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  1. DOT Pipeline Compliance Workshop – September 25 & 26
  2. RCP’s Website
  3. PHMSA Published Gas Gathering FAQ’s
  4. Has the new Gas Gathering definition affected your pipelines?
  5. PHMSA Issues Hazardous Liquid IMP FAQ’s
  6. Integrity Management Plan Up-to-Date?
  7. DOT/PHMSA Notice & Request for Comments on Transporting Ethanol
  8. Texas Railroad Commission – Increase in Service Line Fees / Reporting Dates
  9. TSA Issues Pipeline Security Awareness Training and Brochures
  10. China Bans Reincarnation of Tibetan Lamas
  11. Editor’s Quote of the Month

China Bans Reincarnation of Tibetan Lamas

August 4, 2007
Beijing, China
The Times of London reports that the China has issued a new ban designed to prevent Tibetans from recognizing reincarnations of the living Buddha without the approval of the Chinese government. The edict, which will enter into force on September 1st, states that the “so-called reincarnated living Buddha” is “illegal and invalid” without the approval of the government, and is one item of a fourteen-part document issued by China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs. The order is the latest step by China to limit the authority of reincarnate lamas, or tulkus, who have the power to influence large religious communities in Tibet.