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| Tibetan Buddhism renewable thinking |
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There was no Living Buddha in Buddhism originally, as there is no such parlance in the Buddhism of India and Han area where the succession system is carried out between masters and disciples. The Kagyupa sect of the Tibetan Buddhism first adopted the reincarnation system of Living Buddhas. Then the Gelugpa sect adopted it since its monks were forbidden to be in marriage and have children.
The theoretical basis of the reincarnation system of Living Buddhas includes the imperishable soul and the eternal cycle of birth and death. Disciples deem as follows: Living Buddha is just the flesh form of the Supreme Master. After the death of the Living Buddha, the superiors of the monastery use augury and other rites to look for several babies who are born at the same time when the Living Buddha passes away, then one of the babies is selected as the reincarnation of the Buddha, and welcomed back to the monastery to succeed the religious status of the Living Buddha.


