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Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln, hungarian multiagent spy, as the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama (lemmy.world)
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Trebitsch-Lincoln

What a story this guy has. Being a spy for multiple parties, finishing up as the claimant of being the Dalai Lamas reincarnation then dying under suspicious circumstances after writing Hitler to stop the holocaust.

The wiki page speaks for itself.

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[-] MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Religions are so cursed ๐Ÿ˜„

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Still, the idea of Dalai lama is ingenious. Panchen Lama searches for Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama searches for Panchem lama.

Panchem Lama can only ever appoint a Boy as the Dalai Lama, once the previous one died. The next Panchem Lama can only ever be appointed once the current one dies. There is not much room for rampant nepotism and generationally growing corruption or power shift.

Also, I find it a totally valid theory for consciousness to be continual. Although not in an "exactly this guy comes next" way.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

That system didn't prevent most Dalai Lamas from being horrible rulers.

[-] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What? We could have had this guy instead of the current Dalai Lama?

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, if the Japanese ever got to Tibet, he was the officially supported candicate.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The self proclaimed part is pretty important

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