Bharat Rakshak

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Could China and India go to war over Tibet?
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 }

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}

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

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.

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.