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The Dalai Lama announced that he will have a successor after his death, following traditional Tibetan Buddhist practices, and emphasized that the process of recognizing his reincarnation will be solely managed by the Gaden Phodrang Foundation, with no external interference, and that his successor may be born outside China.
Experienced meditators, according to a new scientific study, have the ability to voluntarily induce unconscious states known as cessations, where they briefly lose consciousness and experience profound mental and perceptual clarity upon re-awakening. The study, which used EEG to measure brain activity, suggests that the ability to "turn off" consciousness could have significant implications for our understanding of cognition.
The Dalai Lama has apologized after a video of him kissing a boy and asking the child to "suck my tongue" drew widespread condemnation. Advocates for abuse survivors slammed the global icon. The footage from an event at the Dalai Lama's temple in northern India shows him inviting the boy up to the stage and asking for a kiss on the cheek. "His Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras," the office said in a statement. "He regrets the incident."
The Dalai Lama has named an 8-year-old U.S.-born Mongolian boy as the reincarnation of the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa, the third most important spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism, who will head Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. The boy will also be tasked with recognizing the next Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama. China has been trying to find a way to seat a pro-Chinese government Dalai Lama for some time now.