Brief Discussion On The Formation, Development And Significance Of The Tibetan Buddhism Of The Living Buddha Reincarnation System

Reincarnation of Living Buddha is not only the most especial phenomenon in Tibetan Buddhism, but also a focused topic by Tibetologists from all over the world.In the beginning, the article demonstrates the meaning and origin of the concept "living Buddha".Reincarnation of Living Buddha involve the religious contents, and involve Tibetan culture's contents; it is related to the Buddhism and the Bon; it is a measure that solving the problem of the religious heritor by Tibetans, and also a model that developing the culture of the Buddhism; it produced in Yuan Dynasty, so it is a historical problem, at the same time, now there are Dalai, Panchen Lama etc. so it is a realistic problem, too. Managing knowledge of religionism, ethnogeny, history and philosophy, reneatening the origin and development of the Reincarnation of Living Buddha, analyzing the positive and negative of the Reincarnation of Living Buddha, is an event of significance.The Buddhism produced in ancient India, developed in China, but Reincarnation of Living Buddha carried out in Tibet, not in both of above, why? The article search for the answer from the theories foundation. It believes that there are four theories foundations: original soul concept of Tibetan, incarnation concept of Tibetan legend, related theories of the Buddhism, Tantra of the Esoteric Buddhism. In other words, the form of the Reincarnation of Living Buddha not only rooted in the related theories of Buddhism, but also rooted in incarnation concept of Tibetan legend. In India, rebirth of Buddhism is a rebirth of soul, it has not a relation with realistic politics and power; but in Tibet, because of solving the inheritance of the header of the monastery, the system of the Reincarnation of Living Buddha is a system that combining the theory ofcycle of existence, concept of Bodhisattva, concept of reincarnation and the system of inheritance earthliness politics. Furthermore, after neaten detailed its history, the article believes, the rebirth of the third header of Karma indicated the foundation of the Reincarnation of Living Buddha in Tibet; the found of the rebirth of Dalai and Panchen indicated the development of the Reincarnation of Living Buddha; the found of the drawing lots from the golden urn indicated the perfect of the Reincarnation of Living Buddha.After the People Republic of China established, Chinese communist and the government insist the free policy of religion, and investigate adaptive problem of religious faith and socialism. After reform and opening, especially after center government confirmed the rebirth of Panchen, Reincarnation of Living Buddha in Tibet began to resume and develop. In the face of this instance, the article analyze the importance of the exist and the abuse of the Reincarnation of Living Buddha. At last, the article put forward his own suggestion.