Safeguarding national unity and opposing separatism were the themes of national unification courses 38 Tibetan Buddhist monks, including Living Buddhas, took at the Central Institute of Socialism (CIS) in Beijing, media reported Saturday.

The two-week courses, which began on December 13, focused on the enhanced recognition of Chinese culture, building sound religious relations and promoting the sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism.

Safeguarding national unity and opposing separatism are the basis of "the great unification," which is not only the viewpoint of ancient Chinese but also the cornerstone of modern Chinese values, Pan Yue, Party Chief and CIS Vice President, said in a speech at the opening ceremony, news site people.com.cn reported.

"Tibet has been part of China since ancient times and has been under the central government's administrative governance since the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)," said Wang Xiaobin, a scholar at the Beijing-based China Tibetology Research Center.

"The formation of nation-states in the West as well as its theory and standard are different from those of Eastern countries, especially China," Wang was quoted by news site tibet.cn, a website affiliated with the Chinese government, as saying on Saturday.

"The Tibet question or Tibet issue were coined to seek independence while seeming to recognize that Tibet is part of China," Wang said, noting that there is no issue with Tibet.

One Living Buddha said real Living Buddhas have been approved by the Chinese government and has won the support of believers,

"Tibetan Buddhism has been part of Chinese culture, be it in ancient or modern times. Chinese culture is a combination of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism," said a 25-year-old Living Buddha, who was raised in the Han area and speaks perfect Mandarin.

A training course for newly reincarnated Living Buddhas, including a visit to late Chinese leader Mao Zedong's Memorial Museum, was completed in late October in Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province. The Living Buddhas learnt about national religious policies and socialist core values at the Tibetan Institute of Socialism, the Xinhua News Agency reported.bet.
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