Geluk monks seeking CTA elective political offices required to leave monastery

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(TibetanReview.net, Oct26’26) – Top leaders of the Geluk order of Tibetan Buddhism, including the Gaden Throne-holder, have adopted a resolution this month which requires its monastic members to fully disaffiliate from their monasteries if they wish to contest for political offices in the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). The resolution is titled as being meant to safeguard the integrity of the religious and political order of Tibet and that of its monastic communities.

The resolution adopted at the annual meeting of the Geluk International Foundation (GIF), held over Oct 20-21, and announced on Oct 26, bars monks in any monastery affiliated with the foundation from henceforth standing for election as Sikyong...

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