七、尊重和保護(hù)宗教信仰自由
VII. Respecting and Protecting Freedom of Religious Belief

中國(guó)憲法規(guī)定，宗教信仰自由是公民的一項(xiàng)基本權(quán)利。在今天的西藏，多種宗教并存，既有藏傳佛教、苯教，也有伊斯蘭教、天主教等。在藏傳佛教內(nèi)部，還存在不同教派。經(jīng)過(guò)民主改革，西藏廢除了政教合一制度，實(shí)行政教分離，恢復(fù)宗教的本來(lái)面目。多年來(lái)，中央政府和西藏自治區(qū)政府，充分尊重公民的宗教信仰自由權(quán)利，各種宗教、各個(gè)教派都平等地得到尊重和保護(hù)，正常的宗教活動(dòng)和宗教信仰依法受到保護(hù)。
The Constitution stipulates that freedom of religious belief is one of citizens' fundamental rights. Today's Tibet is home to various religions, such as Tibetan Buddhism, within which exist different sects, Bon, Islam, and Catholicism. After democratic reform, Tibet put an end to theocracy, separating politics from religion and so restoring the latter's true significance. For years, the central government and the local government of Tibet Autonomous Region have fully respected citizens' right to freedom of religious belief, and given equal attention and protection to all religions and sects to ensure normal religious activities and religious beliefs are protected according to law.

宗教活動(dòng)得到尊重和保護(hù)。目前，西藏有各類(lèi)宗教活動(dòng)場(chǎng)所1787處，住寺僧尼4.6萬(wàn)多人。西藏自治區(qū)和7個(gè)地市均設(shè)有佛教協(xié)會(huì)，中國(guó)佛協(xié)西藏分會(huì)辦有西藏佛學(xué)院、藏經(jīng)文印經(jīng)院和藏文會(huì)刊《西藏佛教》。藏族和其他各少數(shù)民族都按照自己的宗教傳統(tǒng)過(guò)宗教生活，進(jìn)行社會(huì)宗教活動(dòng)。在西藏自治區(qū)，各大宗教的各種傳統(tǒng)節(jié)慶活動(dòng)正常進(jìn)行，大型宗教活動(dòng)如轉(zhuǎn)神山神湖活動(dòng)、薩噶達(dá)瓦節(jié)、展佛節(jié)、跳神節(jié)、朝覲等40多種群眾性重大宗教節(jié)慶活動(dòng)得以保護(hù)和繼承。信教群眾家中幾乎都設(shè)有小經(jīng)堂或佛龕。每年到拉薩朝佛敬香的信教群眾達(dá)百萬(wàn)人次。在西藏到處可以看到善男信女懸掛的經(jīng)幡，以及堆積的刻有佛教經(jīng)文的嘛呢堆。各大寺院內(nèi)常年擠滿了磕長(zhǎng)頭、轉(zhuǎn)經(jīng)、朝佛的信教群眾。西藏信教群眾享受開(kāi)展正常宗教活動(dòng)的充分自由。為滿足不同信教群眾的宗教需求，目前西藏還有清真寺4座，天主教堂1座。這些宗教也依法得到了尊重和保護(hù)，依法依規(guī)開(kāi)展正常宗教活動(dòng)，與其他宗教平等和諧相處。
Religious activities are respected and protected. Currently, there are 1,787 sites for different religious activities in Tibet, and more than 46,000 resident monks and nuns. Tibet Autonomous Region and seven cities all have Buddhist associations. The Tibetan branch of the Buddhist Association of China has set up the Tibetan Buddhist Institute, the Tripitaka Scripture Printing Lamasery, and the Tibetan Buddhism journal in Tibetan language. Tibetan and other minority ethnic groups lead their religious lives and carry out religious activities according to native traditions. In Tibet Autonomous Region, religious festivals are celebrated in the same way they always were. They include more than 40 major religious activities, such as pilgrimages to holy mountains and lakes, the Saga Dawa Festival, the Buddha Exhibition Festival, and the Lamaist Devil Dance Festival, all of which are protected and inherited. Almost all religious believers have scripture halls or shrines at their homes. Each year, millions of pilgrimages to Lhasa are made. In Tibet, prayer flags and mani stones are seen everywhere. All major temples are full of believers prostrating themselves before Buddha, spinning prayer wheels and paying homage to Buddha. Tibetan people enjoy full freedom in their conduct of religious activities. To meet the religious needs of different believers, Tibet has four mosques and one Catholic church. These religions are also respected and protected according to law and coexist in harmony with other religions.

藏傳佛教文化得到尊重和保護(hù)。中央和西藏自治區(qū)政府始終把藏傳佛教文化作為中華民族傳統(tǒng)文化的重要組成部分，一直以來(lái)給予有效保護(hù)，不斷加強(qiáng)對(duì)宗教典籍的收集、整理、出版和研究工作。中央政府支持4000多萬(wàn)元，組織上百名藏文專(zhuān)家，歷時(shí)20余年，完成了對(duì)藏文大藏經(jīng)《甘珠爾》《丹珠爾》的校勘出版。20世紀(jì)90年代以來(lái)，藏文《中華大藏經(jīng)·丹珠爾》（對(duì)勘本）《藏漢對(duì)照西藏大藏經(jīng)總目錄》《因明七論莊嚴(yán)華釋》《慈氏五論》《釋量論解說(shuō)·雪域莊嚴(yán)》等陸續(xù)整理出版。已經(jīng)印出《甘珠爾》大藏經(jīng)達(dá)1490多部，還印出大量藏傳佛教的儀軌、傳記、論著等經(jīng)典的單行本，供給寺廟，滿足僧尼和信教群眾的學(xué)修需求。宗教研究機(jī)構(gòu)、高僧、學(xué)者的有關(guān)佛教專(zhuān)著，如《貝葉經(jīng)的整理、研究》《西藏拉薩現(xiàn)存梵文貝葉經(jīng)的整理》《西藏宗教源流與教派研究》《活佛轉(zhuǎn)世制度》《郭扎佛教史》《西藏苯教寺廟志》《中國(guó)藏傳佛教寺廟》《西藏佛教寺院壁畫(huà)藝術(shù)》等，都正式出版發(fā)行。
Tibetan Buddhist culture is respected and protected. The central government and the local government of Tibet Autonomous Region have always regarded Tibetan Buddhist culture as an important component of traditional Chinese culture, offering protection and reinforcing the collection, compilation, publication, and research of religious classics. The central government set a budget of more than 40 million yuan for the revision and publication of the Tibetan Buddhist canons Kangyur and Tengyur, a 20-year project entailing the efforts of more than 100 Tibetan experts. Since the 1990s, the Tibetan-language Chinese Tripitaka - Tengyur (collated edition), A Tibetan-Chinese General Catalogue of the Tibetan Tripitaka, A Commentary on Tshad-ma sde-bdun, Five Treatises of Maitreya, and Annotations on Pramanavarttika Karika - the Solemn Snowland have been successively compiled and published. More than 1,490 copies of Kangyur have been printed, and the ritual procedures, biographies, and treatises on Tibetan Buddhism have also been published to meet the study demands of monasteries, Buddhist monks and nuns, and lay believers. Treatises on Buddhism written and published by religious research institutes, eminent monks and scholars, such as Collation and Research of Pattra-leaf Scriptures, Collation of Sanskrit Pattra-leaf Scriptures Extant in Lhasa, Studies of the Origin and Development of Religions and Religious Sects in Tibet, Reincarnation System of Living Buddhas, History of Buddhism by Guta, Records of Tibetan Bonist Temples, Records of Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries in China, and The Art of Murals of Buddhist Monasteries in Tibet have been published.

寺廟得到維修和保護(hù)。20世紀(jì)80年代以來(lái)，國(guó)家每年都撥專(zhuān)項(xiàng)資金和黃金、白銀等用于寺廟的維修、修復(fù)和保護(hù)。20世紀(jì)80年代以來(lái)，中央政府累計(jì)投入14億多元對(duì)西藏文物和重點(diǎn)寺廟進(jìn)行了大規(guī)模維修。國(guó)家資助專(zhuān)款670萬(wàn)元、黃金111公斤、白銀2000多公斤及大量珠寶，修復(fù)了五世至九世班禪靈塔祀殿。為修建十世班禪靈塔祀殿，國(guó)家一次就撥專(zhuān)款6620萬(wàn)元、黃金650公斤。1994年，國(guó)家又撥款2000萬(wàn)元，繼續(xù)修復(fù)甘丹寺。從1995年開(kāi)始，中央財(cái)政通過(guò)國(guó)家重點(diǎn)文物保護(hù)專(zhuān)項(xiàng)資金，對(duì)西藏布達(dá)拉宮、羅布林卡、薩迦寺等列入國(guó)家重點(diǎn)文物保護(hù)單位名單的寺廟維修與保護(hù)予以積極支持。
Temples are maintained and protected. Since the 1980s, the state has allocated funds, gold, and silver to maintain, renovate and protect temples. More than 1.4 billion yuan has been spent on restoring Tibetan cultural relics and refurbishing key monasteries. A total of 6.7 million yuan, 111 kg of gold, 2,000 kg of silver, and a large amount of jewelry has been used to renovate stupas and prayer halls from the Fifth Panchen Erdeni to the Ninth Panchen Erdeni. The state budget to build these for the 10th Panchen Erdeni was 66.2 million yuan and 650 kg of gold. In 1994, the state allocated another 20 million yuan to renovate Ganden Monastery. Since 1995, the central budget has given active support to the maintenance and protection of monasteries listed as state key cultural relics units, such as the Potala Palace, Norbulingka and Sakya Monastery.

活佛轉(zhuǎn)世有序進(jìn)行。活佛轉(zhuǎn)世制度作為西藏宗教特有的信仰和傳承方式，得到國(guó)家和西藏自治區(qū)各級(jí)政府的尊重，國(guó)家制定出臺(tái)了《藏傳佛教活佛轉(zhuǎn)世管理辦法》。1995年，西藏自治區(qū)按照宗教儀軌和歷史定制，經(jīng)過(guò)金瓶掣簽，報(bào)國(guó)務(wù)院批準(zhǔn)，完成了第十世班禪大師轉(zhuǎn)世靈童的尋訪、認(rèn)定以及第十一世班禪的冊(cè)立和坐床。據(jù)最新統(tǒng)計(jì)，西藏現(xiàn)有活佛358名，其中60多位新轉(zhuǎn)世活佛按歷史定制和宗教儀軌得到認(rèn)定。
The Living Buddha reincarnation is proceeding well. The Living Buddha reincarnation is a succession system unique to Tibetan Buddhism, and is respected by the state and governments at different levels of the autonomous region, the state having issued the Measures on the Management of the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas of Tibetan Buddhism. Through traditional religious rituals and historical conventions like drawing lots from a golden urn, in 1995 Tibet Autonomous Region sought out and identified the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Erdeni, and conferred and enthroned the 11th Panchen Erdeni, with the approval of the State Council. Tibet now has 358 Living Buddhas, more than 60 of whom have been confirmed through historical conventions and traditional religious rituals.

藏傳佛教僧人學(xué)經(jīng)制度不斷完善。自治區(qū)制定出臺(tái)《辦好西藏佛學(xué)院分院的意見(jiàn)》《西藏佛學(xué)院學(xué)銜授予辦法（試行）》，在北京和拉薩分別建有中國(guó)藏語(yǔ)系高級(jí)佛學(xué)院和西藏佛學(xué)院，作為藏傳佛教高級(jí)宗教人才培養(yǎng)基地，系統(tǒng)招收培養(yǎng)藏傳佛教教職人員。西藏60多座各教派寺廟開(kāi)辦有寺廟自辦的學(xué)經(jīng)班，完全按照傳統(tǒng)習(xí)慣進(jìn)行宗教學(xué)修和學(xué)位學(xué)銜的考核晉升。2005年開(kāi)始，每年在北京中國(guó)藏語(yǔ)系高級(jí)佛學(xué)院舉行藏傳佛教“拓然巴”高級(jí)學(xué)銜考試和授予儀式，在大昭寺和拉薩三大寺進(jìn)行格西“拉讓巴”學(xué)位考試。截至目前，已有84名學(xué)經(jīng)僧人獲得了格西“拉讓巴”學(xué)位，46名僧人獲得了中國(guó)藏語(yǔ)系高級(jí)佛學(xué)院“拓然巴”高級(jí)學(xué)銜。
The system whereby Tibetan Buddhist monks learn sutras is improving since the autonomous region issued the Opinions on Building a Branch of the Tibetan Buddhist Institute and Methods of Awarding Academic Ranks in the Tibetan Buddhist Institute (trial). The China Tibetan Language High-level Institute of Buddhism has been set up in Beijing, and the Tibetan Buddhist Institute in Lhasa. Both recruit and train senior Buddhist teaching personnel. More than 60 monasteries of various sects in Tibet have their own sutra learning classes, and teach and confer degrees according to tradition. Since 2005, senior academic ranks examinations and degree conferring ceremonies have been held each year at the China Tibetan Language High-level Institute of Buddhism in Beijing, and degree examinations unique to Gelug held in Jokhang Temple and the three major monasteries in Lhasa. So far, a total of 84 monks have received senior academic titles in Lhasa and 46 in Beijing.