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Three: strict checking that the management committees fulfil their responsibilities.
10.Monks, Tulkus, Khenpos, 4 Geshes 5 and so on in the management committees of
monasteries that, although not directly involved in disturbances, do not take a
clear stand on the issue, do not fulfill their management responsibilities, are lax or
implicated in instances of poor management, or fail to investigate and discipline
monks and nuns who go outside and participate in disturbances must be subjected
to careful scrutiny of their mistakes while undergoing criticism and re-education.
11.Management committee officials, Tulkus, Khenpos and Geshes who fail to make
their attitude clear or take a two-faced stance will not only be strictly warned, but
will be submitted to a detailed examination of their behavior in front of a general
assembly of the monastic community, and obliged to give a written guarantee,
and the giving of this examination and written guarantee will be shown repeatedly
in newspapers and on television.
12.Management committee officials, Tulkus, Khenpos and Geshes who send secret reports
or collude with foreign separatists, assist in disturbances, tolerate them, or incite
others will be severely punished by law. In accordance with legal provisions,
their political right of participation in government bodies, People’s Congresses,
People’s Political Consultative Conferences and Buddhist Associations will be annulled,
and all salaries paid for the performance of such various functions terminated.
They will not be allowed to participate in religious activities with the rights
of religious practitioners, and in the case of Tulkus, they will be stripped of the
right to hold the incarnation lineage, and simultaneously the finances and financial
management of monasteries under their control will be frozen and inspected,
all instances of misappropriation of monastery funds or financial management
contravening the regulations will be examined and dealt with according to law,
as well as broadcast in prefectural newspapers and on television.
1
The full text in Tibetan can be seen at: http://zw.tibet.cn/news/xz_news/ttxw/200807/t20080718_413324.htm
2
This is a reference to Democratic Management Committees that run monasteries, which are composed of
monks and nuns who have ostensibly been elected by other members of the monastic community, although
their appointment needs to be approved by local government officials. DMCs are expected to serve
the interests of the government and not those of the monastery or nunnery’s population; the system is intended
to supplant the traditional hierarchical layers of authority in Tibetan religious institutions.
3
The wording of this figure is unclear in the original Tibetan, and could possibly be referring to 10–30
monks, as opposed to 10%–30% of monks.
4
The title of a religious teacher.
5
Also the title of a religious teacher; a Geshe degree is the most advanced level of scholarship possible in the
Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, typically requiring 20 years of intense study.
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