12 QUOTES FROM THE DALAI LAMA – THE FIGHT AGAINST INNER ENEMY
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy
Indian Tradition describes Kaam (Lust), Krodh (Anger), Lobh (Miserliness), Moh (Infatuation), Mada(Arrogance), and Matsarya (Jealousy) as six Internal Enemies that steal, rob, and plunder man’s Peace of Mind and deny man experience of Happiness. To fight against External Enemy, man has to constantly prepare himself by fighting against Inner Enemy. With wisdom from Defender of the Earth, let us join hands to fight against our Enemies.
12 quotes from the Dalai Lama to make your day happier and calmer
As the Dalai Lama rings in the 82nd year of his life, let his inspirational words set your tone for the day.
HEMU GOEL
July 6, 2016 | UPDATED 12:52 IST
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Known as Lhamo Thondup at birth, the 14th Dalai Lama was born on July 6, 1935, to a farming and horse-trading family in Amdo, Tibet. When the search for the 14th Dalai Lama was on, among other omens the one that finalised the choice of the current Dalai Lama was when the head of the embalmed body of the 13th Dalai Lama turned from its original position to face the north-east, which was taken as a cue about the direction in which his successor would be found.
Though he was rechristened Tenzin Gyatso (short for Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, meaning Holy Lord, Gentle Glory, Compassionate, Defender of the Faith, Ocean of Wisdom), it’s only when he turned 15 that he formally attained the position of the spiritual and political leader of Tibet.
The Dalai Lama’s struggle against the Chinese government has been inspirational. It’s his affable manner and his sense of optimism with which he manages to convey the message that continue to cement his position as one of the most popular religious leaders across the world. On his 81st birthday, here are 12 quotes from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, that will help you see things in a whole new light.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – PEKING – TAWANG – NIXON CONNECTION
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon administration, I visited Tawang. I call it Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection.
I am sharing pictures of Sela Pass near Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh (North East Frontier Agency or NEFA), India, to recall my visit to Tawang in 1972 at the request of Nixon administration. President Richard M. Nixon after his famous visit to Peking to establish friendly relations with Communist China, surprised me when his Administration contacted my Unit to place surveillance equipment inside Tibet to monitor China’s nuclear tests. To perform that task, my Unit personnel did not require Passports or Visa documents for Tibet is claimed by them as their own territory.
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Trouble in Tibet – Walk The Talk – Red China’s Road Block. Peaceful Conflict Resolution in Occupied Tibet is impossible while Red China erects Road Block halting The Walk for Talks.
The Road Map for Peace and Reconciliation in Occupied Tibet is presented as “Umaylam” or Middle Way Approach. However, Red China is unwilling to talk or negotiate with the Dalai Lama on the issue of introducing ‘Meaningful Autonomy’ in Occupied Tibet. While it is commendable to recommend ‘Talk’ as a tool for Peaceful Conflict Resolution, how to get Red China to Walk to The Conference Table? If China refuses to Talk, How to Walk The Talk on Peaceful Conflict Resolution? Peaceful Conflict Resolution in Occupied Tibet is impossible while Red China erects Road Block halting The Walk for Talks.
Trouble in Tibet – Walk The Talk – Red China’s Road Block. Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga talked about the role of compassion to resolve conflicts in changing world. If China is Unwilling to Talk, How to Walk The Talk on Peaceful Conflict Resolution?
OUR OPINION: GOOD ADVICE FROM THE DALAI LAMA WE SHOULD ALL FOLLOW
Trouble in Tibet – Walk The Talk – Red China’s Road Block. The Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis. If China is Unwilling to Talk, how to Walk The Talk on Peaceful Conflict Resolution?
The Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga pose for a photo with mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis on Sunday.
The message was simple, but in the midst of a presidential campaign filled with mean tweets, name-calling and a general air of nastiness, it sounded downright revolutionary and refreshing.
Be kind. Practice compassion.
That was a theme of the keynote address delivered by the Dalai Lama Sunday at the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting in Indianapolis. According to an Indianapolis Star report, in a discussion that followed the address, the Buddhist leader, along with entertainer Lady Gaga and philanthropist Philip Anschuwitz, talked to more than 200 of the nation’s city mayors about the importance of being kind in a violent and angry world.
He said that people are compassionate by nature, and that enemies can be the best of friends.He also noted that the time has come for America to be the leading nation in the promotion of human compassion, human love in order to achieve compassionate world.
While there are compassionate people to be found in communities such as ours, there is no denying that the national discourse has deteriorated over the years. That’s thanks in no small part to a Congress where inflexibility is prized, demonizing the opposition plays well and failure to compromise on such mammoth challenges as immigration reform is the norm. And four months from the election of a new president, things are certain to get even uglier and more divisive.
In a panel discussion short on policy proposals and heavy on philosophy, the Dalai Lama called the 20th century the century of violence,and suggested that the 21st century should be one of talk.
That sounds good to us. Now if only he can get certain folks in Washington, D.C. and on the campaign trail to listen.
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OpEdNews Op Eds 6/22/2016 at 08:53:29 The Dalai Lama addresses joint session of California Legislature By SHAWN HAMILTON
Note to Readers: The Dalai Lama isn’t always easy to understand due to his accent, and I hope this general overview helps people better appreciate the message he delivered to California’s top politicians. I have added brackets to indicate omissions or additions of words required to make the prose easily readable. In some cases I had to listen to a segment three or four times before I could determine a word). The Dalai Lama begins to speak about 15 minutes, 30 seconds into the video. Shawn Hamilton
What is Happiness? Sunshine in Occupied Tibet. The Dalai Lama greets members of Legislature, California Capitol, 20 June 2016.
The Dalai Lama greets members of legislature, California Capitol, 20 June 2016 (image by SHAWN HAMILTON )
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalia Lama, opened his June 20th address to the California legislature (15:30) acknowledging “respected leaders” and the general audience as “brothers and sisters”. He light-heartedly kidded the legislators about their official formality before presenting a major theme of his talk–that we should concern ourselves with the welfare the 7 billion member family called humanity. Mentally, emotionally, and physically, he said, we are all the same, and assuring others’ happiness is key to our own. “Since we are social animals, the best way to take care of oneself [is to] take care of others. Others–community–is the basis of our own happy future,” he said. Throughout his talk, he stressed the common factor of the innate humanness behind people of all religions and ethnicities, indicating, specifically, various sects of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. “This religion, that religion,” he said. “It doesn’t matter.”
Dalai Lama, California Capitol, 20 June 2016 (image by Shawn Hamilton )
Another of the Dalai Lama’s themes involved the importance of children feeling parental love after their birth, and he made an interesting, and perhaps controversial, observation. He pointed generally to the assembled legislators and said that many successful people pursue ambitions tenaciously to compensate for their inherent lack of security.
He said he’d talked with scientists who had demonstrated that compassion is the natural state of humankind. Anger, jealously, and the other “poisons”, as they’re referred to in certain Buddhist teachings, arise out of “disturbance[s] of mind” rather than being innate qualities of a healthy human being. It’s an important point. Anger and violence, greed, jealousy, etc. are not normal modes no matter how much we rationalize and justify the actions that spring from them.
This is a cause for hope, the Dalai Lama said, reminding us that happiness and peace are internal states, which external riches, titles, influence, etc. can’t ultimately provide. Again he seemed to subtly let some air out of some inflated legislative egos when he said that even homeless people can be happy if they are surrounded by a community of friends who care about them–“happier even than successful businessmen or politicians,” he said smiling. “My number one commitment is [the] promotion of human love and compassion, irrespective of whether someone is a believer or non-believer, or between this believer and that believer,” he said.
A particularly interesting part of his talk comes at about 29:15. He specifically defends Muslims, apparently trying to coax listeners out of their prejudices.
What is Happiness? Sunshine in Occupied Tibet.
Unthinkable! Using religion as an excuse for killing, Dalai Lama (image by Shawn Hamilton )
“More than five decades I spent in India. In India you can see [different types of] believers live together.” He admitted that occasionally there are some problems, but he said (with a twinkle in his eye) that it is understandable, considering there is over a billion people living there. There’s bound to be a few problems. “India’s not heaven,” he said. “It’s part of the world. Some mischievous people must be there.” He went on to make his larger point that religious harmony in India is generally pretty good. “Indian Muslims [are] wonderful. It is wrong [to persecute Muslims]. We create some bad impression [that[ “Muslim” [and] “Islam” are “militant. I have a number of friends from the Muslim community. Wonderful people! All religious traditions have [the] same potential–to create a sensible human being, a compassionate human being,” he said.
The Dalai Lama also spoke about the importance of protecting the global environment. “This planet is the only place we can live happily, “breathe happily” he said, adding that the moon is beautiful but we can’t live there. Our only hope is to take care of Earth. “There’s no other choice except [to] fully protect our own home,” he said, taking the opportunity to say that those working for the benefit of the environment are engaged in something very important and necessary.
One controversial topic the Dalai Lama raised was gun control. “Real gun control must start here,” he said, pointing to his heart. He said that in order to demilitarize the world, there must be inner disarmament, an inner demilitarization. He cites anger and jealousy as examples of two internal causes of external violence. He showed a serious and firm side of himself when he mentions how people sometimes exploit religious faiths as a rationale for killing. “Unthinkable! “In the 20th century our way of thinking is [that] whenever we have some differences, some conflict, we always think [we can] to solve this by force That way of thinking is out of date,” he said confidently. “In this century, any problem [has to be] solved through talk–meet[ing] face to face. Now some of these people who create some sort of problems–so-called terrorists–these [problems] also have to be solved through human contact. [Keeping a] distance and using force, I don’t think, is the proper solution. That’s my belief,” he said, adding, “It’s our problem and our responsibility. Make some contribution for a better world, a happier humanity.”
Shawn Hamilton is a reporter and teacher in California. He began his teaching career in Taiwan (ROC) in 1989 when large rallies were supporting the protesters at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.
Trouble in Tibet – Chinese Repression Sealed Off Tibet
I speak about the Political Rights of Tibetans who are opposed to Red China’s military occupation of Tibet. Tibetans are not allowed to exercise any Human Rights. Chinese Repression transformed Tibet into a vast Military Prison.
Trouble in Tibet – Chinese Repression Sealed Off Tibet
Has Chinese repression sealed off Tibet?
Exile arrivals in India have plummeted from 3,320 in 2005 to just six so far this year
By SARANSH SEHGAL
DHARAMSALA/INDIA, 22 June 2016
As Chinese border guards searched the cargo truck he was hiding in, Yonten’s heart began to race. If they discovered him among the boxes, his attempt to escape Tibet would be over and he would end up in prison instead of India.
“I’m lucky I made it,” he said in an interview in Dharamsala, in northern India, where he has been granted asylum. “There are hundreds thinking of fleeing every day, but they fear being caught and further tortured by the Chinese police.”
The Tibetan exile spoke under the assumed name of Yonten for fear of reprisals against his family back home. China’s repressive policies in Tibet have been well documented, and rights groups say that activists and those trying to flee are often detained and tortured.
Following a crackdown on civil unrest in 2008, China stepped up its surveillance of Tibetans, tightened border security, and leaned on neighbouring Nepal to restrict entrance and send refugees back. Data provided to IRIN by the Tibetan Reception Centre in Dharamsala shows that the measures appear to have worked.
The number of Tibetans arriving in India fell from 3,320 in 2005 to 608 in 2008. In 2014, the year Yonten made it across the border into Nepal and onward to India, he was one of only 93 arrivals. So far this year, just six Tibetan refugees have made it.
An official who answered the phone at China’s Foreign Ministry in Beijing declined to answer questions about Tibet, but past official statements have largely ignored allegations of human rights abuses. Instead, China tends to emphasize investment and economic development in Tibet.
For example, the state-owned Xinhua news agency reported that China has invested $4.9 billion in water infrastructure over the past two decades, irrigating 200,000 hectares and providing safe drinking water for 2.4 million people. Another Xinhua article emphasised Tibet’s double-digit economic growth over the same time period.
Bloody crackdown
Economic growth may be convincing some Tibetans to stay home, but it is unlikely to entirely account for the precipitous drop in refugee arrivals in India since 2008. And in the minds of many Tibetan refugees and activists, economic development does not make up for China’s sometimes brutal history in the region.
China annexed Tibet in 1950 and brutally repressed a rebellion in 1959, the year the Dalai Lama escaped with thousands of followers and settled in India. By 2001, at least 110,000 Tibetans had fled to India, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
But the flood of Tibetan refugees was reduced to a trickle after the unrest of March 2008, which began with protests by Buddhist monks, but turned into riots. Police battled protestors, while some Tibetans also attacked members of communities who had migrated to Tibet from the rest of China. Estimates of the number killed and injured range from scores to hundreds, but it’s difficult to say with any certainty since China strictly limits media access to Tibet.
A two-year investigation on the crackdown by Human Rights Watch found that “Chinese forces broke international law – including prohibitions against disproportionate use of force, torture and arbitrary detention, as well as the right to peaceful assembly”.
Travel restrictions
In addition to imposing measures to prevent Tibetans from leaving their homeland, China has exerted pressure on neighbouring Nepal. Although India and Tibet do share a border, much of the frontier is disputed and militarized, and the rugged territory high in the Himalayas makes it a difficult crossing. Nepal remains the main route from Tibet to India, although it has become more restricted over the past few years.
“As a result of a massive security presence in Tibetan areas of China and increased cooperation between Nepalese and Chinese security forces in recent years, China has been able to stem the flow of Tibetan refugees escaping to Nepal,” said HRW in a 2014 report.
Nepal’s apparent cooperation with China has coincided with a surge of Chinese investment in that country, suggesting that there may be economic factors at play. Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said it would respond to questions from IRIN but did not reply before publication. When the HRW report was released, an official told the AFP news agency that Nepal was not deporting refugees, but was treating them humanely, and was not under pressure from China. Other sources, however, said the allegations were true.
When approached for comment on the number and treatment of Tibetan refugees in Nepal, UNHCR referred IRIN to the Tibetan Refugee Reception Centre, which it works with in that country.
“The Chinese government puts a lot of pressure on the Nepalese government to act against Tibetans escaping across the border and, in that course, hundreds get deported and, thereafter, the Chinese army detains and tortures them,” said a spokesperson from the centre. “This has become a norm since the past five to seven years.”
Even as China has stepped up security along the border, Tibetans are now subject to severe travel restrictions even within Tibet, said Robert Barnett, director of the Modern Tibet Studies Programme at Columbia University.
“Controls have been increased not just at the border itself, but on the roads leading to the border areas, and special permits are required to enter those within about 30 kilometres of the border,” he told IRIN. “There have also been increased controls on travel throughout Tibet as well.” ss/jf/ag
Trouble in Tibet – Which Type of Force Can Evict China? Dalai Lama Opens California Temple With Message of Compassion.
Trouble in Tibet – Which type of force can evict Red China?
Trouble in Tibet – Which type of force can evict Red China?
Tibetans under the Spiritual Leadership of His Holiness the Dalai Lama have shared their Road Map for Peace and Reconciliation in Occupied Tibet. However, Red China is adamantly refusing to talk to Tibetans to secure a Peaceful Resolution of Conflict in Tibet. In my analysis, Compassion can act as Physical Force and evict China from Occupied Tibetan territories without causing Pain and Suffering to members of People’s Liberation Army. Compassion exerts influence in Physical World without causing injury or illness.
VOA
TROUBLE IN TIBET – WHICH TYPE OF FORCE CAN EVICT CHINA? DALAI LAMA OPENS CALIFORNIA TEMPLE WITH MESSAGE OF COMPASSION.
DALAI LAMA OPENS CALIFORNIA TEMPLE WITH MESSAGE OF COMPASSION
Trouble in Tibet – Which Type of Force Can Evict China? Dalai Lama Opens California Temple with Message of Compassion.
The Dalai Lama prays at the Dieu Ngu Temple in Westminster, Calif., June 18, 2016.
MIKE O’SULLIVAN
June 18, 2016 8:15 PM
WESTMINSTER, CALIFORNIA—
Thousands of people, many of them Buddhists who left Vietnam decades ago and came to the U.S. to live, have flocked to the Southern California neighborhood known as Little Saigon to welcome the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who is dedicating a new temple there.
At a religious teaching session Saturday that drew many visitors, the 80-year-old Dalai Lama said the world needs more compassion in a time of violence.
Canadian Lyane Pellerin, who has attended many talks by the Dalai Lama in the past, agreed, saying, “We certainly do need more peace talks and kindness, understanding and dialogue.”
Trouble in Tibet – Which Type of Force Can Evict China? Dalai Lama Opens California Temple with Message of Compassion.
The Dalai Lama will dedicate the $6 million Dieu Ngu Temple on Saturday. (M. O’Sullivan/VOA)
Thousands of people gathered outside the Dieu Ngu Temple early Saturday, waiting for the gates to open at 6 a.m. The Dalai Lama will dedicate the temple Sunday.
“Just to be in the presence of the Dalai Lama is a wonderful thing,” said Wanda Matjas, one of those who turned out at dawn.
‘A WISE, WISE MAN’
Vietnamese-American Annie Hoang said she came to hear the revered Tibetan monk’s spiritual message.
“I’ve loved the Dalai Lama,” she said. “I think that he’s such a wise, wise man, and he represents such great knowledge, and everything that I’ve always wanted.”
The Dalai Lama’s presence is an important boost for the Dieu Ngu Temple, a $6 million project that marks a milestone of growth for the Vietnamese Buddhist community. Vietnamese immigrants — Buddhists, Catholics and others — have built their community over the past four decades in Southern California, where they arrived in search of political and religious freedom.
Trouble in Tibet – Which Type of Force Can Evict China? Dalai Lama Opens California Temple with Message of Compassion.
“I remember when we started building this,” Jessica Ha says of the Dieu Ngu Temple. “Our monks’ biggest dream was to have the Dalai Lama come and talk.” (M. O’Sullivan/VOA) The temple was founded in a Little Saigon home in 2008 and later moved to a warehouse as it grew. Monks and temple members spearheaded the drive to raise funds for the new structure, which features traditional architecture.
“I remember when we started building this,” said Jessica Ha, whose parents are longtime members. “Our monks’ biggest dream was to have the Dalai Lama come and talk, and it’s happening! Good things come to really good people, and this is it.”
DRAWN TO PHILOSOPHY
The Dalai Lama always draws interest from non-Asians.
Trouble in Tibet – Which Type of Force Can Evict China? Dalai Lama Opens California Temple with Message of Compassion.
Temple visitor Eve Moon says her family was drawn to “Buddhist philosophy and the Dalai Lama’s message, and in general, humanitarianism and peace.” (M. O’Sullivan/VOA)
“I was raised by parents who traveled the world and a Vietnam vet father that didn’t know where home was anymore,” said visitor Eve Moon. She said her family was drawn to “Buddhist philosophy and the Dalai Lama’s message, and in general, humanitarianism and peace.”
Buddhists from many traditions — Chinese and Southeast Asian, among others — came to the temple. They included Czech visitor Martin Vitovic, who embraces the Dalai Lama’s teachings. He said he’d been interested in the Tibetan’s message for “about three years, and I want to see him.”
Vietnamese-American Buddhists said the Dalai Lama inspired listeners with his message, and they felt his visit also drew attention to California’s Little Saigon and its imposing new temple.
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UNENDING STORY OF RED TERROR IN TIBET – 1961 INTERVIEW WITH THE DALAI LAMA
UNENDING STORY OF RED TERROR IN TIBET DALAI LAMA LIVES IN EXILE SINCE MARCH 1959.
US News interviewed the Dalai Lama in 1961 in which he shared aspects of Red Terror in Tibet. Tibetans suffered lot more during the years of Cultural Revolution which may have concluded in China after death of Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong. As far as Tibetans are concerned, the story of Red Terror has remained the same with new dimensions that Dalai Lama could not foresee in 1961.
The Red Terror in Tibet: 1961 Interview With the Dalai Lama
In a 1961 Q&A with U.S. News, the Dalai Lama described Red China’s movements in Tibet.
By U.S. NEWS STAFF June 15, 2016, at 12:42 p.m.
UNENDING STORY OF RED TERROR IN TIBET. DALAI LAMA WITH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ON APRIL 22, 1961.
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru clasps hands as he and the Dalai Lama, god-king of Tibet, meet at Nehru’s New Delhi, India, residence on April 22, 1961, to discuss rehabilitating an estimated 50,000 refugees who fled Tibet when red China took over in 1959. The Dalai Lama is now living in exile in India. (AP)
This article originally appeared in the April 24, 1961, edition of U.S. News & World Report.
At a time when Communists are denouncing “colonialism” and “imperialism”—
Take a look at what Red China is doing in its captive “colony” of Tibet.
Communists shot their way in, now are systematically “absorbing” that ancient land.
To get the story of what Red colonizers are doing, a member of the staff of “U. S. News & World Report” journeyed into the highlands of Northern India for this exclusive interview with the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual ruler—now a refugee from the Communists.
DHARMSALA, India—
Q Your Holiness, are Tibetans being forced out of Tibet?
A In some places, yes—in Northern and Eastern Tibet.
Q How many have been deported?
A I cannot give you an exact figure, but it would run to at least 15,000.
The Chinese foreign ministry vociferously objected to the meeting.
Q Have they been replaced by Chinese settlers?
A Many more Chinese settlers than that have come into Tibet.
Q What sort of settlers?
A All types, but mostly soldiers. Tibetans usually divide them into two types—”yellow” Chinese and “blue” Chinese. “Blue” Chinese are officials and villagers. “Yellow” Chinese are troops. Recently some Tibetans came here from Lhasa and they told me there were more “yellow” Chinese in Tibet.
Q What’s taking place inside the country?
A People are all frightened and tense—always afraid they won’t finish tasks the Chinese have given them to do. The worry about famine.
There’s a saying in Tibet, “We are sitting on a thorn.” Now all Tibet is sitting on a thorn—and anyone who moves is hurt. It’s not just a matter of political rights. Their human right are being suppressed, too.
Q In what way?
A They’re having to undergo all types of forced labor. For 20 hours a day, people in Tibet must work and listen to Communist propaganda. Two or three men have to do the work that once was done by two mules, hauling stones in mule carts—
Q Do you mean people instead of mules now pull carts?
A Yes, as a form of torture. Some haul stones, others have to carry baskets of dirt. The normal quota for one day is 250 baskets, but some have to carry 300 baskets a day. Many of these people have developed sores on their backs. This is something that was never known in Tibet before.
Q What kind of food are Tibetan people getting?
A They get worse food than the animals do. People who come from Lhasa have brought samples of the food they get—a mixture of grains and meal which they mix with water and form into a cake. They get about two small teacups of this per day. Sometimes in place of grain they get two teacups of beans.
Compiled by the U.S.News & World Report library staff.
Q What kinds of military activities are going on in Tibet?
A They’ve built very good roads—a network of roads. In some areas of Western Tibet they’ve built airfields.
Q Have you heard any reports of restlessness among the Chinese troops?
A I believe this to be true. The reason is that, since 1958, some Chinese soldiers and officers have joined resistance troops in Tibet.
Q Is the resistance underground operating effectively?
A Yes. Out of sheer desperation—as long as oppression goes on, out of sheer desperation there will be resistance.
Q What do they fight with? How are they armed?
A The only weapons they possess are those they’ve managed to capture from the Chinese. They have guns, but they’ve even been using slingshots, spears, knives and swords.
Q Have there been any pitched battles?
A Yes, there have been many.
Q What’s happening to religion inside Tibet?
A The Chinese are using two principal methods against religion:
Firstly, they’re trying to obliterate the existing ancient religion by attacking religious leaders; they’ve murdered several and sent others to forced labor. You may have heard of our famous monasteries—Drepung, Sera, Ganden. At one of these, Sera, there used to be about 8,000 monks. Now there are only two or three hundred left. Where have the others gone? Some to forced labor, some to China, some killed, some to prison.
Secondly, as regards our sacred texts and images, only some have been preserved in Lhasa to show foreign visitors. Images made of brass or gold or silver have been melted. Those made of clay have been thrown away. Sacred texts have been used as shoe soles or burned. So religion is being destroyed.
Unending story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama in Exile since 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama lives in Exile since March 1959. His Journey into Exile.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959. Picture taken in 1967.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama’s Journey into Exile began in March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959. Photo taken in May 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile since March 1959. Photo taken in 1959 with Indian President Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama’s Journey into Exile began in March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959. Seen with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since 1959. Seen with Maharaja of Sikkim.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since march 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Chinese Vive-Premier Chen Yi with Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. Dalai Lama forced into Exile in March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama’s Journey into Exile began in March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since National Tibetan Uprising of March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama forced into Exile in March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama’s Journey into Exile began in March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama’s Journey into Exile began in March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama’s Journey into Exile began in March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Forced to Live in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama’s Journey into Exile began in March, 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama’s Journey into Exile began in March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama Lives in Exile Since March 1959. Seen with Indian Vice President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.On wholedude.com
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama was forced into exile after failed Tibetan Uprising of March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama’s Journey into Exile began in March 1959.
Unending Story of Red Terror in Tibet. Dalai Lama’s Journey into Exile began in March 1959.
UNENDING STORY OF RED TERROR IN TIBET. THE DALAI LAMA (TENZIN GYATSO) LIVING IN EXILE SINCE MARCH 1959.
Trouble in Tibet – Red China’s Policy of Obstructionism
Trouble in Tibet – Red China’s Policy of Obstructionism: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speaking with US President Barack Obama during their meeting in the Map Room of The White House in Washington, DC on July 16, 2011.
Red China, after forcing His Holiness the Dalai Lama to live in exile, is pursuing the policy of ‘Obstructionism’ creating Stumbling Blocks, and erecting Roadblocks preventing global community from reaching the destination of Peace and Justice in Occupied Tibet.
Trouble in Tibet – Red China’s Policy of Obstructionism: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speaking with US President Barack Obama during their meeting in the Map Room of The White House in Washington, DC on Friday, February 21, 2014.(Official White House photo by Pete Souza)
OBAMA TO MEET DALAI LAMA AT WHITE HOUSE, DEFYING BEIJING June 15, 2016
Trouble in Tibet – Red China’s Policy of Obstructionism: President Barack Obama meets with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House, Feb. 18, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
China on Wednesday warned US President Barack Obama against meeting with the Dalai Lama at the White House, saying that hosting the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader could damage mutual trust.
Obama has met the Dalai Lama several times before and calls the monk, who is revered by Tibetans but portrayed by Beijing as a dangerous separatist, “a good friend.”The tete a tete, planned for Wednesday will — as usual — take place behind closed doors in an effort to avoid angering China, which accuses the Nobel peace laureate of using “spiritual terrorism” to seek independence for Tibet.
“China’s Foreign Ministry has launched solemn representations with the US side, expressing our firm opposition to such an arrangement,” foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters.
“If such meeting goes through, it will send a wrong signal to the separatist forces seeking Tibet independence and it will damage mutual trust and cooperation,” he added.
The spiritual leader — who has lived in exile in India since a failed 1959 uprising — has for decades called for more Tibetan autonomy rather than independence.
Beijing maintains he is a “wolf in monk’s clothing” and vigorously lobbies — often successfully — against foreign leaders meeting him.
Obama made a high-profile public appearance with the Dalai Lama last year at a prayer breakfast in Washington, calling him “a powerful example of what it means to practice compassion.”
But three prior meetings were held privately, and Obama was criticised in 2010 for obliging the 80-year-old, clad in his characteristic red robes and flip flops, to leave the White House through a back door and walk past piles of snow and bags of rubbish.
Obama’s schedule indicated the Wednesday meeting would be held away from the cameras in the White House Map Room, not the Oval Office.
TIBETANS APPLAUD
Tibetans “feel happy about His Holiness meeting the president,” said Sonam Dagpo of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding they hoped the US would support “the struggle of Tibetans.”
China has ruled Tibet since the 1950s, but many Tibetans say Beijing represses their Buddhist religion and culture — charges China denies.
More than 130 ethnic Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2009 in protest at Beijing’s rule, campaign groups and overseas media have said. Most of them have died.
The Dalai Lama has described the protests as acts of desperation that he is powerless to stop.Many observers believe China is confident that the Tibetan movement will lose much of its potency and global appeal when the charismatic Dalai Lama dies.
The Dalai Lama has also increasingly spoken of succession and has not ruled out picking his reincarnation before his death, fearing that China would instead pick its own boy whom it would use to advance its agenda.
His stance has led Chinese communist rulers, who are officially atheist, to insist that the Dalai Lama can only reincarnate after his death.
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China warns U.S. on visits by Dalai Lama, Taiwan president
The Dalai Lama speaks at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 13, 2016.
Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
BEIJING China warned the United States on Tuesday to stick by its promises not to support any separatist activities, ahead of a U.S. visit by Taiwan’s new president and a possible meeting between the Dalai Lama and U.S. President Barack Obama.
The self-ruled, democratic island of Taiwan and the remote mountainous region of Tibet are two of China’s most sensitive political and diplomatic issues.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said both issues involved the “one China” policy, a basic diplomatic tenet referring to both Taiwan and Tibet being part of China that Beijing insists foreign governments recognize.
“I can responsibly tell you that on this issue the U.S. government has made solemn promises, which is to uphold a one China policy,” Lu told a daily news briefing.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will transit in Miami on her way to Panama, one of the island’s few diplomatic allies, for the expansion ceremony of the Panama Canal and stopover in Los Angeles on her return, Taiwan deputy foreign minister Javier Ching-shan Hou said on Tuesday.
Her trip abroad from June 24 to July 2 will also include a state visit to another ally, Paraguay, the government said.
Travel abroad is sensitive for Taiwanese leaders who have angered China in the past because it is seen as exerting sovereignty.
China is suspicious of Tsai, who assumed office last month, as she is also head of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Lu said the U.S. has said it opposes Taiwan independence.
“We demand the U.S. government earnestly stands by its promises, conscientiously handle the relevant issue in accordance with the one China principle and not give any space to any individual or behavior which tries to create two Chinas, one China one Taiwan, or to split China,” he added.
Taiwan deputy minister Hou gave no details on who Tsai would meet while in the U.S.
On the issue of the Dalai Lama, whom Beijing brands a dangerous separatist, Lu said the United States also recognizes that Tibet is an inseparable part of China.
“The 14th Dalai Lama often puts up the facade of religion to peddle internationally his political position of splitting China,” he said.
“We demand no country or government give him any space for such activities and should certainly not do anything the 1.3 billion people of China would resolutely oppose.”
Asked if he would meet Obama during his three-day visit to Washington, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama told Reuters on Monday it was “not finalised, but some friends say he may meet me”.
The Dalai Lama says he simply wants genuine autonomy for Tibet rather than independence.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Additional reporting by J.R. Wu in Taipei)
Trouble in Tibet – Where is hope for World’s Future
Trouble in Tibet – Where is hope for World’s Future
I am not able to share the sense of optimism expressed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama about World’s Future. In my view, Tibet’s military occupation is symptom of World’s Spiritual Sickness. I am not expressing sense of Fear, Despair, or Hopelessness. I am stating that the World has no Future as long as nations like United States, and India continue to maintain trade and commerce relations with Red China with no concern for values of Freedom, Democracy, Peace, and Justice.
The Dalai Lama: Why I’m hopeful about the world’s future
The Dalai Lama says the shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub that left 49 people dead is an example of outdated “20th century” thinking. (Reuters)
By The Dalai Lama June 13 at 3:47 PM
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of Tibet. Since 1959, he has lived in exile in Dharamsala in northern India.
Almost six decades have passed since I left my homeland, Tibet, and became a refugee. Thanks to the kindness of the government and people of India, we Tibetans found a second home where we could live in dignity and freedom, able to keep our language, culture and Buddhist traditions alive.
My generation has witnessed so much violence — some historians estimate that more than 200 million people were killed in conflicts in the 20th century.
Today, there is no end in sight to the horrific violence in the Middle East, which in the case of Syria has led to the greatest refugee crisis in a generation. Appalling terrorist attacks — as we were sadly reminded this weekend — have created deep-seated fear. While it would be easy to feel a sense of hopelessness and despair, it is all the more necessary in the early years of the 21st century to be realistic and optimistic.
There are many reasons for us to be hopeful. Recognition of universal human rights, including the right to self-determination, has expanded beyond anything imagined a century ago. There is growing international consensus in support of gender equality and respect for women. Particularly among the younger generation, there is a widespread rejection of war as a means of solving problems. Across the world, many are doing valuable work to prevent terrorism, recognizing the depths of misunderstanding and the divisive idea of “us” and “them” that is so dangerous. Significant reductions in the world’s arsenal of nuclear weapons mean that setting a timetable for further reductions and ultimately the elimination of nuclear weapons — a sentiment President Obama recently reiterated in Hiroshima, Japan — no longer seem a mere dream.
The notion of absolute victory for one side and defeat of another is thoroughly outdated; in some situations, following conflict, suffering arises from a state that cannot be described as either war or peace. Violence inevitably incurs further violence. Indeed, history has shown that nonviolent resistance ushers in more durable and peaceful democracies and is more successful in removing authoritarian regimes than violent struggle.
It is not enough simply to pray. There are solutions to many of the problems we face; new mechanisms for dialogue need to be created, along with systems of education to inculcate moral values. These must be grounded in the perspective that we all belong to one human family and that together we can take action to address global challenges.
It is encouraging that we have seen many ordinary people across the world displaying great compassion toward the plight of refugees, from those who have rescued them from the sea, to those who have taken them in and provided friendship and support. As a refugee myself, I feel a strong empathy for their situation, and when we see their anguish, we should do all we can to help them. I can also understan the fears of people in host countries, who may feel overwhelmed. The combination of circumstances draws attention to the vital importance of collective action toward restoring genuine peace to the lands these refugees are fleeing.
Tibetan refugees have firsthand experience of living through such circumstances and, although we have not yet been able to return to our homeland, we are grateful for the humanitarian support we have received through the decades from friends, including the people of the United States.
A further source of hope is the genuine cooperation among the world’s nations toward a common goal evident in the Paris accord on climate change. When global warming threatens the health of this planet that is our only home, it is only by considering the larger global interest that local and national interests will be met.
I have a personal connection to this issue because Tibet is the world’s highest plateau and is an epicenter of global climate change, warming nearly three times as fast as the rest of the world. It is the largest repository of water outside the two poles and the source of the Earth’s most extensive river system, critical to the world’s 10 most densely populated nations.
To find solutions to the environmental crisis and violent conflicts that confront us in the 21st century, we need to seek new answers. Even though I am a Buddhist monk, I believe that these solutions lie beyond religion in the promotion of a concept I call secular ethics. This is an approach to educating ourselves based on scientific findings, common experience and common sense — a more universal approach to the promotion of our shared human values.
Over more than three decades, my discussions with scientists, educators and social workers from across the globe have revealed common concerns. As a result, we have developed a system that incorporates an education of the heart, but one that is based on study of the workings of the mind and emotions through scholarship and scientific research rather than religious practice. Since we need moral principles — compassion, respect for others, kindness, taking responsibility — in every field of human activity, we are working to help schools and colleges create opportunities for young people to develop greater self-awareness, to learn how to manage destructive emotions and cultivate social skills. Such training is being incorporated into the curriculum of many schools in North America and Europe — I am involved with work at Emory University on a new curriculum on secular ethics that is being introduced in several schools in India and the United States.
It is our collective responsibility to ensure that the 21st century does not repeat the pain and bloodshed of the past. Because human nature is basically compassionate, I believe it is possible that decades from now we will see an era of peace — but we must work together as global citizens of a shared planet.
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