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friendship must be based on trust: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

By Yeshe Choesang: 26 September 2014

Undated image of Ven Lobsang Gedun, from Drongsar Monastery, Dhakshang village, Tsawa Pashoe county, Kham region of eastern Tibet. Photo: TPI

By Yeshe Choesang: 18 September 2014

Dharamshala: - Sources coming out of Tibet say a Chinese court in the Tibet Autonomous Region has sentenced a Tibetan monk to a ten year prison term over shouting slogans “Tibet is an independent country” and “Long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”

“Ven Lobsang Gedun, 21, was sentenced previous week after being held in a detention center in Chamdho, Kham region of eastern Tibet for more than a year,” sources said, adding “it is sad that he was not allowed to meet his family members.”

“He was beaten and tortured while in Chinese police custody and the condition of his health is unknown,” Gyatso an exiled Tibetan currently living in India told The Tibet International (TPI) quoting local Tibetans.

TPI has earlier reported on the Chinese police arrest of Gedun, a monk of Dzongsar Monastery from Tsawa Pashoe County, Kham Province of Eastern Tibet.

“On 1 July, 2013, Gedun rose in the middle of the recital of the Chinese National Anthem during an event of the Founding P-5.....

Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Solidarity vigils held for Tibetan self-immolator Lhamo Tashi

New Delhi, India, 22 September 2014: - Describing himself just one human being among 7 billion others, the spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama said friendship must be based on ‘trust, honesty and openness’, while also decreasing ways of thinking in terms of ‘us’ and ‘them.’

Monday morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was invited to speak at the Indian Habitat Centre by Rajeev Chandrasekhar MP and the Ashoka University. Mr Chandrasekhar is an independent member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, representing Karnataka and Bangalore.

The Ashoka University is a fully residential university whose founders believe that education should be holistic and liberal.

In his introduction Mr Chandrasekhar praised His Holiness as someone who espouses peace and co-existence.

“Dear brothers and sisters,” His Holiness began, “that is what we all are, 7 billion human beings, brothers and sisters, each born from a mother and surviving in dependence on each other.

In the past people were self-sufficient and able to live in isolated communities, but today we are much more interdependent.

Climate change and the functioning of the global economy present challenges that affect us all, which we have to face together.

“Thinking in terms of ‘us’ and ‘them’ is therefore very unhelpful.

I consider myself to be just one human being among 7 billion others. If I think of myself as different from others or as something special it creates a barrier between us. We all want to lead happy lives, to gather friends around us and friendship is based on trust, honesty and openness. This is another aspect of the oneness of human beings. If we defeat others, we too are harmed; if others are successful, we too benefit.”

He spoke of how religious traditions outline different approaches to the same goal. Theistic traditions believe in god the creator, while non-theistic traditions, like some of the Samkhyas, Jains and Buddhists believe in self-creation. Although Samkhyas and Jains

Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Indian Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India on September 22, 2014, during a meeting titled ‘one world, one vision, one future’. Photo/ Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

believe in a self independent of the body and mind, Buddhists say there is no such self. He clarified that this is not to say that self does not exist at all, but that it exists in dependence on other factors.

His Holiness mentioned that while some say the best way to serve god is to serve others, it is also evident that to help others rather than harming them, treating them with love and compassion leads to lasting trust and friendship. Friends attracted to the rich and powerful,

Tibetan man set himself on fire in protest at Chinese rule in Tibet

however, tend to be only short term friends of wealth and power.

In answering questions from the audience, His Holiness explained that Tibetan Buddhism preserves the traditions of Nalanda University, that the Tibetan language is the most accurate means of expressing that profound knowledge. He mentioned that in terms of the past, the writings of Nalanda masters such as Nagarjuna are what have impressed him most.

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Xi’s visit with banners hang at Taj ‘Xi: Free Tibet Now’

Tibetans and supporters in Dharamshala and Delhi hold candle light vigil to express solidarity with self-Immolators and their familiess in Tibet, on 21 September, 2014. Photo: TPI

By Yeshe Choesang: 22 September 2014 Thursday morning at 10 am, four Tibetan activists of Students for a Free Tibet-India (SFT-India) unfurled two big 16 x 5 feet banners from a tall electrical pole and a metro construction pillar just 50 metres away from the Taj Palace Hotel where the Chinese President Xi Jinping is residing during his two day visit to New Delhi. Photo: TPI

Dharamshala: - Exiled Tibetans in McLeodganj and Majnu ka tilla held candle light vigil on Sunday (September 21) to express solidarity with self-immolators and protested.

Lhamo Tashi, a 22-year old Tibetan youth, set himself on fire on September 17 (Wednesday) in Tsoe County in Amdho region of north-eastern Tibet protesting China’s hard line policies in Tibet.

Rtyc Delhi organised a candle light vigil for Lhamo Tashi.

The march was joined by TibetanYouth Congress members, Rtwa Delhi Samyeling members ,Rtyc Rohini students and local residents of Majnu ka tilla.

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By Yeshe Choesang: 18 September 2014

Tibetan and Indian activists protest ahead of Xi Jinping’s Visit

Undated photo of Lhamo Tashi, a 22-year old Tibetan student who reportedly died after setting himself abaze in Tsoe County, Amdho region of northeastern Tibet. Photo: TPI

By Yeshe Choesang: 22 September 2014

On 15 September, 2014, Tibetan and Indian activists protesting at India Gate in New Delhi, India ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Visit to India. Photo: TPI

By Jane Cook: 15 September 2014

September 15, New Delhi: - Tibetan and Indian members of Students for a Free Tibet-India did a photo action this afternoon in front of India Gate, displaying a banner reading ‘Tibet’s Independence, India’s Security’.

The 7 activists also displayed the Indian tricolour and the Tibetan national flag. This photo-action was carried out in protest of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s maiden visit to India later this week.

SFT-India submitted a petition to Prime Minister Modi’s office in South Block this morning. The petition was launched on Change.org and received over 4000 signatures urging PM Modi to talk about the crisis in Tibet with Xi Jinping, and simultaneously secure India’s interests by P-5..... holding a strong ground in front of China.

Dharamshala: - Sources coming out of Tibet says a Tibetan youth died after setting himself alight in Tsoe County, an area in North-Eastern Tibet, in an apparent protest against the Chinese government rule and repressive policies in the region.

The man, identified as Lhamo Tashi, a 22-year-old student selfimmolated in an apparent protest against the Chinese government’s continuing repressive policies in the three traditional provinces of Tibet. Tashi set himself ablaze around 12am = midnight, 17 September, 2014 (local time) in front of a police station in Tsoe City in Tsoe County (Chinese: Hezuo county, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures, southwest of Gansu Province).

The sources have also told The Tibet Post that soon after the incident, the student’s remains was taken by Chinese police that he reportedly died on the spot after raising slogans in protest against Chinese rule of Tibet. The next day, the police however returned some of his remains to his parents.

Full details of the incident have yet to emerge, but, according to the same sources, many beleive that Tashi set himself on fire in protest Chinse president Xi Jinping’s state visit to India.

Information on the latest incident virally spread across social networking sites like Facebook and wechat.

This incident brought the total verified number of self-immolations in Tibet to 131 since February, 2009 and and of them 113 were

reportedly passed-away due to their severe injuries.

A 32-year-old man Trinley Namgyal, self-immolated in an apparent protest against the Chinese government’s continuing repressive policies in Tibet. Namgyal set himself ablaze on 15 April this year, near the Chinese government building in Khangsar township in Tawu county in Kham region of eastern Tibet to protest against Chinese oppression.

The Tibetan self-immolators have demanded for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and freedom for the Tibetan people.

The wave of self-immolation protests that continued in the occupied Himalayan region over the recent years, many areas in Tibet have suffered severe crackdowns and been under heightened restrictions and controls.

The Chinese government has blamed the self-immolation protests on hostile foreign forces that want to separate Tibet from China.

Many Tibetans allegedly associated or linked with the selfimmolators have been detained. Some have been sentenced to long prison terms or death.

The Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamshala, India, has made several appeals urging Tibetans inside Tibet to refrain from taking drastic actions such as self-immolations.

Chinese government says the Himalayan region has always been part of its territory, but Tibetans say Tibet was virtually independent for centuries until Chinese troops invaded in the 1950s.

New Delhi, September 18: - This morning at 10 am, four Tibetan activists of Students for a Free Tibet-India (SFT-India) unfurled two big 16 x 5 feet banners from a tall electrical pole and a metro construction pillar just 50 metres away from the Taj Palace Hotel on Thursday where the Chinese President Xi Jinping is residing during his two day visit to New Delhi.

The banners reading “Xi: Free Tibet Now” was dropped as Xi Jinping was entering Taj Palace Hotel in order to directly confront the Chinese leader about the crimes against humanity and the illegal occupation of Tibet. The activists were all arrested and are currently in police custody.

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2014 Taiwan int’l conference on Tibet held in Taipei

2014 Taiwan International Conference on Tibet held in Taipei, on 20 September, 2014. Photo: TPI/Artemas Liu

By Penny Saffron: 25 September 2014

Taipei: - An international conference to discuss the issue of Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia was held September 20 at the National Taiwan University Alumini Hall in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.

The conference was organized jointly by the local Tibetan Welfare Association and the Office of Tibet. It was attended by around 16 outstanding academicians, media personalities and activists from various fields. P-4.....

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Effects of colonialism and dictatorism on Tibet’s past and present

Notice by the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of Ngaba Police Department: We at the Police Department remind you that the use of Tibetan language is required your identity card to typing and printing. Photo: TPI 30 September 2014

Dharamshala: - The challenge of Human Rights campaigners around the world is to reflect on the commitments of past generations who worked so hard and sacrificed everything to bring Democracy, freedom and human values to the people of today.

Tibetans in their own home country have become victims of deep-seated prejudice. Carefully created hardline policies have led to a deep rooted tradition of cultural genocide in Tibet through the denial of basic fundamental rights for 65 years.

Those blind governments, in the developed and developing world, who pursue only power and economic interest are not likely to ratify human rights treaties, but rather pampered and behaving as a shameless bigotry in their selfish want for their own country’s needs. China’s use of regular excuses about Tibet such as “neo-colonialism” or “Sensitive Issues” is China’s unchanging escape from addressing the Tibet Human Rights abuses.

By this they have created a self-creating universe; a ‘great wall’ behind which they can do whatever they please in Tibet.

One question immediately comes to mind upon listening to many world leaders, for more than half century; why the international community has struggled to rein-in the monolithic political ambitions of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), while largely turning a blind eye to the suffering of the Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongolians?

It was perhaps understandable that diplomats would focus their energy on curtailing the Beijing’s pursuit of growing economy rather than concentrating their efforts on improving the lives of average of people, while differentiating those universal values in the four-dimensional continents of the world.

The regime’s political ambitions and its development of ballistic economy—witness the recent years’ “neo-colonialism” tests—pose a direct threat not only to the UN Human Rights Council, but also to the broader objective of universal human values, democracy and freedom.

And after all, no one had compiled a comprehensive record of the systematic brutality imposed upon Tibetans, Uighurs and the citizens of the PRC by their own government. A shame which the whole world should and must address.

As the whole world witnessed, if a state’s government is only looking to benefit themselves, they are more likely to avoid abiding by set human rights and freedom. However, those looking to benefit the world as a whole and not just themselves are more likely to ratify these human values even if it means giving up their state sovereignty. China and UK are the antithesis of these freedoms. This month the people of Scotland were allowed by the UK parliament and their monarchy to hold a referendum on whether to become independent . They made their own choices based on their best judgment for a better future and yet many corners of the world, including Tibet still suffer a great deal and face misery under the those fascist dictatorship regimes, having the freedom to decide their own fate a distant dream.

The effects of colonialism and dictatorism past and present are visible all over Tibet and Eastern Turkestan. The fact remains, although no one can

foresee when - Tibet’s today, will become Inner Mongolia’s tomorrow where the Mongolian people one day will never be found from the disappearing map of the World. Arbitrary arrest, repression, torture, intimidation, imprisonment have been the regular feature for the last 65 years.

These decades of the 21st century were a time of genocide, and violence for the people of Tibet.

From Mao to Hu, one after another the Chinese authorities have taken full control over the lives of their citizens, Tibetan, and other minorities.

However the suffering of Tibet may not be part of UN general assembly record, but our peaceful freedom struggle will definitely remembered in world history, perhaps becoming something that our generation and the generations before us will be defined by.

It is not an overstatement when world leaders describe the condition of Democracy, Human Rights, Freedom and Self-determination as torn away from their past, propelled into a universe fashioned from outside that suppresses their values, and dumbfounded by a economy invasion that marginalises them. The Tibetan Plateau is today the deformed image of its former self; hollowed out for it’s resources and scarred for it’s history.

Despite the severe violations of human rights having increased significantly in recent years under China’s self-creating political argument“Sensitive Issue”, the Tibetan people and all peace loving people wherever they may be on this planet, must reflect deeply on their history as it relates to their moral authority and profound dignity of them and their children.

We know Tibet may be part of UN family, but our history of freedom of movement will remain only as voices and memories of people, communities, and families that tell the generations to come, about a time long lost. History is the compass that wise people use to locate themselves on the map of the world, it is what defines us and defines our future as both individuals and as a people. But for the sake of our struggle for freedom, for the sake of our future, our truth is the most powerful weapon to close the chapter on the “Last Colonial history”.

The People of Tibet still try to give a life and breath to the hope and peace for humanity. Tibet is one of the wonders of the human civilisation. For the long struggle for their rights and freedoms, Tibetans are always among the fore fronts in examples, from around the world, of nonviolent fighters who stood for freedom and justice.

The history of Tibet will remain masked under this ‘great wall’ and will not be written truthfully until many more historians dare to connect it with the history of the world. Some historians do speak about Tibet’s history but many shy away from it’s modern history, whether is be through shame or lack of access to its true history remains to be seen.

When the most parts of world, particularly developed countries are celebrating decades of freedom and democracy, while China and Tibet remained under a brutal feudal system blessed Mao installed across his ‘lands’ Tibet will remain a hell on earth. Some of the first things that come to mind about human rights in China and Tibet would most likely be the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, the massacre during largest Tibetan

The “Forum on the Development of Tibet, China” organized in Lhasa on 12-13 August 2014 is a significant public relations activity in the Tibet component of Beijing’s goal to build China’s soft power. In her quest to become a super power, the Tibet factor has made significant dent in the country’s soft power metric. The outburst of Tibetan political and human rights grievances in 2008 and the subsequent crackdown made a deep negative impact on the country’s worldwide image despite the successful staging of the Olympics.

Beijing’s diplomatic charm offensives around the world have been relatively successful but the Tibet issue creates considerable doubts about the country as a model for others to follow in finding solutions to their domestic issues.

So far, Beijing’s decades old main policy planks of development and stability in Tibet have turned a hard sell. The 2014 Tibet Development Forum is definitely an escalation in public relations exercise to disingenuously persuade the international audience to adopt its success narrative. However, the results are not guaranteed. Just as there is no international audience for the brittle propaganda started in 2009 in announcing plans to spend billions of dollars to develop global media giants “to use soft power rather than military might to win friends abroad,” positive outcomes from the conference is also uncertain.

While Beijing did manage to maneuver the current forum on its position by bringing together a good number of qualified professionals on its side, the impact of such a publicity gain remains to be seen in the future. Except for positive reportages by the domestic media and one India based media, the global media took a low level of interest on the forum; and where there were discussions, the associated controversies may have outweighed the public opinion against the conference objectives.

In fact, the “Lhasa Consensus” which is purely a political statement may have done more harm than good to Beijing’s public relations goals as consumers of international media can smartly distinguish between good and bad publicity.

Ill managed publicity can boomerang on the state’s credibility which is a contradiction to its goal in building soft power. For example, the veracity of the statement is easily destroyed with negative impacts through New Zealand’s former Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker’s response to the BBC’s inquiry on his consent to the document. He responded, “I’m aware that the statement was made but I certainly haven’t signed up to it. I think a number of people who were there were a little surprised to hear about that statement…Certainly the conference that I’ve been attending has been focused on sustainable development and there were no real political themes running through it at all.” Similarly, Irish politician Pat Breen in an email response to the Irish Tibet Support Group replied, “I was asked to sign the Lhasa Consensus statement and I refused to do so.” Corroborating this statement was the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade’s response which stated “Your email was considered by the joint committee at its meeting on Wednesday 3rd September 2014.

The joint committee directed me to inform you that Chairman Breen did not sign the “Lhasa Consensus”. Similarly, the Rector of University of Vienna stated that “according to Prof.

[Richard] Trappl, the Lhasa consensus statement was not a discussion topic for the participants of the conference. The statement was prepared by the organizers of the conference and simply read out at the end of the conference…Prof.

Trappl is not responsible for the content of the consensus statement…The consensus statement does not reflect in any way the official position of the University of Vienna.”

Being the fourth international development forum on Tibet, the central government seemingly is on a hurry to gain leverage from its forum investments beginning from 2007. The controversial “Lhasa Consensus” statement is a calculated political statement under the guise of being a statement on development in Tibet.

Development is a jargon popularly understood in terms of high GDP and infrastructure. In such a narrow understanding of the term, human well-being is sidelined in pursuit of double

digit economic growth to impress the domestic constituency and international audience. While there definitely is a short term gain in such a pursuit, the long term implications of putting under the carpet today’s problems may come to haunt disadvantaged policy makers in the future. This is what is problematic in Tibet’s “development” as the local government is under a massive bad debt to the central government and today’s economic and development gains are not sustainable so long as the human welfare aspect of it is simply sidelined. The forum topics while broadly covered various topics in development studies overlooked the rights based approaches in developmental work and also the local opinion impact resulting from the state’s development programs so far. It falls short of the inclusivity standards needed for any development program to work successfully.

Background : The “2014 Forum on the Development of Tibet, China”, jointly organized by the State Council Information Office and the People’s Government of Tibet Autonomous Region, saw participation of around 100 delegates. Titled as “The Development of Tibet: Opportunities and Alternatives” with “Sustainable Development”, “Inheritance and Protection of Tibetan Culture” and “Ecological and Environmental Protection” as sub-themes is the fourth international development forum on Tibet. The first three were held in Vienna, Rome and Athens in 2007, 2009 and 2011 respectively.

Unlike the previous three forums, the current forum drew the largest number of 41 foreign delegates comprising of academics, politicians and journalists representing 31 countries. 52 Chinese participants also attended the forum.

Country wise representation of the international delegates are as follows: Austria (2), Belgium (1), Britain (2), Canada (1), Chile (1), Costa Rica(1), Czech Republic (1), Iceland (1), India (2), Ireland (2), Italy (1), France (1), Greece (2), Japan (1), Kenya (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), Nepal (1), New Zealand (3), Nigeria (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Russia (1), Slovenia (1), South Africa (1), Sri Lanka (1), Switzerland (1), Thailand (2), U.S. (3). *The writer is a senior fellow at the Tibet Policy Institute.

demonstrations in 1989 and the deadly crackdowns following peaceful protests across Tibet in 2008, where thousands protestors lost their lives to the People’s Republic of China unabashed forces.

In an operation launched in the wake of the National Uprising of 10 March 1959 in Lhasa, 10,000 to 15,000 Tibetans were killed within three days.

However we must also remember 430,000 Tibetan warriors who lost their lives during the uprising and the subsequent 15 years of guerrilla warfare.

Many scholars have estimated that the greatest mass murderer in history, Mao Zedong killed 4978 million people during the “Cultural Revolution” between 1966-1976. To continue his legacy, after Mao’s death, the PRC became more brutal and inhumane than any other communist regime in the world, even Xi hailed Mao as “a great patriot and national hero.” Therefore, the name PRC is a complete contradiction of its meaning. If indeed its name is the People’s Republic of China than why did murder it’s own people undertaking peaceful protests with tanks and machine guns.

Tibet has suffered the worst genocide and holocaust at the hands of the communist architects of colonialism. What is called “Peaceful Liberation” was the worst darkness for Tibet’s people. Armed with the technology of the gun and the inhuman treatments those copied from its pre-occupiers, Tibet had no hope with her spears against modern warfare. So-called “Maoist rhetoric” to “Chinese Dream,” China also claiming to be a “superpower”.

This came about without respect for human dignity and moral responsibility, but in the name of economy and how it should be perceived by the Western world. It did this by hiding all those who dare speak out and blocking anyone who dared find out the truth.

Tibetans are treated not only as sub-humans, they are denied the basic rights of expression, speech, movement, religion, etc. Colonial functionaries were honoured for barbaric actions and atrocities. over 1.2 million Tibetans died in Tibet as a result of Chinese atrocities between 1949 and 1979. Over 6,000 monasteries and the institutes of learning have been destroyed and precious artifacts have been vandalised and sold in art markets in Hong Kong and western countries. 60% of Tibetan

religious and historical records have been burned, eradicating a cultures past is one way of trying to destroy it’s future.

It is against this background of genocide and in the name of “Chinese civilisation” that Tibetans both at home and abroad realised that the solution to the people of Tibet is our own freedom struggle- continue to the end with a successful non-violent movements under guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It’s relevance to our people as a solution to their problems is indisputable. Its also effectiveness and prowess were demonstrated at the 1st and 2nd ‘Special General Meeting of Tibetans’.

Tibet is 2.5 million square miles, half the size of which is equal to the European Union’s 27 member states and in all kinds of natural resources riches, such as gold, iron, lead, uranium and huge reserves of woodland. There is hardly an agricultural product that cannot be grown in Tibet.

As is well known, the Tibetan plateau happens to be the largest water tank in the world. All the 10 major river systems of Asia originate in the Tibetan plateau. Nearly 2 billion living in South Asia to the Southeast Asia rely on the lifeline of waters that have their sources in Tibet.

But many parts of Tibet’s riches including her human resources have been brutally looted by the regime and still are. As a part of the China “Western Development strategy”, Tibet’s resources were used in China’s own development, however they place Tibet among the modernising areas. But the wealth has never been used for the development of the Tibetan people’s interests, instead, the standard of living of the Tibetan masses have reduced dramatically and will undoubtedly. The day that was never supposed to happen became reality. Therefore, neither should a Tibetan rely on the Chinese dream, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Many Tibetans say that, ‘at the end of all promises, the Tibetans have nothing to lean on, nothing to cheer them up in the six decades, and very much to be afraid of the future.’ The majority of Tibetans still live in their old homes while Chinese reside in new colonies with modern amenities.

Lest we forget, from day one of the arrival of

colonial invaders in our country, their primary objective was possession of our homes and its riches taken from Tibetans at gunpoint. Land is what our people have died for, for over hundred years of their existence.

Our demand for reparations is based on the mountain of moral, historical and legal argument.

Who knows what path Tibet’s social development would have taken if great centres of Tibet civilisation had not been destroyed by the Chinese?

Perhaps we could have been the ‘superpower’, a true free one too.

A united and stronger non-violent movement is more relevant to the world today than when it was formalised over six decades ago. Yes, we may be Khampas, Amdhos, Tsangpas and Toepas. But the train that will take all Tibetans to their destination and give them power to take their destiny in their own hands is this movement.

We need to ignite our ‘Nationalism,’ by peaceful means. Tibetan Nationalism views the personhood and humanity of the Tibetan people and of the people of Tibetan descent as equal to any other human beings on this planet. Our peaceful movement always rejects with contempt any philosophy that holds that Tibet’s people are destined to exist in servitude to other human beings. But it demands justice for Tibetan people.

The commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday this week is not a ritual. It is a time to renew our vows, revisit our strategies and tactics to fight “Neo-colonialism” or better known as China’s “sensitive issue” more effectively with tangible results to freedom of the Tibetan people.

The ultimate goal of our political struggle will always be to regain our cultural power.

The question is not whether our struggle for Tibet’s freedom is winnable. The critical question is whether we can afford not to win, to give up all that our previous generations have lived and died for. The freedom of Tibet is winnable but it starts with the recognition that the dictatorship will not last forever, history has taught us this. We must all struggle, collectively, every single day, without violent actions to a shared goal and win Tibet’s authentic freedom for themselves and their children.

By Tenzing Norgay Tibet Policy Institute: 29 September 2014

Tibet News 30 September 2014 3 India’s secular tradition is a model: “Tibet’s problem is India’s problem”, the long-standing His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet issue need to be resolved but not by force, says His Holiness

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the the Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ Special Convocation in Mumbai, India on September 17, 2014. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

By Jane Cook: 18 September 2014

Mumbai, India, 17 September 2014: - Describing India’s secularism as unbiased with respect to all religious traditions, the spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama said “It’s a model on the basis of which India can lead the world.”

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), whose motto is “Re-imagining Futures”, is one of India’s most reputed post-graduate social science institutions. On Wednesday, the institute invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama to a Special Convocation at its main campus in Deonar, Mumbai as the Chief Guest. He was received at the door by Director, Prof S Parasuraman who escorted him to the auditorium.

Speaking to the gathering, His Holiness said: “Respected, learned, experienced scholars and brothers and sisters,” he began, “I always stress that as human beings we are all the same. I don’t care about different social rank or class, which is not important. There are differences of race, faith and culture among us, but these are secondary in comparison with the fact that mentally, emotionally and physically we 7 billion human beings are the same. We all have a human brain and like other sentient beings we share a desire for peace and happiness. Achieving a happy life and avoiding suffering is one of our basic rights.”

He pointed out that because of our intelligence human beings are uniquely capable of not only creating problems, but doing so on a large scale. Therefore it is important that we use our intelligence in a constructive way. We need warmheartedness and concern for others to do so.

His Holiness said: “I congratulate you all. I expect that when you sat your exams you felt a mixture of anxiety and excitement. I remember my own final exams when I was both apprehensive and excited, unsure what questions would be put to me in debate.”

“What is important now that you have your

degrees and diplomas is whether you use your knowledge to help others or not. That will depend on your motivation. The knowledge and skills you have acquired can be very useful. Justice and law, for example, are accorded an important role in India, the world’s most populous democratic country,” he added.

He went on to praise India for the stability it has displayed since independence in comparison with several of its neighbours. He also remarked that among the world’s ancient civilizations, including Egypt and China, India seems to have produced far more great thinkers. Claiming to be a product of the Nalanda tradition himself, he noted that there is much in ancient Indian knowledge, such as its understanding of the workings of the mind and emotions, which is compatible with modern science today.

His Holiness said that as a Buddhist he engages in prayer, but that he believes in the long run that we will solve our problems not through prayer alone, but by taking action. If we are to take action, we need vision. He suggested that for development to be effective in India it must take place in the rural areas, which means that educational and health facilities in rural areas must be improved.

Recalling his own Buddhist education that began with the memorization of texts at the age of seven, he sometimes wondered what it was for until he understood it was about transforming the mind and emotions. Tackling our destructive emotions like anger and hatred entails developing positive emotions like love and compassion.

This is something that also interests modern psychologists and neurologists today.

His Holiness expressed his admiration for India’s longstanding secular tradition of unbiased respect for all religious traditions and the ethical values they convey. It’s a model on the basis of which India can lead the world. He also voiced his belief that modern education is oriented towards material success rather than the fostering of inner values. He reiterated the need to limit destructive emotions and to nurture positive ones while developing a sense of concern for the well-being of all human beings.

“Does this make any sense?” he asked. “If it does, tell others about it. If it doesn’t, then just let it go,” said His Holiness. He was presented with an inscribed plate as a memento of the occasion and Prof Neela Dabir delivered a vote of thanks.

She congratulated all the graduates and offered heartfelt thanks to His Holiness as the Chief Guest for his presence and for the inspiration he had brought to the occasion.

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“Xi Jinping is leading one of the most oppressive military offensives that Tibetans have faced in the past 50 years of China’s occupation of our country. Only last month Chinese forces shot and killed five Tibetan who were peacefully protesting the arrest of their village leader in Dema, eastern Tibet. This is just one of many examples of Xi Jinping and the Chinese government’s brutal rule in Tibet,” said Dorjee Tseten, Asia Director of Students for a Free Tibet International. “During his visit, Xi Jinping will blatantly lie about the crisis in Tibet, but we are here to speak the truth as entire towns and villages in Tibet are under military lockdown. Until Xi ends the occupation in Tibet, China will never truly experience peace and stability, or global respect its leaders so desperately seek.”

One of the activists, an Indian supporter, locked himself to the base of the electricity pole with an iron chain, shouting “Tibet’s Independence is India’s Security”. “I am a member of Students for a Free Tibet-India, and I joined this protest against Xi Jinping to support the Tibetan freedom movement,” said Siddhant. “We cannot give up our values of freedom, justice and democracy, for which our ancestors sacrificed their lives during our freedom struggle, in exchange for economic benefits with the CCP Regime, one of the most cruel dictatorships of our times”, he said before being arrested.

Towards the end of Xi Jinping’s meeting with Prime Minister Modi at Hyderabad Bhavan this afternoon, 14 Tibet activists staged a blockade outside the venue, were detained and are currently in police custody. The activists were wearing ‘Free Tibet’ t-shirts and carried Tibetan national flags as they shouted slogans to shame Xi Jinping for his crimes in Tibet. In the last five years, over 130 Tibetans have set themselves on fire against Chinese oppressive rule. This protest was carried out to highlight the ongoing human rights crisis inside Tibet.

“As a Ladakhi I have seen China’s bullying tactics at our northern borders almost everyday, even now during Xi’s visit 1000 Chinese troops entered Ladakh,” said Spalgon Kanji, a Ladakhi student who was part of the protest at Taj hotel. “The ultimate lasting solution to India’s national security from China’s military expansionism will only come through advancing

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freedom in Tibet”, he added.

Indians and Tibetans across the country have urged PM Modi to strongly advocate for a just resolution to Tibet’s occupation during his inaugural meeting with Xi Jinping as a first step to securing India’s interests along the Himalayan border. More than 4,000 Indians signed a petition calling on the Prime Minister to take a bold step in bringing up the crisis in Tibet with Xi Jinping. The petition was delivered to PM Modi’s office in South Block earlier this week by members of Students for a Free Tibet - India .

Tseten sai that ‘the settlement in New Delhi, Majnu-ka-Tila has been entirely sealed to prevent any protests during Xi Jinping’s visit. Tibet protesters, however, have been following Xi during his visits across the capital.’

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Closer to the present he takes great inspiration from the example of Mahatma Gandhi, who, despite his sophisticated education, chose to live as simply as he could. Noting that something is lacking in a modern education system oriented towards materialism, His Holiness expressed the belief that this can be countered by introducing a greater sense of inner values, human values that he refers to as secular ethics.

Confirming that warm-heartedness is good for our mental and physical health, His Holiness cited an experiment in which people were physically assessed before undergoing meditation and compassion training. After meditating on compassion for 30 minutes a day over three weeks they were found to have less stress, lower blood pressure and improved interpersonal relations.

Finally, asked about the role of desire, he said: “Desire is a part of life, for example, right now we all have a desire for lunch. Without natural desire we would die.

The problem is when we have too much desire, that’s when we need contentment. But while satisfaction and contentment are appropriate on an individual level, they are not on a national level because nations need to develop. What we also need is self-confidence, because defeatism and low morale are a sure source of failure.”

By Yeshe Choesang: 18 September 2014

Dharamshala: - The spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama, today said that “Tibet’s problem is India’s problem”, adding that the longstanding issue need to be resolved but not by force.

The remarks came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Indian Capital New Delhi.

“Actually the Tibetan problem is also a problem of India. Before 1950, you see the whole northern border, really peaceful, no single soldier. So India’s problem,” the 79-year-old Nobel Peace Prize Laureate said in Indian financial capital Mumbai.

“So sooner or later you have to solve these problems, not by force but by understanding and talk. Understanding comes through talk, only through personal contact,” His Holiness added.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama also hailed President Xi as “more realistic” and “more open-minded” than that of his predecessor Hu Jintao. “So he can learn more things from India,” he said, adding, “After all, Sino-India relations on the basis on new trust is very important, very essential.”

The Nobel Peace Prize winner supports “meaningful autonomy” for Tibet within China rather than outright independence. But China accuses His

His Holiness the Dalai Lama reaching out to shake hands with well-wishers as he departs from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India on September 17, 2014. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHD

Holiness the Dalai Lama of covertly campaigning for Tibet’s independence and calls him a “splittist”.

As President Xi and PM Modi held formal talks on boosting trade and strategic ties as well discussed the vexed border issue, Tibetan students protested

against China outside the venue of the meeting.

About 20 students shouted “We want justice” for Tibet and waved Tibetan flags before police dragged them kicking and screaming into waiting buses, according to media reports.

14 Nobel Laureates urge Zuma to guarantee His Holiness the Dalai Lama visa

By AFP: 15 September 2014

Johannesburg - Fourteen Nobel Peace Laureates have asked President Jacob Zuma to guarantee the Dalai Lama a visa to South Africa, after the Tibetan spiritual leader was forced to abandon a trip to the country.

The Dalai Lama was to attend a summit of Nobel peace prize winners in Cape Town next month, the first-ever meeting of its kind in Africa.

But, according to an aide, he cancelled after he was denied a visa in a bid to avoid angering China, which regards the Buddhist monk as a campaigner for Tibetan independence.

“We are deeply concerned about the damage that will be done to South Africa’s international image by a refusal - or failure - to grant him a visa yet again,” the group said in a letter to Zuma.

Signatories include Poland’s Lech Walesa, Bangladeshi entrepreneur Muhammad Yunus, Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Northern Irish peacemakers David Trimble and John Hume.

The Dalai Lama has applied three times in the last five years to visit South Africa.

Each time the government has dragged its heels until the trip was called off.

Each prior rejection has been met with public

outcry by South Africans who see it as a betrayal of the commitment to human rights embraced by their government since the end of apartheid 20 years ago.

Two years ago, a top court found that the government had acted unlawfully by dragging its heels on a visa application by the Tibetan until it was too late.

China - South Africa’s biggest single trading partner, with two-way trade worth $21bn in 2012 - regularly uses its economic and political clout to put pressure on governments around the world to limit contact with the Dalai Lama.

“We understand the sensitivities involved but would like to point out that His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, no longer holds any political office,” the signatories said.

Instead, they insisted, he “would participate in the summit solely in his capacity as a globally respected spiritual leader”.

The Nobel summit in Cape Town on 13 October - 15 October is backed by foundations representing four South African peace laureates - Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, FW de Klerk and Albert Luthuli.

Along with the surviving South Africans - Tutu and de Klerk - the organisers say 13 individuals and eight organisations had confirmed that they

The Nobel Laureates arriving at the Hiroshima Memorial Park on the third day of the 11th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates on November 14th, 2010. Photo/Taikan Usui

would attend the summit, including former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev.

Previous summits have been held in cities including Rome, Paris, Chicago and Warsaw.

The Dalai Lama was previously barred from entry to South Africa in 2011, when he was invited to give a lecture as part of celebrations for anti-apartheid activist Tutu’s 80th birthday.

At the time, Tutu described the ANC as being “worse than the apartheid government”.

The Dalai Lama was also denied a visa in 2009, but had visited three times before that and was personally welcomed by former president Mandela.

Tibetans forced to celebrate summer festival in Driru County, Eastern Tibet

By Yngchen Dolma: 30 September 2014

Dharamshala: - Sources coming out of Tibet say Chinese authorities in Driru County of eastern Tibet have reportedly forced Tibetans in Tsala township to celebrate a summer festival threatening them with arrests and imprisonment if they do not comply with the government order.

According to reports by various exiled media said Local Tibetans from Tsala township in Driru County have stopped celebrating the summer festival a few years back, in solidarity with the self-immolations that swept Tibet since 2009.

The sources said that “Chinese authorities ordered all Tibetans from Driru, including those who might be in other places currently, to gather and participate in the festival. Those who defy the diktat are threatened with punitive actions including imprisonment.”

“The Tibetans have also been warned that if they fail to celebrate the festival, they would not be allowed to harvest and sell cordyceps fungus also known as caterpillar fungus next year,” the source added.

Residents of Tsala township which include a cluster of nine villages, are heavily dependent on the harvest and sale of caterpillar fungus for their livelihood.

“We know that the Chinese authorities are forcing Tibetans to participate in the festival in an attempt to paint a happy picture of peace and prosperity under Chinese rule. The ground reality is completely different. However, they have no choice but to comply,” the source further added.

Driru County has been the site of a series of protests against Chinese rule since defiant

Heavily armed Chinese security forces ready to crackdown on Tibetans in Driru County, 2013. Photo: TPI/file

Tibetans refused to hoist Chinese national flags ahead of China’s national day celebrations in 2013. Local Tibetans in Driru have also clashed with Chinese authorities over rampant mining in the region by Chinese companies.

“Tibetans in Tibet feel that, this repressive system is even more harsh than any other social system practiced in the world through centuries, including the Middle Ages. Ruled by such a system, Tibetans in their homeland have no political and social rights to speak of, and they were even deprived of their most basic personal freedoms and most fundamental right to subsistence,” said Mr. Nyima T.J., A Tibetan political analyst.

“Instead of bringing about a long-lasting solution

to the problems and working to meet the demands of the Tibetan people, this regime continues their hard-line approach to intimidate,” he added.

Unlike in towns and cities in China, the regime recently have carried out campaigns to force Tibetans to fly Chinese flags from their homes, while led the Tibetan people live under constant suspicion and surveillance.

Human rights abuses in Tibet include restricted freedom of religion, belief, and association remains a top priority. A political analyst says, Tibetans still face arbitrary arrest and maltreatment in custody, including torture at the hands of Chinese authorities in their long lasting process of struggle for freedom.

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Standing up for Hong Kong democracy in London: UK Solidarity group

By Yangchen Dolma: 01 October 2014

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London: - Expressing solidarity with the people of Hong Kong, who are taking to the streets to fight for universal suffrage, Chinese Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK said they share and believe in the fundamental values and principles of human rights, freedom and democracy.

“Chinese Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK, a coalition of activists from China, East Turkestan, Tibet and the United Kingdom, stands united in opposition to the tyrannical rule of the Chinese Communist Party,” Tibet Society, a founding member of Chinese Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK said in a statement dated 30 September.

“We share and believe in the fundamental values and principles of human rights, freedom and democracy,” the solidarity group said, adding they will organise a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in London on Wednesday 1 October 2014, the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

“Today, these principles bring us together to resist the groundless life sentence of the Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, who has merely exercised his right to freedom of expression to promote equal rights for the Uyghur people. The persecution of Ilham Tohti reveals only the tip of the iceberg of gross violation of human rights of the Uyghur people.

Just like Ilham Tohti, senior Tibetan monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche has been imprisoned for life on spurious charges after peacefully promoting equal rights for his people. Tibetans are being denied the most basic human rights, which has led to at least 132 Tibetans setting fire to themselves in protest against the Chinese Government since 2009.

We also express solidarity with the people of Hong Kong, who are taking to the streets to fight for universal suffrage. Their civil disobedience has gained the name the Umbrella Revolution when protesters started to use umbrellas to protect themselves from the police’s tear gas and pepper spray. The strikes, which started in schools, are turning into a general strike involving trade unions

and people from all walks of life. In the mainland China, people are being arrested for reposting news about the Hong Kong protests.

Never has it been more clearly illustrated as it is today that freedom, human rights and democracy are not merely rhetorical concepts. The Uyghur and Tibetan peoples’ exercise of self-determination show the same aspiration for justice and equality as the Hong Kong people’s struggle for democracy, for the equal value of ballots.

Chinese Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK condemns the repression of peaceful protests in Hong Kong.

We call for the democratic rights of the Hong Kong people to be upheld. We further call on the Chinese government to release Ilham Tohti and Tenzin Delek Rinpoche with immediate effect.

We call on the international community to stand with and support democracy activists and human rights defenders in Hong Kong, Tibet, East Turkestan and China, to help bring about real freedom, human

The conference was addressed by academics from the United States, France, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau and China, which also included Chinese, Mongolian and Uyghur scholars.

The meeting was mainly intended to discuss issues ranging from the Kunming event in Yunnan and the Middle-Way as a framework for the resolution of the Tibet issue to the present situation in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia and the overall status of support for Tibet in Taiwan.

Among those who gave presentations during this conference included Ilham Mahmut, president of the Japan Uyghur Association; Tang Donhong, Chinese writer and democracy activist based in Israel; Prof. Su Chia Hong, the author of Democracy in Exile; Yang Sen Hong, chairman of the Taiwan Association for China Human Rights; and Tseng ChienYuan, associate prof. of public administration at Chung Hua University.

Talking the truth of Kunming incident, World Uighur Congress Vice-President Ilham Mahmut said ‘there are a lot of doubtful points made by the Chinese authorities.’

Prof De-Ron Chou asked: “The Chinese authorities defined Kunming attack is caused by international terrorists, if that was true, why China don’t let UN in and do some research?”

Ilham Mahmut responded by adding that, “Every UN human rights conferences in Geneva, we have tried to suggest the s a m e , b u t C h i n e s e a u t h o r i t i e s d i d n ’t agree with the convey, so the UN cannot do anything about it.”

Prof, Chien-Yuan Tseng said: “When any human rights violations occurred in China, we need to spread toward world throughout Taiwan.”

J u l i e C o u d e r c f r o m N a t i o n a l Ta i w a n University said “Because of, from Vietnam to Xinjiang, including Ilham Tohti issue, it has brought more difficulties issues to China.

Therefore, “China would put impose more government control against Uighur people.

China also use localized policy to damage the culture of Uighur people, including using interracial marriage.”

Comparing with Hmongb in Guangxi, “Xinjiang and Tibet do not have a real autonomy, that’s why there are the conflicts.” Said Prof Mu-Min Chen while sharing his own research about the

ethnic minorities in China.

Bo-In Tu, a Inner Mongolia freedom activist introduced the changes made in Inner Mongolia after the Chinese colonization of the region.

“In 1947, there were 51 Buddhist temples and monasteries in Inner Mongolia with over 1200 monks. Now there are only two temple left without monk and nuns,” Bo-In Tu said, adding: The Chinese authorities still take lands from our farmers and the temples’ areas become state farm under local administrations.”

Bo-In Tu still hold a positive changes toward his homeland, and he urges all Mongolians in Taiwan to keep learn their own language and culture.

Xian-Hon Yang, president of Taiwan Association for China Human Rights talked on the Middle Way Approach advocated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama seeking a “genuine autonomy” for Tibetans within the framework of the Chinese constitution.

Prof Hou-Ren Wu however said that the Middle Way is a strategy which the Chinese authorities have misinterpreted in China, because of that they claimed its “destabilizing” the region.

“Recent years, China economically become more powerful, countries around the world are scared to stand for Tibet,” said Chi-Ren Sun, president of TibetanTaiwan Friendship Association.

Prof Jia-Hong Su said “after Xi Jinping became China’s new leader, he has a more hopes toward the issues of Tibet, hoping Xi can find a solution through a standpoint between China and Tibet.”

The meeting was also attended by Taiwanese lawmakers, Chinese writers, members of NGOs based in the country, including Taiwan Friends of Tibet and Taiwan Association for Human Rights.

Other topics discussed at this meeting included democratic principles, national issues, and the needs to further raise the issue of Tibet in Taiwan.

“Tibet supporters and members from the Taiwanese NGOs also discussed the needs to protect rights of Tibetans in Taiwan,” one of the participants told TPI News, saying they will make further efforts of interacting with more intellectuals and activities, to get more attention on Tibet and human rights in China.

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Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters extended a blockade of Hong Kong streets on Tuesday, blocking at least four major areas around the city, including Admiralty, the Central business district, the bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay and Mong Kok in Kowloon.

The protests are widely expected to escalate on Wednesday to coincide with National Day celebrations. protesters demanding greater democratic reforms drew marching bands and hundreds of dignitaries to commemorate the day.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama concludes killing in the name of faith is ‘terrible’ says His Holiness the Dalai Lama teachings to South-east Asian devotees

By Jane Cook: 22 September 2014

By Jane Cook: 27 September 2014

His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the first day of the three-day teaching for a group of Southeast Asian devotees at the Main Temple, Dharamshala, North India, 26th of September 2014.

Photo: TPI

Dharamshala: - At the request of a group of South-east Asian devotees, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet concluded his 3-day teachings (September 26) on Shantideva’s ‘A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’.

Warmly greeting over 5000 devotees from 66 countries, including 700 from south-east Asian countries, as well as local residents, His Holiness on 24 September led the first of three days of teachings in the Main Temple (Tsuklakang) in Dharamshala, North India.

Drawing upon a mixture of His own past experiences and wisdom, as well as Dharma teachings and the Shantideva’s guide itself, His Holiness enthralled a rapt audience with His vast knowledge, patience and humour.

Continuing from previous teachings of the Buddhist script, His Holiness commenced from the remaining Chapters from Shantideva’s ‘A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’. However, for the new visitors, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a brief engaging introduction into Buddhism and religion itself; a masterful stroke by one the most revered spiritual leaders on earth.

His Holiness said that under prevailing world circumstances, the Buddha’s teaching, particularly that which focusses on inter-dependence is extremely relevant. “When we were born, we were all equals.”

Explaning ‘there were no friends nor enemies,’ the Buddhist leader said that ‘the notion of enemies are all creations of our attitude. The essence of all religions in the world is love and compassion towards one another.’

His Holiness reiterated to the audience His message on the importance of the oneness of humanity. He said: “I am just one person among the seven billion human beings in the world. Human beings are social animals. We are dependent on each other for our survival. Even for our daily livelihoods, we are dependent on others. However strong, intelligent or wealthy a person is, it is not possible to survive solely on his own.”

“The economic stability of the whole world is inter-connected, particularly in this day and age.

When one country is in crisis, the effects of that crisis can be felt in other places as well. Therefore, we should think of the world as one and move forward together,” he added.

Focusing on the disastrous impacts of environmental destruction, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that the world is facing serious implications of natural disasters due to global warming. “The destructions caused by natural calamities are being faced by the whole world. Nature doesn’t divide us on the lines of religion or whether we are believers or nonbelievers. Therefore, we should think of each other and be unified in our approach,” His Holiness said.

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The second day of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings on Shantideva’s ‘A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’ were about to commence, and a hushed silence filled the sacred building before the arrival of the spiritual leader for day two of the event.

Drawing upon the Buddhist scriptures, His Holiness addressed the audience for a morning session, discussing emptiness from the ninth chapter.

Opening with prayers and recitations, His Holiness emphasised that it is extremely important for practitioners to think about emptiness, while referring to his own experience.

“There is a great impact on our mind through thinking again and again about no-self, or emptiness and particularly wisdom is the best tool to achieve the impact on mind,” he added.

According to the Buddha’s teachings, His Holiness said that “emptiness is effective in overcoming all our negative emotions. In order to help sentient beings, the Buddha taught emptiness through various means, such as liberation.’

His Holiness said, ‘we understand that all the religious traditions do acknowledge that we are ruined by negative emotions, such as anger and hatred. Therefore, the practices of the cultivation of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness is essential. In order to counter our greed, there is the practice of contemplation in all the religious tradition.’

According to the Buddhist teachings, emptiness is the basic nature of reality—ignorance of which is the root of cyclic existence—the wisdom realizing emptiness is the eye that allows us to see reality’s true nature.

It is only by transcending the deluded perspective of ignorance and generating its opposite, the perspective of emptiness, that we can eliminate it.

On the concluding day of teachings to the Southeast Asian devotees, His Holiness also drew upon the need to develop one’s concentration on practice of Buddhism, drawing upon the physical, verbal and mental powers of the individual.

Amid an atmosphere of revered respect, His Holiness blessed and smiled to the humbled audience of bowed heads and closed palms, as He left the temple complex for the final of the three days of teachings.

The continuation of Shantideva’s ‘A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’ teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, have certainly granted inspiring depth and wisdom into the lives of both believers and non-believers of the teachings.

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New Delhi, India, 20 September 2014 - Stressing interreligious harmony and urging all religious leaders to rise above dogmas for reaching out to everybody, the spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama said killing in the name of faith is ‘terrible’.

Spiritual leaders of nine major religions held discussions on the first day of the two-day, allreligion meeting on ‘Diverse Spiritual Traditions in India’ at the Hyatt Regency Delhi on Saturday.

This was a first-of-its-kind event organized by His Holiness. Speaking on the occasion, the Dalai Lama said India is the only country where religions coexist. The welcome address was delivered by former ambassador Lalit Mansingh. ”I am just one human being among many. We human beings are social animals; we each depend for our existence on other people. Even the Buddha depended on begging for alms. Wherever I go, as I say, I just think of myself as another human being.

I don’t think of myself as a Tibetan, a Buddhist or as somebody special like His Holiness the Dalai Lama. All of us human beings are the same physically, mentally and emotionally. We all want to live a happy life and we have a right to do so. And yet many of the problems we face are our own creations. Why? Because we think only of ourselves and neglect others.

“If we were to think of others as our human brothers and sisters there’d be no room for quarrelling or killing each other. We’d remember that even the person we call our enemy is another human being.

This means that our intelligence needs to be guided by warm-heartedness.”

He said that by some estimates 200 million people died as a result of violence and bloodshed in the 20th century, it is important that this century be a century of peace instead. We have to learn to resolve conflict through dialogue, the basis for which is a concern for the other’s well-being. This is borne out by the fact that if you are warm-hearted, you, your family and your neighbourhood will be happy, free from fear and anger. Such a secular basis for ethics may also appeal to those of the 1 billion who don’t believe in any spiritual tradition.

All the world’s major spiritual traditions convey a

His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the the two day Meeting of Diverse Spiritual Traditions in New Delhi, India on September 20-21, 2014. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

message of love and compassion, which is why we can view those who belong to them as spiritual brothers and sisters. However, His Holiness said, these days we hear repeatedly about conflict in the name of religion. This is very sad. The idea that people are killing others in the name of religion is unthinkable.

“India is the only country where all the major religious traditions live together side by side and have done so for more than 1000 years. This is an example from which the rest of the world can learn. And that is one of the reasons why I convened this conference.”

“This country’s thousands of years old tradition of religious harmony is very precious. In the past, when I have taken part in meetings of spiritual teachers like this I often describe myself as a student of ancient Indian knowledge, which means the Nalanda tradition,” His Holiness said at the final day of a two-day meeting.

“We Tibetans regard ancient Indians as our gurus, while we are the chelas or disciples. But I often stress that we are reliable chelas because we have kept the knowledge we received from you intact. Religious harmony and ahimsa depend on karuna. I consider myself be a messenger of these qualities,” he added.

His Holiness also expressed his concerns about the

violence in Myanmar. His Holiness said beliefs of a religion are private and it was important to realize that people depend on each other for survival and therefore trust and harmony must be built.

Chief guest of the event and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Najeeb Jung stressed the need to promote religious harmony while recalling Swami Vivekananda’s address at the Parliament of World Religions.

Other religious leaders who spoke include Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Prof Manjit Singh, His Excellency Gaden Tripa Rizong Sras-Trul Thupten Nyima, Acharya Shri Mahashraman, Nazneen Rowhani, Dadi E Mistry, Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar and Mufti Mohammad Sanaul Hoda Qasmi.

The Chief Guest, Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and an MP from Arunachal Pradesh was invited to address the gathering. He observed that as Home Minister, if and when there is communal unrest in the country he can send in the police or if necessary the army to calm things down. However, he felt that a message from spiritual teachers might be more effective. He was full of praise for the way His Holiness the Dalai Lama had brought so many celebrated spiritual teachers together.

difficult circumstances, I felt it would have been a source of encouragement and inspiration for them.”

The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, who has spoken in favor of “Genuine Autonomy” for Tibet from China rather than complete independence, described conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize on him as a blessing for him.

“Of course, as a blessing. I remember Archbishop Desmond Tutu, my friend and spiritual brother, telling me how difficult it was for him to meet some people before, which became much easier after he was awarded the prize,” he said in Oslo.

Ms Jody Williams is the founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), which was formally launched by six NGOs in October 1992. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 jointly with International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) “for their work towards banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines”.

Ms Shirin Ebadi was Iran’s first female judge. After Khomeini’s revolution in 1979 she was dismissed.

Ebadi opened a legal practice and began defending

people who were being persecuted by the authorities.

In the year 2000 she was imprisoned herself for having criticized her country’s hierocracy.

Ebadi took up the struggle for fundamental human rights and especially the rights of women and children. The Nobel Peace Prize 2003 was awarded to her “for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children”.

Ms Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist, social worker and women’s rights advocate. She is Founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, based in Monrovia. Leymah is best known for leading a nonviolent movement that brought together Christian and Muslim women to play a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s devastating, 14-year civil war in 2003.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.

Nobel laureates to attend His Holiness’ Nobel peace anniversary

By Yeshe Choesang: 23 September 2014

Dharamshala: - Three Nobel Peace laureates will attend a programme in Dharamshala next month to mark the silver jubilee of the conferment of the Nobel Prize on the spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

The special programme, being organised by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) based Dharamshala, India on October 2, will be attended

by Nobel Peace laureates Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, and Leymah Gbowee.

A statement from the Department of Information and International Relations said the event is occasioned on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, himself a proponent of peace and non-violence.

“The gathering of Nobel Laureates from different parts of the world in Dharamshala on this occasion symbolizes their support and appreciation for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s tireless efforts towards his three main commitments: the promotion of human values, inter-religious harmony and the preservation of Tibetan culture,” the statement said.

The felicitation program is historically significant as 2014 is also being celebrated as the ‘Year of His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama’ by the Tibetan people and His Holiness’ well-wishers all over the world.

Earlier in May this year, the Nobel Institute in Norway invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama to mark the 25th anniversary of his being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Chairman of the Nobel Committee Thorbjørn Jagland said His Holiness the Dalai Lama was awarded the prize in recognition of his efforts to bring freedom to the Tibetan people through non-violence and his concern for the natural environment.

“You are a man of peace, a religious leader worth listening to and someone worth speaking to,” Mr Jagland said.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his visit to the Nobel Institute May 8 said he was in California when he heard the announcement.

Asked about how he felt hearing the news, he said: “I said...not much different. I am a simple Buddhist monk, no more, no less. But since the prize was in recognition of my commitment to non-violence and my work for peace, I felt it was a great honor.”

“Later, when Aung San Suu Kyi and Liu Xiaobo were awarded the Peace prize and they were in

Tibetan and Indian activists protest......

“I firmly believe that the ultimate lasting solution to India’s national security lies only in protecting freedom in Tibet”, said Jyotsna George, Campaigns Director, Students for a Free Tibet-India. “I care deeply about the values on which our nation was created: freedom, democracy and justice, and I strongly urge PM Modi to take a concrete stand on Tibet when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday”, Jyotsna added.

“Since Xi Jinping came to power the situation inside Tibet has turned from bad to worse. Only last month Chinese military opened fire on innocent Tibetans in Dema, Eastern Tibet, killing 5 peaceful protesters, and injuring many”, said Dorjee Tseten, Asia Director, Students for a Free Tibet. “Tibet is under one of the most oppressive military occupations of our times. Through our protests we want to dismantle China’s lies and propaganda, and directly communicate with Xi Jinping that Tibet is his number one challenge.

The sooner he ends the occupation of Tibet, the better it will be for the future of China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday, and will

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face serious protests from Tibet groups during his two-day state visit.

More than 130 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in protest of China’s oppressive rule in the last five years.

SFT urges Tibet supporters across the world to sign an online petition urging XI Jiping to stop “killing in Tibet,” “border incursions,” and “bullying.”

China Jails Tibetan monk......

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Party and reportedly shouted slogans like “Long Live Gyalwa Tenzin Gyatso (His Holiness the Dalai Lama) and “Tibet is an independent country” while expressing his resistance against the Chinese oppression,’ sources said.

No further details are available about the charges against him, including his whereabouts and condition, due to the blocking of communication channels to Tibetan regions.

Following the arrest, several restrictions have been imposed in the Tsawa Pashoe and Chamdho region.

Gedun is from Dhakshang village in Pashoe County and his father’s name is Kalsang and mother’s name is Palzom and his layname is Gyadho.

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Nobel Peace laureates boycott Nobel summit in South Africa India urged to raise the crucial

issue of Tibet with China

By Yeshe Choesang: 29 September 2014

Dharamshala: - Four Nobel Peace laureates have refused to attend the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in South Africa next month in support of the spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

According to media reports, three of them - Jody Williams of the US, Shirin Ebadi of Iran and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia - are now traveling to this northern Indian hill town to grace His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Nobel silver jubilee anniversary celebration, a special event which will be held on 2 October, 2014.

The trio, and a representative of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), are pulling the plug on their scheduled trip to South Africa to attend the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, being held Oct 13-15, said a Nobel Women’s Initiative statement.

“The Dalai Lama advocates a non-violent, negotiated solution to the Tibet problem -what he calls ‘the middle-way approach’ -- and is calling for real autonomy for Tibet under Chinese sovereignty,” it said.

The Nobel Women’s Initiative is led by Nobel Peace laureates Williams, Ebadi, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman and Mairead Maguire.

It said the decision to cancel the scheduled trip “follows South Africa’s refusal to issue a visa to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for the Nobel peace laureates in Cape Town, and China’s public declaration of thanks for South Africa’s decision to block the spiritual leader from entering South Africa”.

A statement from the Tibetan administration based in Dharamshala said the event is occasioned on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, himself a proponent of peace and non-violence.

“The gathering of Nobel Laureates from different parts of the world in Dharamshala on this occasion symbolizes their support and appreciation for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s tireless efforts towards his three main commitments: the promotion of human values, inter-religious harmony and the preservation of Tibetan culture,” the statement said.

The felicitation program is historically significant as 2014 is also being celebrated as the ‘Year of His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama’ by the Tibetan people and His Holiness’ well-wishers all over the world.

ByYangchen Dolma: 16 September 2014

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with three Nobel Peace laureates: Jody Williams, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, and Shirin Ebadi during “a public ceremony in Honour of His Holiness the Dalai lama held in Dharamsala, India, Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009. Photo: TPI/Yeshe Choesang

Fourteen Nobel Peace laureates last week urged the South African President Jacob Zuma to allow the Dalai Lama to visit South Africa, causing a public outcry.

In the letter to Zuma, the laureates said they were “deeply concerned about the damage that will be done to South Africa’s international image by a refusal or failure to grant him a visa yet again”.

Signatories on the letter reportedly included Poland’s Lech Walesa, Bangladeshi entrepreneur Muhammad Yunus, Ebadi, Gbowee and Northern Irish peacemakers David Trimble and John Hume.

Earlier this month, South Africa requested His Holiness the Dalai Lama to defer his visit for this year only.

“We had a meeting with officials of the South African High Commission and foreign ministry here (in Delhi) and they requested his holiness to defer his visit to their country for this year only,” Tempa Tsering, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s representative in New Delhi, told IANS. The Tibetan National Congress (TNC) said it had launched a global campaign urging the Nobel Laureates to either boycott or relocate the summit to a venue more compatible with the Nobel Peace Prize’s ideals of open and inclusive dialogue, unless the South African government reverses its decision to bar the Dalai Lama.

In a statement dated 23 September, TNC said: “The South African government, acting under pressure

from the People’s Republic of China, has refused to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama to allow him to attend.

Fourteen Nobel Peace laureates have issued a letter to South African president Jacob Zuma stating their deep concern over this action.”

“We call for the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates to be relocated to a more appropriate venue because the world needs this summit and no authoritarian government should be allowed to control it by censoring which voices gets heard,” TNC president Jigme Ugen said.

The Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, wrote that the visa was denied “due to sensitivities related to the Chinese government,” and called her government “Disingenuous on the Dalai Lama visa issue”.

In October 2011 too, the globetrotting monk had called off his South Africa visit. At that time he was invited by fellow Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu on his 80th birthday.

The South African anti-apartheid icon later traveled to this town in 2012 to meet his long-time Tibetan spiritual leader friend.

“I want to say to the Chinese government that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the most peace-loving person on this earth. I want to say to the Chinese government that the Dalai Lama has no army, he cannot command his people with guns, he’s not a separatist,” Tutu said at a public ceremony on his visit here.

Ngodup Tsering appointed Gonpo Phuntsok elected new auditor general

By Tibet Net: 16 September 2014 as new education minister Parliament and Sikyong.

By Tibet Net: 16 September 2014

Mr. Ngodup Tsering, currently serving as the Secretary of the education department. Photo: DIIR/CTA

Dharamshala: Education Secretary Mr Ngodup Tsering has been appointed as a new Kalon of the 14th Kashag. The Tibetan Parliament-inExile unanimously approved his nomination proposed by Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay on the floor of the House today.

With the appointment of the new Kalon today, Sikyong, who also holds the portfolio for education department, has the stipulated number of seven Kalons in his cabinet.

Mr Ngodup Tsering was born on 1 July 1953. He is an alumnus of Punjab University, Chandigarh with a degree in Bachelor of Arts.

He was also a former member of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, formerly known as the Tibetan People’s Deputies from 1979-1982.

He joined the Central Tibetan Administration in 1983, on the post of Deputy Secretary.

He was initially posted at the Department of Education. In 1987, he was transferred to the Department of Home on the same post.

From 1991-1995, he served as the Director of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA).

He was also the recipient of the Best Staff among gazetted officers in 1995, awarded by a Swiss based Tibetan Association.

In 1996, he was promoted to the post of Secretary and appointed as the new Secretary of the Department of Education. In 1999, he was transferred to the Department of Home of the Central Tibetan Administration as the home secretary.

From 2001-2008, he served as the president and the director of various Tibetan associations in the United States.

He was appointed as the secretary of the Department of Education again in 2012, under the 14th Kashag led by Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay.

Mr. Gonpo Phuntsok, newly-elected Auditor General of the Central Tibetan Administration. Photo: DIIR/CTA

Dharamshala: Mr. Gonpo Phuntsok, currently serving as the Secretary of Office of the Auditor General, has been elected as the new Auditor General, in a voting held during today’s parliamentary session.

He got an overwhelming majority of 36 votes out of 39 votes cast. The other nominee was Mr. Tashi Topgyal, currently serving as the Additional Secretary of the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration.

Their nominations were proposed by a 3-member selection committee comprising of former Chief Justice Commissioner Mr Lobsang Dhargyal, former Chief Justice Commissioner Jadur Sonam Sangpo and former Kalon Tsering Phuntsok. The selection committee was constituted by a committee of the current Chief Justice Commissioner, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Tibetan

Mr. Gonpo Phuntsok was born in Palyul, Dege county in 1953. He came into exile with his family in 1963 and settled at Phendeling Tibetan settlement in Mainpat. He went to school at CST Mussoorie. He is a B.Com graduate.

He joined the Central Tibetan Administration in 1981 as a Senior Clerk and was posted as an accountant at a Paljor enterprise based in Delhi. In 1983, he was transferred to Amritsar as the cashier cum accountant of the CTA’s cotton and wool manufacturing unit. He was gradually promoted as the chief accountant and assistant manager of the unit.

In 1990, he was appointed as the chief accountant and the assistant manager of Hotel Tibet in Gangtok. He was transferred to Department of Finance in 1991 and appointed as the head of CTA’s Budget section.

In 1992, he was promoted to the post of Deputy Secretary. He took one year official education leave in 1996 to pursue further studies in the US. From 1997 – 2002, he served on the post of Joint Secretary at various offices including the cabinet secretariat and Office of the Auditor General.

He was promoted to the post of Additional Secretary in 2002 and transferred to the Department of Religion and Culture. In 2009, he was promoted to the post of Secretary and appointed as the secretary of the department.

He was appointed as the Secretary of the Office of the Auditor General in 2010.

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Dharamshala: - On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India, Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), claims itself to be the largest women’s political organization in exile, urges the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to raise the crucial issue of Tibet with his Chinese counterpart while wishing him a happy 64th birthday.

In an open letter to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Tashi Dolma President of TWA said they had called on Xi Jinping to face the Tibet Challenge by holding talks with the Tibetan leadership in exile, particularly with the envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Releasing a previous campaign video ‘Xi Face the Tibet Challenge’, which was initially launched in 2013, the day Xi Jinping formally assumed the Chinese presidency. “Over 200 Tibetan women representing 33 regional chapters of TWA staged the campaign at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi with three key slogans: Xi Jinping, end the repression in Tibet, Xi Jinping, resolve the Tibet crisis now, and Xi Jinping, face the Tibet Challenge,” the group said on the eve of Xi Jinping’s India visit.

“Sadly, over the last 18 months, we didn’t see the Chinese Government under Xi’s leadership address the legitimate grievances of Tibetan people inside Tibet,” said Ms. Tashi Dolma.

‘The situation in Tibet is exacerbated by a deepening crackdown by the Chinese government on any forms of peaceful expressions for freedom by the Tibetan people, thus deepening the anguish Tibetans feel. Human rights situation in Tibet is marked by deterioration of rights protection and an intensification of clampdowns,’ she said.

She stated that “there have been arbitrary shootings, arrests, and the indiscriminate use of force in Tibet - actions which have reduced Tibetans to the level of a subject people. The denial of religious freedom and large-scale government sponsored settlements by non-Tibetans threaten to obliterate Tibetan identity.”

For the last 30 years of TWA’s history in exile, TWA has said ‘they have been calling on the Chinese government to peacefully resolve the issue of Tibet. But their stringent and repressive policies have engendered a forbidding situation

President of the Tibetan Women’s Association Tashi Dolma. Photo: TPI

that has spiraled a spate of self-immolations inside Tibet, of 130 Tibetans including 21 Women.’

“Therefore today, as Xi Jinping steps into India, the exile homeland for Tibetans, we call on him to review China’s failed policies in Tibet, to end the crisis inside Tibet and significantly to fulfill the genuine aspirations of the Tibetan people who sacrificed their lives calling for ‘freedom for Tibetans inside Tibet’ and for ‘the dignified return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama back to Tibet’,” said Dolma.

A week prior to Xi Jinping’s India visit, TWA also has submitted an appeal letter to the Indian Minister for External Affairs Smt. Sushma Sawara urging her to raise Tibet problems. TWA said it’s leaders will also engage in a two-day direct lobby campaign with the Indian leaders.

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