political guru.I'm sure that our current Pres.,Pratibha,if requested to step aside in the interests of the nation at this crucial time,will do so gladly.She can then go down in history as a great heroine and saint of India.
RajeshA wrote:Philip, a great idea!Philip wrote:The best way to defeat the inscrutable "oriental" from Beijing?
Make HH the Dalai Lama President of India.He being the spiritual and political head of Tibet will see Tibet automatically and legally become part of the Indian Republic! It is not an impossibility,he has lived in India for decades now.Buddhism's spiritual home IS India,as I've said many a time and Tibet by that yardstick gives India a far greater claim to it as a "protectorate" as Confucian China.This calls for an all-party agreement on it.We've already had a Sikh and Muslims as Pres. before,why not this great humanitarian and spiritual head of Buddhism,who says many a time that he is both Tibetan and "Indian"?I'm sure that the BJP and the larger rump of the Congress will agree,plus all the parties that proclaim Dr.Ambedkar as their political guru.I'm sure that our current Pres.,Pratibha,if requested to step aside in the interests of the nation at this crucial time,will do so gladly.She can then go down in history as a great heroine and saint of India.
Dalai Lama would however have to let go of his "Spiritual Leader of Tibetan Buddhism" position, because otherwise it would not gel with India's secular Constitution. I am not sure, whether a Dalai Lama can simply stand down from that position.
It is perhaps up to him, whether he wants to be the "Political Leader of the Tibetan People", or "The Head of the Tibetan Government in Exile". If he becomes President of India, he would have to step down from that position as well. He cannot be the head of two States. Even if Tibet, hypothetically, is to be considered part of India, he still can't be a Governor/CM of a State in the Indian Union and at the same time the President of India.
But I still like the idea.
Philip wrote:He will bring Tibet with him in a "union" of Tibet and India.Remember the days when Libya and Egypt merged? Anyway,I'm sure that our galaxy of lawyers will find a solution to any legal knot and if he happens to be the head of a branch of Buddhism,so what? It will not affect the Indian Constituion,as it would not imply that he would be making Tibetan Buddhism India's "official" religion,unlike the Quuen.
RajeshA wrote:Philip, I am sold on your idea!Philip wrote:He will bring Tibet with him in a "union" of Tibet and India.Remember the days when Libya and Egypt merged? Anyway,I'm sure that our galaxy of lawyers will find a solution to any legal knot and if he happens to be the head of a branch of Buddhism,so what? It will not affect the Indian Constituion,as it would not imply that he would be making Tibetan Buddhism India's "official" religion,unlike the Quuen.
We must however then know, that India would cease to be a "Status Quoist" Power, and getting Freedom for the Tibetans would become our national duty. We would also be in direct conflict with China for a very long eternity.
It would however be prudent to go about it, after India has shown that India can get back land, e.g. in PoK, which would give India an immense psychological boost, enough to have the confidence to take on the Chinese.
Just some thoughts!
Philip wrote:Freedom for the Tibetans is the world's national duty! Many international issues like this have been resolved through the UN like East Timor,etc.So there need not be any physical spat between the PRC and Indo-Tibet,and we can afford to wait,we think in "cosmic calendar" time unlike the impatient nations of the Occident.In fact,if the PRC actually sit down and think intelligently,they could even see the possibility of a confederation (unlikely?) between India and China via Tibet !For that however,they would have to swallow a lot of "Middle Kingdom" mentality and acknowledge that we all live in an equal world.
RajeshA wrote:I think we can keep open the option of electing Mr. Tenzin Gyatso as India's President, if China needles India in the future, which it invariably will.
Philip ji,
May be you can start a facebook page asking Indians to elect the Dalai Lama as India's next President.