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Living Buddha, that is, Tibetans with a certain level of culture and ideology, can never be understood literally. What exactly does a living Buddha do? Just like a scholar who studied four books and five classics through the imperial examination in the Central Plains, this is a title, which means that you are qualified to be an official. As long as you get a position, you will become an official.
Early rich and powerful people called their families living buddhas. Being a living Buddha is equivalent to being an official in Tibet and being crowned as a living Buddha with a temple. Therefore, living buddhas without temples are all wild ways, just like you said that you are the county magistrate and village head. Where is your county village? That's what it means. Later, the central government found that it could not be done. Not recognized officials and treasurers? This is also not conducive to Tibet's control? Besides, these are rich and powerful families. This is no big deal. So, the golden gull draws lots. We have the final say on who you recommend and how many candidates you use. So this system became the later living Buddha system.
Now you know that not everyone can become a living Buddha. In short, a radish, a pit, a temple and a living Buddha have limited institutions. If you want to be a living Buddha, first find a temple for you to host, and then discuss the living Buddha. No temple is definitely not a living Buddha, and no position is definitely not an official. Of course, after the liberation of Tibet, there is no longer a combination of politics and religion, and there are independent government agencies, but the living buddhas in various temples are still in power there, and Tibetans have been used to the living Buddha political system for thousands of years. After Tibet is further opened, the living Buddha may really be just the owner of a temple.