Tibetan monastic body bars monks from holding political positions

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The annual meeting of the Geluk International Foundation was held on Oct 20 and 21

Dharamshala: The Gelug International Foundation (GIF) – the highest organisational body of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism – has unanimously passed a resolution to bar monks belonging to its monasteries from contesting elections for the president’s post in the Central Tibetan Administration and the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.The resolution, adopted at the annual meeting of the Geluk International Foundation held over Oct 20-21, states that any monk who privately decides to stand for any of these elections is required to seek final discharge from the monastery before proceeding to do so, and...

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