34 Communist party of China-state compliant scholars awarded top Tibetan Buddhism degrees

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(TibetanReview.net, May26’26) – China said May 24 that it had awarded a total of 34 “Thorampa” degrees, the top academic degree for Tibetan Buddhists, to candidates who successfully completed their course. However, the final examination was held not in one of the seat monasteries in Tibet but in the government-run High-level Tibetan Buddhism College of China in Beijing whose agenda is to Sinicize Tibetan Buddhism.

Recently, the 22nd “Thorampa” Advanced Academic Title Buddhist Scripture Debating Examination was officially held at the High-Level Tibetan Buddhism College of China, with the candidates belonging to the Gelug, Sakya, and Jonang sects of Tibetan Buddhism, reported China’s o...

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