Tibet watch

RayC · Post by **RayC** » 07 Feb 2010 08:30

The 4 schools of Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 08 Feb 2010 05:56

US, China, Tibet and Taiwan: game on or game over?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timco ... game-over/

Malayappan · Post by **Malayappan** » 09 Feb 2010 11:40

Tibet's Star Activist Warns Obama from the Dailybeast

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 11 Feb 2010 20:40

Tibet: Beijing Cuts Off Canadian University After Dalai Lama Honor
http://www.unpo.org/content/view/10705/69/

The Challenge of China
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/opinion/11thu1.html

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 15 Feb 2010 19:57

Behind Obama's Meeting With the Dalai Lama, Valerie Jarrett's Trip to India
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/02/15 ... rretts-tr/

Obama needs appreciation for this. great.

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 19 Feb 2010 07:40

Poll: Most Americans say Tibet should be independent
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/tibet.poll/

Tibetans count on US support
http://www.france24.com/en/20100218-Tib ... p-with-USA

ashi · Post by **ashi** » 19 Feb 2010 08:27

Whether they like it or not, China has been very good for Tibetans.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/233726

But that seems to be the only story about Tibet that is ever told. The other story is that, for China's many blunders in mountainous region, it has erected a booming economy there. Looking at growth, standard of living, infrastructure, and GDP, one thing is clear: China has been good for Tibet.

Although Chinese statistics on Tibet, like Chinese statistics in general, are impossible to verify, it seems clear that material living standards among the 80 to 90 percent of the population living in rural Tibet are rising rapidly.

"I was amazed at the amount of money actually being spent in these villages," said Melvyn Goldstein, codirector of the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University. Through extensive rural fieldwork in the TAR, Goldstein found that "health-insurance plans are getting better, bank loans are now more accessible, schooling is free for primary school and middle school, and access to electricity and water is improving." At the improved schools, students learn Mandarin, which gives Tibetans access to work opportunities in government offices in Tibet and in companies throughout China.

RayC · Post by **RayC** » 19 Feb 2010 08:36

They teach Mandarin not for job opportunities, but to wipe out the Tibetan language as also to create a separate "superior" class like what MacCaulay did!

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 19 Feb 2010 20:30

cross post

Something is very very fishy here.US selling arms to Taiwan and inviting Lama to white house............and no Chinese reaction.
CNN,BBC, fox made noise about China not making noise so FM spokeperson issued customly statement about" such incidents hurting bilateral ties blah bla".Kitty Hawks makes port call in HK. This silence is big noise for my ears.
I think this is first hint of start of B2 era in realpolitik. US promised China to bring D.lama in line in exchange of peace on Arunachal front. This put India in US bag. I think something radical was proposed to D lama during the meeting. Lama was visibly shaken and lost of words when he came out of meeting. I think US want him to accept China as rulers of Tibet and Tibet as part of China.China will invite him to come to China to guide people to new shining path; under China. This explain why Arunachal is quite and India is ready to talk to Bakistan. I think there will be talks between Lama and Chinese with American as mediators.

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 19 Feb 2010 22:37

Why Obama's meeting with Dalai Lama upsets China
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/ ... bama.shtml

Not just the Dalai Lama: Obama meets rights activists
http://www.politico.com/blogs/lauraroze ... ml?showall

China Lodges Protest of Dalai Lama's White House Meeting With US Ambassador
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/as ... 67497.html

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 20 Feb 2010 07:18

The politics of repression in China
What are they afraid of?
The economy is booming and politics stable. Yet China’s leaders seem edgy
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/dis ... s_box_main

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 22 Feb 2010 17:13

Put Tibet Back on the Map
Chinese censorship source of problem for Tibet issue: Dalai Lama
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx ... ma&t=1&c=1

Middle-Way Approach Is In Best Interests Of China, Affirms His Holiness the Dalai Lama
http://www.tibetcustom.com/article.php/ ... 2100851836

Here is Dalai Lama who is ready to work with China, What else China wants? Chinese Red Army's arrogance makes them look like Japanese before the second world war!! This time it is replaced by red army's stars not the Sun.

AdityaM · Post by **AdityaM** » 22 Feb 2010 23:19

so the Chinese have been eyeing tibet for a very long time.
Dalai Lama in India: 100 years of memories in exile

Towards the end of 1909, the 13th Dalai Lama had returned to Lhasa after a “very successful visit” to Mongolia and China. Soon after that, when the Manchu force (China was not a unified country then) invaded Lhasa, he was forced to leave for neighbouring India on February 22. It was reported in the Indian press that the Manchu emperor had stripped the Lama of his title.

check page 12 of epaper http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Defaul ... 02/21/2010

wrdos · Post by **wrdos** » 23 Feb 2010 16:00

Hehe, in America, is there any public schools where English is not taught to the pupils?
I understand your purpose is simply bashing china only, but even so i suggest you to use some better excuses.

RayC wrote:They teach Mandarin not for job opportunities, but to wipe out the Tibetan language as also to create a separate "superior" class like what MacCaulay did!

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 23 Feb 2010 16:11

wrdos-> why not teach Tibetian also?

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 23 Feb 2010 20:37

China Vows Sanctions Against US Companies Will Go Forward
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/as ... 33262.html

I thought the new emerging generation in the red army would have a bit more mature approach to contemporary issues at Asia and International level. Unfortunately they have shown otherwise.

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 24 Feb 2010 13:40

Dalai Lama and UMass students agree Tibet should be free from China
http://dailycollegian.com/2010/02/23/da ... rom-china/

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 26 Feb 2010 21:50

China's Tibet Policy
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/op ... 61345.html
By Frank Ching

President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama provoked fury in Beijing even though the American leader had informed President Hu Jintao when he visited China in November that this would happen.

A statement issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry declared: ``The U.S. act grossly interfered in China's internal affairs, gravely hurt the Chinese people's national sentiments and seriously damaged the Sino-U.S. ties.''

The Chinese reaction was slightly less violent than that to Washington's recent announcement of a $6.4 billion arms sales package to Taiwan. This time, there was no threat of reprisals.

Still, the Chinese reaction was totally out of proportion to what had occurred. After all, President Obama had gone out of his way to placate Chinese feelings by not meeting with the Dalai Lama last October when the Tibetan monk was in town.

In fact, it was the first time since 1991 that he was not received by a sitting American president while in Washington.

The U.S. leader wanted to ensure a good atmosphere for his state visit to China the following month, at which time he informed Chinese leaders of both the pending arms sales package for Taiwan and the meeting with the Dalai Lama.

Chinese propaganda is heavily laced with accusations that the United States is still imbued with a ``cold war'' mindset and is attempting to play the ``Tibet card'' against China.

Nowhere does China acknowledge that Beijing itself created this issue by sending tanks against defenseless students in June 1989.

It was no coincidence that six months after the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 1989, the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his policy of ``peaceful resolution instead of using violence'' in Tibet.

At the time, Beijing was so angered that it withdrew its ambassador from Oslo to protest against the Nobel committee's decision.

In his acceptance speech, the Dalai Lama focused on the importance of peaceful means to maintain a dialogue with China and criticized Beijing for having used force against student protesters.

It was only after the Dalai Lama became a Nobel peace laureate that he was regularly received by Western leaders. In 1991, George H.W. Bush, who saw himself as a friend of China, became the first American president to receive him.

Since then, the Dalai Lama has been received by the president, regardless of political party, virtually each time he has visited Washington.

This is the background to the reception given to the Dalai Lama. To the extent that it was an expression of revulsion to the bloody actions in China of 1989, yes, it can be called the playing of a card. But it is a stretch from that to saying that the intention is to dismember China or to prevent its rise into a global power.

In fact, American presidents with very few exceptions have gone to great lengths to meet with the Dalai Lama in a low-profile manner so as not to provoke China.

President Bill Clinton, for example, used to see the Tibetan spiritual leader when he was in the White House ostensibly to meet another official, and the president would happen to drop by.

This time, for example, President Obama met him not in the Oval Office but in the Map Room and no press was allowed to cover the meeting.

But efforts to placate Beijing seem to have no effect. That being the case, the United States may decide in the future that there is little point making such gestures since they are not appreciated.

But the crux of the Tibet issue is that Chinese policy in the region over the last half century has been a dismal failure, despite a policy of pumping money into the region by building infrastructure.

If Chinese governance of Tibet had been really successful, there would be no Tibet problem today. Tibetans in China would no longer try to flee the country and those in exile would return from India.

In this, the Hong Kong issue is instructive. The exodus from Hong Kong before 1997 ended after the resumption of Chinese sovereignty and many of the hundreds of thousands of people who left have returned.

China should abandon its hard-line policy toward Tibet and instead work to attract Tibetan exiles to return to their homeland. It must begin by stopping the ridiculous caricature of the Dalai Lama as a terrorist and a separatist.

Castigating the Dalai Lama, who continues to enjoy the respect, indeed the reverence, of most Tibetans, will simply perpetuate Chinese policy failures.

Frank Ching is a journalist and commentator in Hong Kong. He can be reached at [email protected].

China's Tibet Pique
Beijing's anger is likely to backfire.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... oveLEFTTop

China is "denying there is a problem" between its government and Tibet, the Dalai Lama says.
http://www.unpo.org/content/view/10770/69/
Spanish court shelves Tibet human rights case against China

Read more: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/ ... z0gf2bMJng
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/ ... inst-China

International policy must reflect ideals
http://www.pepperdine-graphic.com/persp ... -1.2170755

US has ongoing concerns on human rights in Tibet: Crowley
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/US-ha ... ley/581846

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 02 Mar 2010 19:21

Tibetan Parliament in exile condemns Death Sentance for Tibetan Farmer in Tibet
Tuesday, March 02 2010 @ 09:43 am UTC
http://www.tibetcustom.com/article.php/ ... 2094328993

The Obama-Dalai Lama meeting should inspire European leaders
http://www.euractiv.com/en/foreign-affa ... sis-299469

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 08 Mar 2010 02:07

Nearly 500 Tibetans detained under "Strike Hard Campaign" in Lhasa
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx ... sa&t=1&c=1

Dalai Lama should raise strong concerns with China about Tibetians. Though India may not endorse it very strongly but should leave it to International countries to share this concern.

China says only socialism can "save" Tibet
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6260LY20100307

Heavy security is the new normal in China's Tibet
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... QD9E9S1C80

WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE JOINS TIBETAN PLEA FOR JUSTICE
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx ... E&id=26816

Tibet Freedom March in London
http://www.demotix.com/news/269104/tibe ... rch-london

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 15 Mar 2010 22:26

Tibetan refugees in Nepal face threats
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connec ... 846019.htm

Heavy security is the new normal in China's Tibet
By DAVID WIVELL (AP) – Mar 8, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... QD9EADQM80

China should respect Tibetans' human rights: HRW
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/china ... rw/590386/

US Government Report Finds "Severe Repression" in Tibet
Friday, March 12 2010 @ 08:08 am UTC
http://www.tibetcustom.com/article.php/ ... 2080840964

Dalai Lama: China aims to annihilate Buddhism
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/09/259568 ... ilate.html

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 16 Mar 2010 15:47

Russian Scholar Depicts The Independence Status Of Tibet

Tuesday, March 16 2010 @ 09:59 am UTC

Title: Hidden Tibet: History of Independence and Occupation (pp. 541 & 180 pictures)

Author: Dr. Sergius L. Kuzmin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Publisher: Publication A. Terentyev, St. Petersburg, 2010

Publication sponsor: Save Tibet Foundation, Moscow
http://www.tibetcustom.com/article.php/2010031609593481

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 20 Mar 2010 19:48

China is attempting to wipe out Buddhism
If I am not mistaken Robert is father of Uma Thurman (actress). Look at the comments section, so many Chinese apologists

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 04 Apr 2010 01:12

The Struggle for Tibet by Wang Lixiong and Tsering Shakya | The End of the Revolution: China and the Limits of Modernity by Wang Hui

John Gittings welcomes two books that articulate China's internal debates
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/ap ... iong-china

Karan Dixit · Post by **Karan Dixit** » 05 Apr 2010 07:27

Taiwan must avoid becoming a new Tibet

The lessons of history are there to be learned: A “peace agreement” with China failed to save the Tibetan people and that is something the Taiwanese public needs to think about long and hard.

(A great piece.)

Sanjay M · Post by **Sanjay M** » 22 Apr 2010 06:57

China Orders Tibetan Monks Out of Quake Zone

naren · Post by **naren** » 23 Apr 2010 07:54

Hello birathers !

I've been lurking on this site for some months & finally decided to join

His Holiness Speaks to IPL Members

I have been watching the videos at dalailama.com for some time. Next time onwards, I'll post highlights also.

naren · Post by **naren** » 27 Apr 2010 10:18

Wow, the Dalai Lama, Cricketers Bow

Spectators at the scenic stadium on Sunday had a rare glimpse of spirituality and sport coming together, with cricketers lining up to touch the feet of the Dalai Lama who presented "khatas' - Tibetan ceremonial scarves - to members of Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings.

Note to Chini lurks: See how much attention His Holiness gets ? Hope you have good sleep today.

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 28 Apr 2010 07:07

Could China and India go to war over Tibet?
Posted By Dan Twining Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 3:47 PM Share
By Dan Twining
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... clnk&gl=us

Today is the 50th anniversary of the Lhasa uprising. Much of the associated commentary suggests that Tibet is, at most, an internal human rights issue in China, albeit one that impacts China's foreign relations with Western democracies who care about the plight of the Tibetan people. Indeed, the Dalai Lama's admission that Tibet is part of China, and that he seeks true autonomy rather than actual independence for his people, reaffirm this view. There is also, however, an external dimension to the Tibetan crisis, one that implicates core national security interests of nuclear-armed great powers.

This is the role Tibet's dispensation plays in the conflict between China and India. Indian strategist C. Raja Mohan puts it bluntly: "When there is relative tranquility in Tibet, India and China have reasonably good relations. When Sino-Tibetan tensions rise, India's relationship with China heads south." Although not widely recognized in the West, the nexus of Tibet and the unresolved border conflict between China and India ranks with the Taiwan Strait and Korean peninsula among Asia's leading flashpoints.

Contrary to Chinese propaganda, Tibet was not traditionally a part of China. Over the centuries, relations between China and Tibet were characterized by varying degrees of association spanning the spectrum from sovereignty to suzerainty to independence. The People's Liberation Army invaded Tibet in the middle of the last century precisely because Tibetans did not consent to Beijing's rule.

naren · Post by **naren** » 30 Apr 2010 12:33

His Holiness speaks at Florida Atlantic University as part of their Peace Week activities.

Venue: Florida Atlantic University, USA
Date: 24 February 2010
Duration: 1:15
Languages: English

Compassion as a Pillar of World Peace

2.12: 40,000 Tibetan settlers are in Karnataka. 10,000 monks and nuns study there.

2.45: Messenger of India. Student of Nalanda tradition. 7th / 8th century Nalanda is the best institution for religious study. Shanta rakshita, introduced Buddhism in Tibet, belonged to Nalanda tradition.

4.25: non violence. religious harmony. 1000 yr old India's tradition. Parsis settled very well.

8.10: India is a wonderful nation. I'm proud to consider myself as messenger of India

10.00: appreciate invitation

10.40 australia - peace week.

11.45 we (all) are same. compassion is the real seed of inner peace. about mother.

16.00 affection, friendship, smile

19.35 oxford, brain size vs kindness

22.45 compassion

23.40 pity vs compassion

25.00 lhasa incident when young. yellow swan. pothala, reincarnation of monk. parental love of duck

28.45 incident about a family. mother's affection

31.00 second level of love.

32.00 compassion pillar of the world peace

32.30: fear driven peace. cold war. genuine peace must develop out of compassion

33.20 second level out of awareness, reasoning. first level limited, biased, attachment

36.00 love towards enemy. no agitation. hatred destroys your inner peace.

38.10 theistic religion. incident abt muslim friend.

39.10 enemies required to develop compassion. deliberately created by God

39.40 non theistic. karma. karuna towards enemy. inner peace.

41.00 universal idea religious or non religious. health, family, community improve. peace must be built at individual

43.45 family quarelling affect children

44.15 health, reduce stress, depends on emotion. calm mind

46.30 materialistic society. joy through senses. temporary

47.42: meditation. samadhi. analytical. single pointed mind.

49.00 nagarjuna sloka.dedicate body speech and mind to others

49.48 shanti devas text. may i be of service to all beings in whatever way they wish

50.22: abdul kalam, very fond of this verse.

51.00 analytical meditatio. whats best way to bring inner peace. maximum benefit to oneself.

52.00 turning adversities into precious opportunities

52.15 refugees. homeless. frustration. another angle - new opportunity. meeting with different people.

53.15 more protocol. after coming to india some kind of freedom.

53.30 japanese friend formal. too much formality is hypocrisy.

55.00 inner peace not sensorial much stronger.

56.00 cocoon, lonely. attitude wrong

56.30 world peace first start at family individual level.

57.00 questions

57.50 what can one individual do to promote world peace ?

58.30 do you believe that the world can ever become a truly peaceful place ?

59.30 man suitable to be vegetarian (physically)

1.00.00 dialogue

1.02.00 iraq war. bush. motivation good method wrong.

1.02.25 justification for war ?

1.02.45 goal and motivation are more important. violence unpredictable. out of control.

1.03.30 sep 11. wrote letter to president bush. non violent way. bin laden may multiply. one person killed relatives multiply. control hatred difficult. reconciliation.

1.05.43 theoretically justifiable, practically avoid.

1.06.16 external disarmament internal disarmament. train younger generation. dialogue.

1.07.30 20th century - violence. 200 M killed in violence. 21st century - dialogue

1.08.15 do you believe the prophecy of Mayan Indians of 2012 ?

1.09.00 not all knowing.

1.10.00 indian newspaper sadhu claim to sit on water. drowned.

1.11.00 buddhism science compassion ? quantum physics. rajaraman indian nuclear physicist. concept of quantum physics in nagarjuna's writing. modern science external. eastern science mind internal. detailed explanation about mind. useful to modern scientists. 20 years regular (interaction) with modern scientists.

I'm trying to capture the keywords as I watch the video. (its not perfect, but I'm trying to do my best with the little time I can afford). Most people dont have the patience to spend a whole hour to watch the video. I hope that they can use the index/keywords to watch the parts they are interested in. Suggestions to improve are welcome.

Sanjay M · Post by **Sanjay M** » 14 May 2010 07:26

The ability of Tibetans to live on the "roof of the world" may be down to their DNA, US researchers say.

naren · Post by **naren** » 16 May 2010 19:48

Scientist Inspired By Dalai Lama Studies Happiness

Scientists often study depression, anxiety and fear, but why not devote your work to the causes of positive human qualities like happiness and compassion? the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader asked.

"I couldn't give him a good answer," recalled Davidson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientist.

Since then, Davidson has become a partner in the Dalai Lama's attempts to build a connection between Buddhism and western science. This weekend, the Dalai Lama will mark the opening of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the university's Waisman Center, where more than a dozen researchers will study the science behind positive qualities of mind. Davidson said the center will be the only one in the world with a meditation room next to a brain imaging laboratory.

Davidson's research has used brain imaging technology on Buddhist monks and other veteran practitioners of meditation to try to learn how their training affects mental health.

His team's findings suggest meditation and other "contemplative practices" can improve compassion, empathy, kindness and attention. They support the concept that even adult brains can change through experience and learning.

Davidson said the Dalai Lama's commitment to science is remarkable for a religious leader of his stature, and notes that the Dalai Lama has said he is prepared to give up any part of Buddhism that is contradicted by scientific fact.

naren · Post by **naren** » 16 May 2010 20:13

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bloomington, IN - May 13, 2010

In his introductory statement, His Holiness talked about his view on the role of the media in society. Referring to his two commitments of promoting human values and the promotion of religious harmony, His Holiness said the media had the role of educating the public and the promotion of such a society. His Holiness said both the commitments are related to the promotion of compassion, which in turn was related to non-violence. He said these were basic Indian values and thus he has been saying that he was a messenger of Indian values.

His Holiness responded to a question about his vision for the Center by saying that he always felt that Buddhist centers should be more of a learning center rather than merely being places of worship. He talked about increasing number of scientists paying attention to Buddhist thoughts and referred to the engagement between Buddhist and modern scientists that was currently taking place. He said the scientist-Buddhist dialogue initially began with a few scientists, including Francesco Varela, and has subsequently expanded. Today, he said the Universities of Wisconsin in Madison, Stanford and Emory had special programs on researching into these issues.

When asked about the issue of the future of the Dalai Lama institution and his successor, His Holiness responded that as early as 1969 he had made it clear that it was for the Tibetans to decide whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not. He said therefore he had no concern. His Holiness said if in case he passed away in exile then it was up to the concerned people, the Tibetans, Mongols and the Himalayan Buddhists to decide whether the institution needs to continue or not. He said then the issue of a successor will arise and said there were options. He said it could either be done the traditional way or differently through choosing an individual from among the spiritual masters. His Holiness said there were several healthy educated younger generation of Tibetan Buddhist masters from all the lineages.

When a young boy who had come with his journalist mother, asked, "How long do you think before China pulls out of Tibet, and what do you think it will take to achieve that?" His Holiness merely responded, “Oh, ho, that's a difficult question." However, after the press meet His Holiness explained the political situation to the boy saying that with the changes now going on in China, some progress for the Tibetan people could come in the boy's lifetime.

His Holiness said it was encouraging to see that increasingly young Tibetans and Himalayan Buddhists in the Indian subcontinent were showing new interest in the study of Buddhism. He said he had reports from Tibet, too, that his constant appeal at study was having an impact and that monastic institutes, not just Gelug, but Nyingma, Sakya and Kagyu, were taking steps to promote deep study of Buddhism.

In his remarks, which were being translated in Mongolian, His Holiness talked about the shared Buddhist heritage of the two communities and said the study of Buddhism was also linked to the complete knowledge of one’s identity. If people aspired to study Buddhism then it was obvious that knowledge of Tibetan was important. Looking at the several boys and girls who were sitting in the front, His Holiness said that if initially they find difficult to study the religion in Tibetan they could do so in English. He said at the same time they could study Tibetan and said he applauded the interest that young Tibetans were paying in learning the language. His Holiness said if young Tibetans in the free world did not pay attention to our language and religion then it would be a source of discouragement for our brethren in Tibet who despite all the challenges are making efforts to educate themselves in our culture and language. {Notice the subtle jab }

His Holiness said in the past there were several Mongol scholars. He said we both follow the Nalanda tradition of Buddhist school. Currently, several Mongolians are studying in Tibetan monastic institutes in India and advised the Mongolians to likewise pay interest in Buddhism.

His Holiness asked the Tibetans not to forget their Tibetan identity and the responsibility they shoulder on behalf of the Tibetans in Tibet. He said if one had good knowledge of one’s religion and be educated in one’s language and culture then one could become complete Tibetan. His Holiness said it was the common language, religion and culture that are the basis of the common identity of Tibetans.

naren · Post by **naren** » 16 May 2010 20:26

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bloomington, IN - May 12, 2010

His Holiness then met with members of the International Tibet Independence Movement during which he told them about his commitment to a Middle Way solution for Tibet. He, however, said as far as the history of Tibet is concerned it is a fact that it had an independent status.

naren · Post by **naren** » 20 May 2010 02:22

Now pig biladhel is concerned about Jerax machines

New photocopy rules introduced in Tibet

People in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa will have to register their names if they want to make photocopies.

City shopkeepers say the authorities are particularly concerned about material printed in Tibetan.

This appears to be an attempt to prevent ordinary people from printing political pamphlets and other documents.

It suggests the security forces still have a tight grip on the city, two years after serious riots.

Individuals wanting to photocopy documents will have to show their ID cards and have the information recorded.

Companies will have to register their names and addresses, the number of copies they want and provide the name of the manager in charge of the work.

The police say they will carry out checks and punish any shop that does not abide by the new regulation.

naren · Post by **naren** » 20 May 2010 11:59

His Holiness in Iowa

University of Northern Iowa Executive Vice President and Provost Gloria J. Gibson joined President Allen in conferring His Holiness with an honorary degree on May 18th.

http://www.dalailama.com/

naren · Post by **naren** » 21 May 2010 09:54

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Cedar Falls, IA - May 18, 2010

Cedar Falls, IA, USA, 18 May 2010 - On May 18, 2010, His Holiness gave an hour-long interview to the Chinese language media outlet, Duowei. The interview was conducted by its chairman, Mr. Yu Pinhai, who had flown to Cedar Falls from Hong Kong, for the purpose.

His Holiness responded to questions on the nature of the Tibetan issue and what would it take for the dialogue process with the Chinese leadership to move forward. His Holiness said the Tibetans had a very rich spiritual heritage and a culture that was the way of life for all Tibetans, whether Buddhists, Muslims or Christians. He said he called this as the Tibetan Buddhist culture and it was a culture of non-violence and of compassion. His Holiness said there was a moral crisis in the world, including in China, and that the Tibetan Buddhist culture could be beneficial in making a positive contribution.

His Holiness said that his main concern was the preservation of the Tibetan culture. However, he said the problem was that some narrow minded Chinese leaders only saw the Tibetan identity as a source of separation. His Holiness repeated his assertion that whether intentional or unintentional some sort of cultural genocide was taking place. His Holiness referred to the former Tibetan Autonomous Region Party Secretary Chen Kuiyuan who had issued directives for Tibet University in Lhasa not to teach any classical Tibetan spiritual texts. His Holiness said he was informed of this by some teachers of Tibet University. Similarly, His Holiness said he has received reports that some officials are recommending that Tibetan monasteries be converted from centers of Buddhist studies to mere temples with a few monks.

His Holiness also clarified that he had never asked all the Chinese to move out of Tibet, but that Tibetans be the majority as that was essential for the survival of the Tibetan identity. He referred to the development in Inner Mongolia where there were only three to four million Mongolians compared to around 20 million Chinese. His Holiness said in the past there were Chinese in his birth place and they had no problems with the Tibetans. Similarly there were some Chinese in Lhasa area, too. His Holiness talked about a situation something like for six million Tibetans around one million Chinese being there would not be a problem.

When asked what steps he could take on moving the Tibetan dialogue process forward, His Holiness said that from his side he had done everything possible and reminded the interviewer about Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s commitment that except for the issue of Tibetan independence everything else can be discussed and resolved. His Holiness said that some Chinese United Front officials have said that there is no Tibetan issue, but only the issue of the Dalai Lama. He said that the whole world knows that he is not asking for Tibetan independence while the Chinese Government continues to claim he is a separatist. He said that was the problem. Therefore, His Holiness said that the Chinese leadership needs to acknowledge that there is a Tibetan problem and begin serious discussions. He said once serious discussions start it should be the Tibetans in Tibet who should be taking active part in it. Currently, he said Tibetans in Tibet are afraid to speak their minds as they would be accused of being separatists. His Holiness said he had always said that the majority of Tibetans who are in Tibet are his boss. He said the previous Panchen Lama supported his approach as does Phuntsok Wangyal and Yangling Dorjee, former Tibetan officials in the Chinese Government. His Holiness said he had never asked the Chinese Government for any position for himself in the past and that he would not ask for such a thing even in the future.

To a question whether His Holiness was concerned about the future after him, he responded that as early as 1969 he had made clear that the Tibetan people should decide whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not. He said in exile since 2001 there is an elected political leadership and also young and qualified spiritual masters in all Tibetan Buddhist lineages are growing up. His Holiness therefore said he was not concerned.

His Holiness also clarified that although the media was using the term “Tibetan Government in Exile” he said we formally use the term “Central Tibetan Administration.”

His Holiness talked about the atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust that was currently prevalent among the Chinese leadership on the Tibetan issue and hoped that this interview would help clarify the issue.

Thereafter, the Tibetan students studying in the University of Northern Iowa had an audience with him during which he advised them on their study and briefed them on the importance of reaching out to the Chinese community.

His Holiness then explained the importance of developing moral ethics to promote inner peace. He said in this there were two options, one based on faith, in which case the complication arose as to which religion to choose. The other is a non-religion path, in which moral ethics are promoted on the basis of common experience, common sense and through scientific findings. His Holiness called this the promotion of secular ethics. His Holiness said his definition of secularism is not rejection of religion but something that India promotes namely equal respect to all religions. {HHDL is a great brand ambassador for India. Stupid Chinese, they lost it }

Virupaksha · Post by **Virupaksha** » 22 May 2010 06:54

http://www.ukwirednews.com/articles.php ... d-in-Tibet

some excerpts

People in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa will have to register their names if they want to make photocopies.

City shopkeepers say the authorities are particularly concerned about material printed in Tibetan. {ofcourse}

Individuals wanting to photocopy documents will have to show their ID cards and have the information recorded.

The police say they will carry out checks and punish any shop that does not abide by the new regulation.

The authorities say the change is aimed at stopping criminals carrying out illegal activities. {of course, what else? Who else are criminals but those who photocopy tibetan}

naren · Post by **naren** » 25 May 2010 07:27

Ann Curry Interviews His Holiness on NBC's Today Show

His Holiness is interviewed by Ann Curry on the NBC morning program The Today Show.

Venue: New York City, USA
Date: May 20th, 2010
Duration: 7 minutes
Languages: English

Ann Curry greets His Holiness the Dalai Lama as he arrives at the NBC studios. Photo/NBC

0:00:00 intro by Ann Curry, people experiencing difficulty
0:01:00 how can we find contentment, problems are temporary, man made problem, we have the ability to overcome these problems
0:02:00 short sightedness, think holistically, compare 20th 21st century
0:03:00 21st century much happier, compassionate, positive action, honest, truthful, transparent
0:04:00 man made problems can be reduced with right attitude, earthquake, thousands killed, how do you handle this
0:05:00 tragedy happen, way to overcome no need worry, no way to overcome no use to worry, haiti, chile, sichuan, response immense
0:06:00 humankind is becoming more compassionate, better, mischievous people always there, media highlight negative things, positive things taken for granted
0:07:00 thank you

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York, NY - May 20, 2010

New York, NY, USA, 20 May 2010 - On May 20, 2010 morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first went to the studios of NBC TV to participate in their The Today Show, which is a morning news and talk program. On his arrival he was received by Ann Curry, news anchor on the Show, who was the interviewer. Ms. Curry introduced His Holiness to Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, co-anchors, and Al Roker, weather reporter of the show. Seeing some problems with Mr. Roker’s eyes, His Holiness joked with him on this as he himself had some irritation with his eyes.

During the interview, His Holiness was asked for explanation about intolerance in today’s world in the light of his broader message that humanity was becoming gentler. His Holiness said that such problems affecting the world are temporary and that in the broader perspective the people in the 21st century are becoming much happier and compassionate as compared to those of the 20th century. Expanding on this, His Holiness said many of the problems in the world are man-made ones and so people would logically have the ability to resolve them, too. He said natural disasters were different.

His Holiness referred to the immense response by people all over the world to earthquakes in the world, including Haiti, and the Tsunami and said it was his impression that people in the early part of the 20th century, were not as considerate. His Holiness referred to these as positive signs.

Acknowledging the violence and disturbances that occur in the world, His Holiness said some mischievous people are always there. He, however, said he believes these are minority and do not reflect the broader human community who are positive. His Holiness said the media had a role in creating a different impression because they always tend to highlight the negative while taking the positive for granted.

Asked about his feelings upon learning of the earthquake tragedy in his homeland in Tibet and his desire to visit there to provide spiritual solace, His Holiness talked about reminding himself of the advice of an Indian master whenever he was faced with a problem or a tragedy. That advice is not to worry if there is a solution to a problem but knowing that there is no use worrying if there is no solution.

His Holiness called for the adoption of right attitude by people for a more positive world. His Holiness said such an attitude could contribute to either elimination or reduction of negativities in the world.

naren · Post by **naren** » 25 May 2010 07:42

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York, NY - May 20, 2010

His Holiness speaks to the media after a news conference at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Photo/Rueters

Before His Holiness began the afternoon session, he met with journalists and responded to their questions on issues relating to Tibet and the world. There were over 100 journalists present.

He was first asked about his optimism despite the absence of any positive attitude from the Chinese side. The journalist quoted a report by the International Campaign for Tibet about Chinese police opening fire on villagers in Amdo protesting a factory as a case in point. His Holiness responded that while the dialogue process with the Chinese leadership is yet to provide any positive results, he was optimistic for two main reasons. First, he said the People’s Republic of China is the most populated part of the world and had to go along the global trend towards transparency, rule of law, democracy and independence of the judiciary. His Holiness said that the authoritarian system in China had the ability to adapt to changing times and referred to the PRC’s history as composing of four eras. He said the first is the Mao Zedong era during which ideology was the most important. Then came the Deng Xiaoping era in which money replaced ideology and capitalism was adopted. His Holiness said this brought positive developments to millions of people in China. The third era was the Jiang Zemin era during which the new reality was acknowledged by the Communist Party in the form of the Three Represents. His Holiness said we are now in the Hu Jintao era which has seen the drawbacks of the past policies and are trying to rectify that through the development of a harmonious society.

Secondly, His Holiness said although his faith in the Chinese Government has been thinning, his faith in the Chinese people had not reduced. He talked about over 1000 articles in Chinese, with several hundreds written by Chinese intellectuals in China, since the 2008 demonstrations in Tibet and all of these articles were supportive of his approach towards the resolution of the Tibetan problem.

Another journalist asked him whether or not people should boycott the Tibetan pavilion at the ongoing Shanghai Expo. His Holiness said it was up to individuals. He said those who know something about Tibetan culture could visit the pavilion and if they found something wrong or distorted they could point them out. To a question on a report by the International Campaign for Tibet about Tibetan intellectuals being persecuted, His Holiness said unfortunately those narrow minded Communist officials see the unique Tibetan cultural heritage as a source or threat for separation. His Holiness spoke about a Chinese official in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Chen Kuiyuan, telling a party meeting more than 15 years back about the Tibetan Buddhist faith being the ultimate source of threat for the Party. His Holiness also talked about Chen Kuiyuan not allowing genuine study of Tibetan texts at Tibet University. {His Holiness knows how to inflict good H&D damage to Chen Kuiyuan That's how you screw your enemy through ahimsa }Those Tibetans who are intellectuals know the value of Tibetan culture and when they express their feelings they become target, His Holiness said.

His Holiness said when he was in China in 1954-55, the Communist Party of China was really wonderful, and the Party members were really dedicated to the service of the people. His Holiness said he was very much impressed and told Chinese officials about his desire to join the Party. His Holiness said he still is a Marxist (although some of his friends ask him not to mention that) and he admired its objective of equal distribution (“this is moral ethics”). His Holiness however talked about the clampdown after the Hundred Flowers Campaign in China itself and said any authoritarian system always subdue any force that has the potential to stand up to it.

His Holiness was asked about his optimism about the world, which he had mentioned during the Today Show in the morning. His Holiness said he was born in 1935 just before World War II. He said although Tibet was a little bit isolated he would learn about developments in the world through a Tibetan newspaper published in Kalimpong in India.

He then talked about his impression of the attitude of the German and Japanese people towards the United States on account of the history of suffering under American military power during World War II. He said in general there is no sign of hatred or ill feeling. His Holiness said he specifically asked his Japanese and German friends about any negative feeling towards Americans and they said they had no such feeling. Similarly when President Obama went to Berlin while he was a presidential candidate over 100,000 Berliners came to welcome him, which is an indication of the absence of negative feeling. His Holiness said before the Iraq war began many people went on the streets to oppose war. He said in the 1950s and 1960s people had the feeling that war was ultimately unavoidable. At that time the Warsaw Pact and NATO Pact countries had nuclear weapons ready to shoot at each other, he said. That kind of situation had now completely gone, not by force but through popular peaceful movement, His Holiness added. He said these are developments within one century.

On May 21, 2010 morning, His Holiness will be participating in his first-ever Twitter interview, at the invitation of Chinese writer Wang Lixiong, before continuing his Buddhist lectures. This interview will begin at around 8:00 am Eastern Time in the United States (8:00 pm in China) and will be twitted in Chinese by Wang Lixiong.