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Thousands gather in Bylakuppe to celebrate 78th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama By Tenzin Desal: 6 July 2013
Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar State of India. Photo: File By Yeshe Choesang: 10 July 2013
Dharamshala: - The spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama on July 7 has expressed his sadness over the serial bomb blasts at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar State of India.Terming the series of blasts at Mahabodhi temple complex in Bihar as “unfortunate”, said the His Holiness the Dalai Lama.“But we should not consider it is something a serious, I don’t think,” said His Holiness. “Few individuals, some such incidents happen- it’s understandable. “Of course it’s very sad,” His Holiness however told reporters in south India. Eight low-intensity blasts took place early in the morning in quick succession at the 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple, annually visited by millions of pilgrims from all over the world.
Sikyong Dr Sangay saddened by blasts at Bodh Gaya
Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay. Photo: File By Kalsang Dolma: 10 July 2013
Dharamshala: - The elected political leader of the Central Tibetan Administration has expressed deep sadness over the serial bomb blasts at the world famous Mahabodhi Temple in the northern Indian state of Bihar. “I am deeply saddened to learn about the series of bomb blasts at Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, Bihar, north India. My prayers for the injured and their family members,” Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay said in a statement issued on July 7. See Page 3...
Bylakuppe: - Thousands of Tibetans in south India gathered at Bylakuppe to celebrate the 78th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet. Congregation of Tibetans, dignitaries from the host state of Karnataka and other parts of India took part in the celebration. He was earlier received at the settlement a day before his birthday. The events for his birthday are organized by the two settlement offices of Lugsam Samdrupling and Dickyi Larsoe and Sera Jey Monastery based in Bylakuppe. Sikyong Lobsang Sangay read the statement issued from his office in which he ‘on the occasion of 78th birthday of 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet,’offered ‘deepest reverence and pay obeisance on behalf of the Kashag and Tibetans inside and outside Tibet.’ And his ‘colleagues in the Kashag and Tibetans everywhere join millions of admirers across the globe in wishing His Holiness good health and long life,’the statement added. Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who was joined by his cabinet members said: “ I feel extremely delighted to be here to celebrate the birthday of H.H. The Dalai Lama. “I on behalf of the people of Arunachal Pradesh extend an invitation to visit the state at any convenient time,” the Chief Minister added. Speaking to the throng of people who struggled to be contained in massive marquees pitched for the occasion, The Dalai Lama said: “there are many religions in the world and Christianity being the largest. And then it is
His Holiness the Dalai Lama wearing a Mysore Peta,a traditional silk turban, during celebrations honoring his 78th birthday at Sera Jey Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on July 6, 2013. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Islam, considering population of humanity practicing the religion. “I consider religious harmony very important because we see tremendous violence due to religious differences. In the past history-- violence based on religious difference is a different case. But in 20th and 21st century where we
Eight losses faced by Tibetan drogpas due to China’s resettlement policy
have made so many advances in human knowledge, still we see violence of this nature and this is a sad fact. “The best gift I could receive from you all is the warmheartedness in every individual present here. When faced with challenge and anger please be reminded of message.”
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The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Rinpoche. Photo: File
The president of the People’s Democratic Party of Bhutan, Mr Tshering Tobgay. Photo: File By Chumar Dhondup:16 July 2013
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By Kalsang Dolma: 15 July 2013
Dharamshala: One of the most urgent issues affecting Tibetans inside Tibet today is the massive displacement induced by China’s development projects. According to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), last month, Human Rights Watch reported that almost two million Tibetans, predominately nomads, have been displaced from their ancestral lands over the past seven years to make way for Chinese development in Tibet. Resettled in concrete houses in urban areas, displaced Tibetans suffer from innumerable problems such as the loss of their traditional economic livelihood and cultural dislocation. The Chinese government argues that resettlement of Tibetan nomads is an economic necessity ostensibly to protect fragile Tibetan grasslands from what it calls “livestock overgrazing”. Behind such a rationale, however, is the implied accusation that nomads are unproductive people – economic liabilities – who stand in the way of China’s modernisation programs in Tibet. TCHRD said it has translated and edited an essay by a Tibetan writer living inside Tibet who eloquently refutes Chinese
assertions. The writer informs us that nomads are a proud, compassionate, honest, cultured and productive people who crafted their own independent source of living for centuries. The writer, born to nomadic parents, laments the losses nomads are currently suffering, including the loss of precious folk culture, because of their resettlement in urban areas. He writes, “With the resettlement of drogpas in urban areas, they have given up the rich tradition of singing folk songs during festivals. All they do now is just eat and drink. Their children abhor folk stories too. They just idle away watching cartoons and other programs on state television. They are getting alienated from their rich drogpa folk culture.” Written in a simple nomadic style the critical issues raised in the essay have struck a deep sympathetic chord with readers in Tibet. One of the readers said: “The issues raised in the essay are all related to the survival of nomads. We must seriously reflect on them.” Echoing the same sentiments another wrote: “This noble author has spoken out the truth. I express my gratefulness to him. He is politically and economically very conscious. Everyone should read the essay and reflect on it.”
Dharamsala, July 8: The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorjee, expressed sorrow over the July 7 bombings in and around the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya. He asked all to stay calm and ensure that violence doesn’t escalate over the incident. I was deeply saddened to hear of the senseless violence perpetrated today at the Mahabodhi temple and its environs in Bodhgaya. This is the place where Buddhist pilgrims from India and the world over pay homage to Lord Buddha and his teachings. As yet we do not know why or by whom this sacred site was targeted. However, I am convinced that, as Buddhists, in responding to this situation, the best homage we can pay to Lord Buddha is to uphold his teachings on love and ahimsa (non-violence). I ask you, therefore, to remain calm and refrain from any further escalation of the violence. I offer my prayers for the victims and their families, and call on Buddhists everywhere to truly embrace the wisdom of Lord Buddha’s teachings in all that we do. A talk and photo exhibition to remember Rakra Rimpoche-
Padma Choling, so called Tibet Autonmous Region Government chief. Photo: File
A talk and photo exhibition in remembrance of Rakra Rinpoche held in Dharamshala, India, on July 10, 2013. Photo: VOA Tibetan
Dharamshala: The Library of Tibetan Works and Archive (LTWA) and Amnye Machen Institute, both based in Dharamsala, India jointly held a talk and photo exhibition in remembrance of Rakra Rinpoche: (1925 - 2012) on his first death anniversary. Rakra Rinpoche was well known in the exile Tibetan community See Page 2... as one of the most skilled practitioners of
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Tibetan culture will never be lost if we celebrate and encourage our youth By Yeshe Choesang: 15 July 2013 Dharamshala: - All civilizations whether primitive, ancient, mediaeval or modern have in the course of their development produced unique cultures; however some, over time, grow to offer universal values. In the name of culture, millions of people around the world now enjoy Tibetan art and architecture, language and literature, music and dance, social customs and codes of ethics, philosophy and religion. It is by examining the Tibetan civilization’s cultural contributions to the world that we can gain some idea and appreciation of its achievements. The way that one-generation passes on its values to the next. This now becomes more visible when we look to other cultures around the world. In last few centuries, great values from the Tibetan Buddhist culture, in the course of its history contributes something to the world in general and in particular to the modern worldthe arts of compassion and peace. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, entire his life put efforts for the non-violence and harmony. This is sadly a rare gift in our ever shifting world. Religious beliefs, ideas or ideals are given visual expression and sometimes form the subject matter of art and culture identity. In a sense the culture of Tibet provides a mirror to reflect a civilization’s religion. In this respect Buddhist science in the West is no exception. Tibetan culture has fed a spiritual renaissance in exile and spread to the West. Because of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s universal message of compassion, tolerance, non-violence and selfawareness, that has become a profound spiritual source of inspiration for countless millions of people in the world today. To d a y, B u d d h i s t s c i e n c e i s r e c o g n i z e d throughout the West, and Buddhist practices such as meditation are becoming widespread. Buddhist science and philosophy is also researched and taught at Western universities
and taught in schools. The Buddhist culture continues to grow, and those seeking to understand it often turn to the teachings of His Holiness and Tibetan Buddhism for inspiration and guidance. Some part of our society however, what wasour culture is becoming a collection-not of endless multitude of sub-cultures. Many say we are losing our unique communities, and becoming cultures onto ourselves; it may become like some parts of our world, where they already lost themselves into something previously unrecognisable. It’s not a negative occurrence; however it can seem alienating and at times isolating, because our main purpose to be ourselves and to keep our cultural identity alive in exile and in our homeland. Our Tibetan culture is not disappearing, but some see it as the opposite to modernity, or against the evolution of political systems. Many say it is narrow-minded, because we’re beginning to have less and less in common with developing nations, and share so little. We must accept some certain causes and effects that our cultural identity will be forever disappeared one day if we let it go without trying. In Tibet, our culture is being actively destroying by the Chinese government- using different political tools and methods, and we must realize this fact. Unfortunately and sadly, some of our own people, either don’t value or they just don’t understand what it is to lose our unique identity. We must encourage our Tibetan youth to celebrate and identify with their culture, as the draw of modernity without respect of our rich history could prove fatal to our heritage. We as Tibetan people both at home and abroad need to be united in building the cultural foundations they need to pass the torch of our heritage from generation to generation, and we should talk to and encourage our youth to enjoy this beautiful and rich culture that is our duty to protect and share.
Weighting one‘s future at present in accordance with the past By: Tenzin
Yonten, : 15 July 2013
Dharamshala: - One of the biggest achievements ever accomplished in Tibetan exile world is the completion of the Dalai Lama College for higher studies in Bangalore. This year will see the highest number of students enrolling in the Bangalorean Dalai Lama College after completing their plus two in TCV. Almost 90% students are directly depending on TCV scholarship and foreign sponsorship assistance. To them TCV is like the back bone and DNA in their education journey. Till now, tens and thousands of Tibetan students have graduated from TCV, somehow and somewhere, yet there is no concrete result of their achievements in various fields. The key factor is lack of scholarships and investment insufficiency for their higher studies in colleges and universities. According to the enrolment records of Tibetan students in college, there are almost 40% students enrolling in college, 30% travel to foreign countries, 20% choose to go manual work and 20% to normal works like small scale business including working in restaurants. It is really hard for Tibetan students to enrol in a professional line of work except those from a financially stable family background. When the Bangalorean Dalai Lama institution was successfully affiliated to Mysore University, the TCV scholarship pattern was also changed, for those scoring
above 75% marks. All students with a score lower than that must mandatorily go to the Dalai Lama institution without any choice. The Bangalore institution is like new born baby now, crawling on the ground. There are galaxy stars of reality and rumours burning like volcano in the exile-Tibetan society especially in the school. There is ocean of truth regarding the establishment of the Bangalorean Dalai Lama institution, whose mission and vision is extensive and intensive in nurturing youngsters under an education system that is based on both modern and traditional moral ethics. Within Tibet itself, there are a few minority Tibetan universities which are completely monopolized by Chinese guidance. TCV authorities headed by Mrs. Jetsun Pema have a comprehensive vision to materialize the present college into an exemplary Tibetan university in near future. The recent prestigious Sikyong Award to Tenzin Choekyi is the manifestation of academic excellence and positive change of the new generation’s pragmatic action which has surely blossomed Sikyong’s heart into happiness as he had already promised producing one thousand prolific and qualified Tibetans within ten years. Whether such a big dream will translate into reality or not does not lie in the hands of Sikyong but rather in the students, who are currently in colleges and universities as well as in higher secondary school. In a nutshell, the new institution and the Sikyong Award is a wake up call and inspirational approach to the Tibetan new generation that time has come to do something extraordinary in academics. It’s a turning point for Tibet that faces issues such as political instability, genocide, human rights violation, torturing and imprisonment the common masses.?The continuous wave of self immolation has already recorded the world history but still then hard line policy of China has not deferred. Therefore, we, the Tibetan youngsters are our most precious human resource and an asset to our nation. We are the future of Tibet; the ultimate builder of new nation. Written by Dawa Tsering, Class 12th section-A, TCV School Gopalpur.
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Students and devotees of imprisoned Tenzin Delek Rinpoche appeal for his release By Samuel Ivor: 15 July 2013
Dharamshala: In an open letter to the Central Government leaders of China, and relevant bodies, devotees of imprisoned leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche,who was arrested on April 7, 2002 for his suspected involvement in a bomb blast in Chengdu city have appealed for his release and fair treatment due to his deteriorating condition. OnDecember 2nd the Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Tenzin delek Rinpoche and his disciple, Lobsang Dhondup, for “the bombings and the subversion of state power” during a secret and unlawful trial. Both men were sentenced to death; however on 24 January 2005, based on relevant provisions of China’s Criminal Law, the Rinpoche’s sentence was reduced to life imprisonment. After more than eleven years of wrongful imprisonment, both is physical and mental health has severely deteriorated due to gross mistreatment in prison. Since his imprisonment, relatives and disciples have rarely been allowed to visit Tenzin Delek Rinpoche in prison; just six times in total -the last time being on August 14, 2012. During this visit he stated: “I have not done anything that violates the Chinese Constitution and laws. Therefore, you should appeal for my case and arrange for a retrial. If money was a problem, then you should solicit donations. There is no shame in asking for donation because I, myself, have done nothing that I should be ashamed of, let alone be convicted for something as baseless as violating Chinese laws.” He has also stated: “I have submitted eighteen petitions to prison authorities [advocating
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Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. Photo: TPI/file
innocence.] But the prison authorities ignored them. Finally, out of desperation, I warned the authorities that if they keep on ignoring my petitions, I would have no choice but to refuse their medical treatment and sit on hunger strike. The authorities finally responded by saying that my petition would be forwarded to the higher/ central authorities, yet so far they haven’t acted on this.” In the letter the followers highlighted: ‘The goal of the Chinese government after all is to create unity of nationalities and harmonious society, and this goal can be achieved only when the principles of the constitution are upheld and respected’. They highlighted the duties and good deeds the revered Rinpoche has performed in the past, adding: ‘Tenzin Delek Rinpoche is a very respected spiritual figure among the Tibetan population, who has been credited with performing numerous charitable and welfare activities benefitting the public. Apart from his spiritual teachings, he founded schools for Tibetan orphans, old people’s homes, help build roads, bridges and spread awareness about environmental protection’. ‘The general Tibetan public believe that Rinpoche hasn’t done anything that is in violation of Chinese laws and constitution’.
The lack of stability on the region was also highlighted in the letter, which highlighted the: ‘cycle of repression, resistance [continuing], causing further instabilities’ ‘On humanitarian grounds, we request the Chinese higher authorities to start a retrial of Rinpoche’s case. If retrial is not possible, we request the higher authorities to at least grant Rinpoche medical parole given his advanced age and heart disease. We hope the Chinese central government and relevant departments of the CPC Central Committee will consider Rinpoche’s case favourably’. Delek is also an advocate for environmental conservation in the face of indiscriminate logging and mining projects, and in the past has worked as a mediator between both Tibetans and Chinese. In November 2009, 40,000 Tibetans in Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s home area signed a petition asking for a re-trial. A great number of his devotees also staged a hunger strike at the county seat of Lithang, of which around 70 Tibetans were arrested. The revered leader has always maintained his innocence during his imprisonment, despite the immediate execution of his disciple Lobsang Dhondup after their alleged involvement in the bombing in Chengdu.
of Amnye Machen Institute; Acharya Karma Monlam, editor of the Tibetan Department of Education; Sonam Gyaltsen, history teacher at Sarah Tibetan Higher studies; and Chung Tsering, a Tibetan writer shared their personal experiences and admiration of Rakra Rinpoche’s work during his 87 years. The photo exhibition displayed Rakra Rinpoche’s publications. In 1969, on the 10th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising, Sheja Publication distributed in pamphlet form, Rimpoche’s long poem “The Message of the Khugda Bird”. This bird is regarded in Tibetan avian mythology as the herald or messenger of the cuckoo (khyu-yug), king of the birds. According to Tibetan writer, Jamyang Norbu’s article “ Most educated Tibetans probably knew him for his biography of the great Tibetan scholar and poet Gedun Chophel. Rakra’s biography was not only the first detailed, book-length biography of Gendun Chophel ever published, but was especially
significant as Rakra had been a student of Gedun Chophel at Lhasa and had studied poetry (nyenga) and literature (tsom rig gyutsel) under him.” In Rimpoche’s poem the messenger bird flies all the way from Tibet to India where he encounters an exile youth to whom he narrates the terrible sufferings of the Tibetan people under Chinese military occupation. Jamyang Norbu said he thinks it was that same year Rimpoche made a beautiful woodcut of a mother and child fleeing war-torn Tibet. Entitled Flüchtlingen in German, many art prints and postcards of this woodcut were reproduced to raise funds for the Pestalozzi Children’s Village. In 2008 when hundreds of activists in exile undertook a peace-march back to Tibet, Rimpoche wrote a “Prayer Song” for the occasion calling on all the old gods and goddesses of Tibet to protect the marchers and guide them across the high mountain passes.
A talk and photo exhibition held in Dharamshala to remember Rakra Rinpoche: Tibetan poet, artist, scholar and teacher
Photo 1: Rakra Rimpoche and Gedun Chophel la in Lhasa, circa 1949. Photo 2: Rakra Rimpoche as AIR newscaster. circa 1959. Photo 3: Rakra, Dolma la & daughter Tsering Chounzom arrive at Pestalozzi and Photo 4: Rakra Rimpoche and family. 1988. Photo: Jamyang Norbu’s blog
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the art of classical Tibetan poetry (nyenga: in Tibetan). As a homage to the great scholar, Tashi Tsering, director
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Compassion is a powerful heartfelt quality: 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Rinpoche By Aditi Padiyar: 5 July 2013
The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa giving a teaching on Buddhist compassion for hundreds of devotees from various parts of the world, at Gyuto Monastery, Dharamshala, India, on June 30, 2013. Photo: TPI
Dharamshala: A few days after his 28th birthday the 17th Karmapa of Tibet delighted local students and devotees from various parts of the country by giving an impromptu teaching at the request of students at Gyuto Monastery based near Dharamshala, his temporary residence. “Although the teaching was unplanned, word had quickly spread and a crowd soon filled the monastery, eager to receive the Gyalwang Karmapa’s wisdom,” said Kagyu Office. His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee began by thanking those gathered for taking interest in his recent birthday, and for their personal celebrations and aspiration prayers. “Apart from sublime, spiritually advanced individuals, for the rest of us as ordinary people in the world we are subject to the sufferings of birth, aging, sickness and death,” he said. “I personally see no need to celebrate my birthday as such, given that birth is, generally speaking, nothing but suffering. However, I still feel that I need to express a personal thank you to all of you and the many people who see my birthday as an occasion to make virtuous prayers and dedications.” Following his regular custom, at the beginning of the
teaching the Gyalwang Karmapa offered those gathered the oral transmission for the practice of Four-Armed Chenrezig. Describing this particular practice as being the practice of compassion itself, he then went on to teach extensively on compassion. “What we call compassion is the wish or desire to be capable of protecting sentient beings from suffering,” he began. “We could call it a sense of determination, a sense of courage or resolve. That is compassion. It is not merely something intellectual that belongs to the brain or that sphere of our experience. But rather it is a powerful heartfelt feeling or quality, one that must be sincere. This is how I see it.” Tying together the need for compassion with the reality of interdependence in our contemporary world, the Gyalwang Karmapa emphasized the links between others’ welfare and our own. “Now in the 21st century we find ourselves in what we might call the information era,” he explained. “Within this era of information I would say that now more than ever the suffering of other beings really becomes part of our individual experience. This is not merely an idea, but rather it describes the actual reality of the world that we live in now. As we continue in this age of information we can see that our world is getting smaller and smaller and all of us within it are becoming closer and closer to one another. And so it should be increasingly evident that the experiences of other sentient beings are in fact part of our own individual experience.” “This is not merely a notion or a concept, but rather it is a fact of our reality as we experience it now,” he continued. “Other beings’ suffering is part of our own individual experience. And this is true by virtue of the fact of our mutual dependence upon one another. Because we are mutually connected or interrelated, whatever impact there is on one individual in fact becomes an impact that affects Continued on Page 5.........
Sikyong Dr Sangay saddened by blasts ....... Continued from front-page
Nine serial blasts took place inside and outside the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya early Sunday (July 7) morning in which two people were injured. “The Prime Minister has strongly condemned the blasts in around the sacred Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya. He has said that our composite culture and traditions teach us respect for all religions and such attacks on religious places will never be tolerated,” a Prime Minister’s Office release said.
The Prime Minister also wished speedy recovery to the people injured in the attack. Hundreds of thousands of Buddhist pilgrims from across the world flock to Mahabodhi Temple where the Buddha attained enlightenment. Following the multiple blasts in the Mahabodhi Temple campus, a heritage site in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya, it was re-opened to the public and special prayers for peace were held by hundreds of Buddhist monks and devotees.
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Mr Tshering Tobgay is likely to be named prime minister of the new government, after his party won 32 seats in the 47-member National Assembly in the elections held Saturday. “I, on behalf of the Kashag, extend my greetings to you for winning with majority in the parliamentary elections in Bhutan,” Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay said in his congratulatory message. “I also congratulate all candidates of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) party for the smooth and peaceful
democratic transition of power; and leading the country for the past five years,” the Sikyong said. “The success of the general election and the smooth transition of power from one party to another reflect the vision and leadership of His Majesty the King. It confirms your people’s confidence and faith in democracy. This is a victory for democracy and its ideals,” he said. Bhutan held its first parliamentary elections in 2008 after its king ushered democracy in the country the same year.
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Dharamshala: - Marking the auspicious occasion of the birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, the Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay has offered a statement – highlighted the achievements of, and gratitude towards, the revered spiritual leader, and of which an edited version follows: ‘On this joyous occasion of the seventy-eighth birthday of His Holiness the Great Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, I bow in deepest reverence and pay obeisance on behalf of the Kashag and Tibetans inside and outside Tibet. My colleagues in the Kashag and Tibetans everywhere join millions of admirers across the globe in wishing His Holiness good health and a long life. We offer our prayers and re-affirm our unflinching devotion and loyalty to His Holiness the Dalai Lama – Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshi Tenzin Gyatso Si-Sum Wang-Gyur Tsungpa Me-Pey Dhe Pal-Sangpo Chog. We express our deepest gratitude to His Holiness’ loving parents for blessing us with their precious son, Lhamo Dhondup, born on July 6, 1935 to a peasant family in Taktser village in the Amdo region of Tibet. His Holiness the Dalai Lama describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. For Tibetans, he is the human manifestation of Chenrezig – the Bodhisattva of Compassion. His Holiness’ greatness extends beyond Tibet as he advances his vision for a better humanity through the promotion of his three commitments: 1. basic human values or secular ethics in furthering human happiness; 2. inter-religious harmony; and 3. the preservation of Tibet’s peaceful and non-violent Buddhist culture. His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaches that human beings are the same, all want happiness and no one wants suffering. Just as physical hygiene is essential for a healthy body, a sense of moral hygiene based on warm-heartedness and compassion is equally important. He believes education should instill in children both cognitive and emotional intelligence in order to create synergy and balance between a healthy body and healthy mind. Towards this end, the
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Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, head of the Central Tibetan Administration, making offerings at the start of His Holiness’s 78th birthday celebrations at Sera Jey Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on July 6, 2013. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Central Tibetan Administration will introduce a curriculum on secular moral ethics in Tibetan schools. As His Holiness’ stature on the world stage has grown, so has global awareness and support for Tibet. As one of the world’s most inspirational figures, His Holiness has directly and positively impacted on the image of the Tibetan people and fundamentally benefitted the Tibetan cause. Our compatriots in Tibet, including the selfimmolators, clearly expressed their primary aspiration to be the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet and freedom for Tibetans. Tibetans in exile and the diaspora, particularly the new generation, must make the realization of this aspiration a sacred duty. This is the least we owe to the Tibetans inside Tibet. This calls for a thorough understanding of the leadership of His Holiness, his thoughts and vision for Tibet and the Tibetan people. Tibetan democracy in exile from its infancy to today’s consolidated state is the result of decades of efforts by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. At this critical period of our struggle, Tibetans in
exile and diaspora must utilize this democracy and freedom responsibly to show solidarity with and highlight their suffering of Tibetans in Tibet, challenge the hard-line policies of the Chinese government, and unite all Tibetans. On the auspicious occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 78th birthday, the Central Tibetan Administration reiterates its firm commitment to the Middle Way Approach in resolving the Tibet issue. Since assuming office in August 2011, we have proceeded with a three-phase approach of consolidation, action and dialogue. I take this opportunity to thank the great people of India and the Indian Government for their unwavering assistance and support to Tibetans. I also thank other governments and our supporters around the world. Lastly, I offer my fervent prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long and healthy life. With unity, innovation and self-reliance as the guiding principles, may all his wishes and the aspirations of Tibetans inside and outside Tibet, and his efforts towards promotion of a more compassionate and peaceful world be fulfilled’.
MP Chandrasekhar romises continued support to Tibetan cause By Aditi Padiyar: 8 July 2013
Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bengalaru, South India, June 5, 2013. Photo: TPI
New Delhi; July 5, 2013: Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar met Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama Friday. On a special invitation extended to him by the Central Tibetan administration, Rajeev met HH the Dalai Lama and Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of Tibetan Government in exile, in Bengaluru. Rajeev was the only dignitary to receive an invitation to
meet the Dalai Lama during his brief stay in Bengaluru and spent nearly half an hour with HH Dalai Lama where he discussed various issues on Tibetans in India and pressed for greater engagement of Tibetan administration with the Indian administration, Parliamentarians and media. Rajeev presented to the Dalai Lama the customary Mysore peta, sandalwood garland and a model of Bengaluru Tower. After the meeting the Dalai Lama said, “I would like to thank Rajeev Chandrasekhar for his sustained support to the Tibetan cause. He has worked in many avenues and has shown genuine compassion for Tibetan people. I am sure that Rajeev will continue his work to increase the love between Tibetan and Indian people. He has always worked at supporting the engagement of the Indian people with Buddhism. I would also like to thank the people of Karnataka for their hospitality and their generosity. The state hosts nearly 50,000 Tibetans.” Rajeev said, “India has ancient and long standing ties with Tibet going all the way back to the 8th century from the time of the Nalanda seat of learning. These ties intimately connect India with the Tibetan people and India is morally bound to support the Tibetan people. This support must extend to the realms of preserving Tibetan culture, its history and the environment. I will continue to raise the issues regarding Tibet in the Parliament. I will further work on for inviting HH the
Dalai Lama to address the Indian Parliament. The cultural harmony of Tibet is important not just for the Tibetan people and India but for the entire world.” Meets PM of Tibetan govt in exile Later, Rajeev Chandrasekhar met Dr. Lonsang Sangay, PM of Tibetan Government in exile and reiterated his support to the Tibetan cause. The PM extended a formal invitation to Rajeev Chandrasekhar to visit Dharamsala, seat of the Tibetan government in exile. Rajeev - Advocate of Tibetan cause Rajeev has been a vocal advocate for the Tibetan cause, urging the Government of India, through several interventions, to initiate greater engagement with the Tibetan government in exile. Rajeev has earlier written to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha requesting him to invite HH the Dalai Lama to address the Parliament. Rajeev had also urged the Standing Committee on External Affairs to invite the Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in exile, Mr. Lobsang Sangay to be present before it. Taking cognizance of the numerous instances of selfimmolation by Tibetan youth during the BRICS Summit in New Delhi in 2012, Rajeev had written to the Prime Minister of India requesting him to condemn the human rights violations in Tibet and urging him to take up the issue with his Chinese counterpart during BRICS summit in 2013.
Sikyong launches Tibetan residential apartment in Bangalore By Aditi Padiyar: 8 July 2013
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Sikyong launches the first Tibetan residential apartment in Bangalore on July 6, 2013. Photo: CTA
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in Karnataka, Chief Representative and Representatives from 4 Tibetan settlements in Karnataka, media and staff of FTCI head office and Bylakuppe branch. Mr Pema Delek, FTCI Chairman gave brief background information on the site where this apartment project will be started. In his talk, Mr Pema Delek mentioned that Karnataka Government has graciously given about 25,000 sft land to FTCI on long term lease and we have already started construction of office and staff quarter. He further mentioned that the new apartment will be constructed at the same area. Dr Sangay then initiated the launch project. He said the apartment is a new step at providing accommodative security to the Tibetan community appreciated the initiatives made by Tibetan cooperatives, particularly FTCI. FTCI CEO Mr Tashi Wangdu thanked the Sikyong and also mentioned that the location of the apartment is convenient and price is affordable.
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Reports say more Tibetans seriously injured in Chinese shooting in Tibet By Tenzin Hoyee: 12 July 2013
Tibetan nuns carrying His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s portrait during his 78th birthday ceremony held in Tawu County of Karze, Eatern Tibet. Photo: TPI
Dharamshala: - More Tibetans have been reportedly shot by the Chinese ‘People’s Armed Police’ during the celebration of the 78th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on 6 July, in Tawu County of Kham region, Eastern Tibet (Chinese: Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.) 16 Tibetans have now been seriously injured after being shot by Chinese police at the public spiritual event in Karze County of Kham region, eastern Tibet, said latest reports. The monks of Nyatso Monastery, Tawu County in Karze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province and local Tibetans last Saturday (July 6) gathered at the sacred mountain Machen Bhomra for the ceremony of celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 78th birthday, but this celebration was repressed by the People’s Armed Police. The number of Tibetans injured by gunshots has now increased to 16.
Armed Chinese polices during His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s birthday ceremony held in Tawu County of Karze, Eatern Tibet. Photo: TPI
Yama Tsering monk from the Gaden Monastery, South India told The Tibet Post International that his newest sources has confirmed that the total of 15 Tibetans have been injured- comprised monks from Nyatso Monastery, nuns from Geden Choeling Nunnery, and the local Tibetans from Tawa County. “The celebration of His Holiness’s birthday at Tawu County was harshly repressed by gun shots from the People’s Armed Police, but immediate information was not accessible as communications were shut down after the incident. On that day, seven people were known to be wounded in the gunshot, three on Tuesday, and five more confirmed on Thursday,” he added. “The injured was Tsewang Choephel, treasure of the Nyatso Monastery, Tsokley and Dechen from Geden Choeling Nunnery, Yama Gyaltsen and Chakley, a girl from the local Tibetans. Yama Gyaltsen was badly injured after being beaten by Chinese authorities, with four ribs broken, and Tsokley nun was also beaten after being severe beaten, with one
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arm broke. Most of the injured are being taken to the Dhartsedho hospital,” he said. Yama Tsering said that “there were two discipline heads in the Nyatso Monastery, but due to the closed communication channels, it was mistakenly reported that Tsering Dhondup was injured, but further reports clarified that it was Gyatso, one of the two discipline head of the monastery who was actually wounded by Chinese police gunshots.” Norbu Tsering from Tawu County who is living in exile in India also told TPI on Thursday that “18 Tibetans from Tawu County were detained by Chinese police on His Holiness’s birthday, and they sustained different degrees of injuries in Chinese police custody.” “The Tibetans who participated in the celebration were not only shot by the authorities, 18 other Tibetans were also detained, but all were one by one released following strongly pleaded by the
Two monks and a nun who were injured during the Chinese crackdown. Photo: TPI
locals. However, some hardly sustained their severe injuries that they even could not stand nor walk and Lobsang Choedon,Wangchen, Yama Gyaltsen and Dorjee Gonpo are suffering the worst.” Norbu Tsering also said that there were more than 15 who suffered multiple gunshot wounds, but most were afraid that they would be detained by the authorities, if they were treated in the nearby hospitals. Most were treated by having their family members- buying medicine; some went to hospitals in different county, however the exact number of the wounded in the Chinese gunshot is still unconfirmed.
Hundreds of Chinese security forces carefully watching the movement of Tibetans during the celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s birthday in Tawu, eastern Tibet, on July 6, 2013. Photo: TPI
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Monks celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama birthday shot by Chinese By Yeshe Choesang: 8 July 2013
July 6, 2013 People’s Armed Police surrounding the area stopping Tibetans from offering prayers. Photo: TPI
Dharamshala: On July 6, 2013, the morning of the 78th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, hundreds of Tibetans from Tawu joined monks from Nyitso Monastery and nuns from the Geden Choeling nunnery to offer prayers on a hill in the County. Within minutes of the assembly, People’s Armed Police (PAP) surrounded the area interrupting the event. Tear gases were open fired at the monks and nuns and several of them have said to been seriously injured. Jangchup Dorjee, a monk from the Nyitso Monastery and the younger brother of Palden Choetso, a nun from Geden Choeling nunnery who self-immolated on November 3, 2011, drove towards the area where he was attacked with stones by one of the PAPs smashing the windows of his vehicle. Jangchup Dorjee, Tsering Dhonudp and Tashi Sonam from Nyitso Monastery and Urgyen Tashi from Dakchu Town, Nyendak from Mikya town, Tashi and a nun from Geden Choeling Nunnery were open fired by the PAP. They’re in a critical condition and have been receiving medical treatment at a local hospital. Urgyen Tashi has been moved to the nearest Chengdu hospital, his
condition still remains critical. Tawu Lobsang Jinpa, a former Tibetan Political Prisoner currently residing in Dharamshala said, “The situation remains tense. Large numbers of armed police have been deployed surrounding the Nyitso Monastery where no one is allowed to either enter or leave the premises.” “The fact that Tibetans in Tawu were open fired and stopped from celebrating His Holiness’s birthday not only highlights the lack of freedom in Tibet but clearly discards the recent report on the change in China’s
policy allowing Tibetans in Tibet to openly revere His Holiness the Dalai Lama,” said Tenzin Jigdal, Program Director of Students for a Free Tibet, India. Three Tibetans in Tawu have self-immolated to date, the most recent one being Wangchen Dolma, a nun from Nyitso Monastery adding to the tragically long list of over 119 Tibetans who have selfimmolated calling for the return of His Holiness and freedom in Tibet. And yet, the Tibetan crisis continues to remain neglected by the International community.
Tibetan monk arrested in Pashoe, Kham Province of Eastern Tibet By Aditi Padiyar: 3 July 2013
Dharamshala: On July 1 2013, Lobsang Gedun, a 20 year-old monk from Dzongsar Monastery was arrested in Tsawa Pashoe County, Kham Province of Eastern Tibet at around 10:00 am (Tibetan local time). “During the celebration of the Founding Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, Gendhyum rose in the middle of the recital of the Chinese National Anthem and began to shout slogans like “Long Live His Holiness the Dalai Lama’ and ‘independence of Tibet’ and expressed his resistance against the Chinese oppression,” said Shetsa Lobsang Tenpa from south India, citing sources in the region. Sources to The Tibet Post International said that after protesting for 5-6 minutes, the Chinese army assembled at the venue and arrested Gedun and since then, his whereabouts are unknown. Following the arrest, several restrictions have been imposed in the Tsawa Pashoe and Chamdho region. Lobsang Gedun is from Gura County and his father’s name is Kalsang and mother’s name is Palzom and his layname is Gyadho.
Ven Lobsang Gedun, from Drongsar Monastery, Gura village, Tsawa Pashoe county, Kham region of eastern Tibet. Photo: TPI
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Victims of Chinese police shooting in Kham, eastern Tibet remain critical: reports By Aditi Padiyar: 10 July 2013
Dharamshala: Several Tibetans are known to be injured and several others in a critical condition after the Chinese armed police fired at a crowd of Tibetans gathered to celebrate the 78th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on 6 July in Tawu County in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Yama Sonam, a Tibetan monk informed Tibet Post that ten Tibetans have sustained serious injuries. Many others, both monastic and lay Tibetans have been injured after paramilitary forces from People’s Armed Police (PAP) lobbed teargas shells and beat them. The injured are mostly monks from Nyatso Monastery, nuns from Geden Choeling Nunnery and a considerable number of lay Tibetans in Tawu County. Ven Tashi Sonam, a monk and teacher at Nyatso Monastery, who was hit in his head, is being treated along with others at a hospital in Dartsedo County. The condition of Aja Tashi, a layman, shot at with at least eight bullets is said to be serious. He was first taken to County hospital
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where doctors, failing to handle the case, referred him to a provincial hospital in Chengdu where he is now being treated. Tsering Dhondup, a monk disciplinarian at Nyatso Monastery was injured along with fellow monks, Gyaltsen, Jangchub Dorjee and Lobsang Dorjee. Jangchub Dorjee is a brother of Palden Choetso, a nun from Dakar Choeling Nunnery who died of self-immolation protest on 3 November 2011 in Tawu. Laymen injured by gunshot wounds included Tashi Gyaltsen from Khoro nomadic camp, Nyandak from Dukya nomadic camp, Sangpo from Kyasor nomadic camp. Dolma, who hails from Dunkye nomadic camp. is the only injured nun identified so far. Sources coming from Tibet said armed police stoned the vehicle of Jangchup Dorjee as he attempted to drive up the hillside to reach the celebration venue. Armed police also used teargas shells to break up the crowd and beat the Tibetans. Sources say hundreds of Tibetans in Tawu attended the celebration although it is difficult to ascertain the exact number of those injured in armed police excesses. Many Tibetans were detained the same day but were released after lay Tibetans and monks gathered at the courtyard of Nyatso Monastery and called for their immediate release. When armed police reached the courtyard full of local Tibetans at Nyatso Monastery, they expressed
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TPI NEWS EXILE 5 Statement of Tibetan Parliament on His Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in exile Holiness The Dalai lama’s 78th Birthday attends international conference on Tibet The Tibet Post International
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By Aditi Padiyar: 9 July 2013
Dharamshala: Today is a uniquely important day for it marks the birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the Bodhisattva Chenrezig who has descended to this earth in human emanation, the spiritual lord of the Three Realms of dwelling, a champion of world peace, the master on this earth of all the teachings of the Buddha, the saviour of all the Tibetans, and a leader treasured by all and excelled by none. For the sake of all the sentient beings in general terms and especially for the benefit of the sentient beings of the Snowland of Tibet, His Holiness took birth on the 5th day of the 5th month in the Wood-Pig Year of the 16th Tibetan Royal Sexantry, which corresponded to the 6th day of July 1935, in the village of Tagtser in the Kumbum area of the Tibetan province of Domey. He was born to parents of excellently endowed lineage and blood amid numerous wondrously auspicious signs and omens. On such a completely auspicious day as today, we offer our greetings and obeisance to His Holiness with unflinching devotion of body, speech and mind. At the same time we pray ardently, and with great strength of commitment, that His Holiness, the sacred saviour of all sentient beings so numerous as to fill the sky above us, in general terms and, especially, with the people of the Snowland of Tibet, and a great champion of world peace, live for as long as a hundred aeons. We also pray that His Holiness, on that basis, indebt us with the ambrosia of His sound guidance on the basis of the clarity of His vision over the three time realms and in such continuous manner as the flow of the steady summer stream. Having committed to make the sentient beings of the Snowland of Tibet the object of His spiritual deliverance, His Holiness took birth in such numerous human forms as kings, ministers and Bodhisattvas, and accomplished various vast deeds for the benefit of the Buddhist faith. Since the time of the Great Fifth, successive reincarnations of His Holiness the Dalai Lama have assumed both spiritual and temporal leadership of Tibet and exercised responsibility over its sentient beings with great sense of authority. In particular, His Holiness the great 14th Dalai Lama assumed his temporal and spiritual leadership of Tibet when He was only 16 years old. After having done so, He set out to reform the old system of Tibet. And He also underwent multitudes of hardships through various creative and compassionate efforts in dealing with communist China. After arriving in India in exile, He set up the basic structure of a government in exile afresh and in the course of it presented to the Tibetan people a democratic system whereby a Tibetan parliament in exile was set up in 1960. Later in 1963, He proclaimed a democratic constitution for a future free Tibet. In 1991, He took other measures, such as raising the strength of the Tibetan parliament in exile, and transformed it into a genuine legislative body. He later gave his assent to the Charter of the Tibetans in Exile which had been passed by the Tibetan parliament in exile. Further, in order to complete the process of full democratization of the Tibetan system in exile and on the basis of discerning the numerous immediate and long term potential problems and purposes, His Holiness has now transferred all his political and administrative powers to the leadership in exile elected by the Tibetan people. By such and numerous other means over the last more than 60 years, His Holiness has taken up with spontaneous diligence an array of tasks that entailed a multitude of hardships on him for the immediate and long term well being and benefit of Tibet and the Tibetan people. Even after having transferred his political and administrative powers to the elected Tibetan leadership in exile, His Holiness has, as prayed to, graciously
By Aditi Padiyar: 5 July 2013
Penpa Tsering, the speaker of Tibetan Parliament in exile during his speech at the main Tibetan temple in Dharamshala, India, August 2, 2012. Photo: TPI
assented to assume the role of the Protector and Symbol of Tibet and the Tibetan people. In that capacity He has undertaken to offer counsel on any religious or political issue concerning the Tibetan people, as well as to provide suggestions to the Tibetan Parliament in exile and the Kashag on important matters of politics and religion as and when He sees it necessary to do so. This undertaking extends also to meeting with and holding discussions with important international leaders and personalities on behalf of Tibet and the Tibetan people. In keeping with the undertakings He has given very kindly on matters such as these, His Holiness continues to assume great responsibilities on behalf of the Tibetan people. There is no way we the Tibetan people can claim to be in a position to repay over a hundred lifetimes even a tiny fraction of the enormous gratitude we owe to His Holiness. Nevertheless, we, acting on behalf of Tibetans both in and outside Tibet, and with a solemn body, speech and mind obeisance, make it a point to express our gratitude to His Holiness, if only to make it clear that out indebtedness to him will remain in our hearts without ever being forgotten. At the same time, we pray with utmost intensity of devotion that for as long as the sky above us remains, His Holiness continue to hold the misery afflicted people of the Tibetan Land of Snows in compassion and extend to them as before His beneficial deeds. It especially bears mention that through lectures and guidance on compassion, tolerance and universal responsibility for the benefit of all the sentient beings of this world, His Holiness continues to assume great responsibility to bring peace upon the entire humanity. He also continues to take it upon himself to seek to inculcate ethical values in everyone, irrespective of the question whether one believes in any religion or not, for the benefit of humanity in general and for the purposes of protecting the global environment. In an effort to bring about harmony among the different religions in this world, His Holiness has held discussions with numerous leaders of different religious faiths with an approach of broadmindedness and liberalism and has thereby also sought to dispel doubts and to deal with the differences among them. In particular, His Holiness has taken great responsibility to ensure a coexistent march between Buddhism and modern science with each side benefiting from the other through an appreciative understanding of each other’s respective strengths and weaknesses. By such means as above, His Holiness has undertaken, and continues to undertake, political and spiritual deeds of enormous dimensions, becoming a source of merits of enormous value to the sentient beings of this world and a worthy source of sublime contentment to them. In conclusion, we pray that His Holiness the Dalai Lama live for as long as a hundred eon, that all His sacred wishes be fulfilled with spontaneity, and that the just cause of the Tibetan people may definitely see the light of the day as soon as possible.
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all of us. So I think that in these terms compassion is an especially realistic way of relating to our existing situation in these times.” TheGyalwangKarmapathenexplainedthatcompassionmust begin with compassion for ourselves. Moreover, compassion should not allow for any sense of separation between ourselves and those we feel compassion for, but rather it should allow us to identify more closely with others. “In order to develop our ability to feel compassion for others we need to begin with ourselves,” he said. “We need to consider at an individual level how we are oppressed by suffering. And that then becomes the model that serves as the basis for how we can expand our understanding of the quality of others’ experience, whether it be good or bad.” “In looking at this relationship we are trying to develop compassion for someone else as the object of compassion,” he continued. “From our side, we’re the one who feels or cultivates that sense of understanding. But if we have the conception that we ourselves are in a good situation and we’re looking at someone else who is in an unfortunate situation, then there is a sense of separation there.” “We should not allow for that sense of separation to come between us and those that we feel compassion for. But rather, we should strive to feel that we are part of that person who is suffering, that we are sharing in their experience and in that way base our compassion on a strong sense of identification with that other individual.” On June 28, he met with students from the Edinburgh
University Tibet Society, offering them practical and skillful guidance on dealing with the inner challenges encountered when working for the Tibet cause. The group of 16 students, coming from countries including the United Kingdom, Norway and Japan, are visiting India in order to collaborate with the Students for a Free Tibet organization in Dharamsala. He thanked the students sincerely for all their support for the Tibet cause. One of the students then explained to the Gyalwang Karmapa that those working actively for the Tibet cause are faced with very difficult and sometimes harrowing issues. “Often these issues give rise to very strong emotions,” she said, “so I am wondering how we can deal with these strong emotions in a positive way?” n response the Gyalwang Karmapa offered several simple, practical and profound methods for coping with strong emotions when they arise. “I think that in order to deal effectively with such negative or disturbing emotions that we will encounter, we need a variety of methods or strategies to draw upon,” he began. “One method involves gaining the skill to recognize the problem with disturbed states of mind, and to see that when we are emotionally upset it’s problematic for us. Once we are able to recognize the problem with being emotionally disturbed or upset, then we can gradually and naturally distance ourselves from the habit of reacting in a disturbed way.” The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee is the head of the 900 year old Karma Kagyu Lineage and guide to millions of Buddhists around the world.
Turin, Italy: On 5th July 2013, The speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile attended an international conference on “scenarios and perspectives for the future of Tibet” in Turin. The conference was jointly organised by the Association for Tibet and Human Rights of the Regional Council of Piemonte and the Tibetan community in Italy. Addressing the conference, Mr Valerio Cattaneo, chairman of the Board of the Piedmont Region, said: “There is a community (Tibetans) that does not give up despite the difficulties to make their voices heard. They seek dialogue with Italian institutions and participate in conferences, exhibitions and meetings in the conference to highlight their cause.” “This conference is further proof of the will of the Legislative Assembly of Piemonte to defend the rights of this extraordinary people. An immense culture which was almost completely destroyed,” Mr Giampiero Leo, councillor of Piedmont Region, said. In his statement, Mr Penpa Tsering, Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, said: “For how long will the leaders of the various nations will be able to ignore the Tibetans in Tibet who are burning themselves? And how many more lives will be sacrificed to attract attention? We appeal to the international community to stand firmly by Tibetan’s people at this time and to appeal to China to give free access for journalists and diplomats from around the world to visit Tibet to assess the actual condition there,” he said. Dignitaries who attended the conference include Mr
Speaker Penpa Tsering addressing the international conference on Tibet in Turin, Italy, on 5 July 2013. Photo: CTA
André Gattolin, Senator of the French Parliament, Mr Matteo Mecacci and Mr Gianni Vernetti, former presidents of the Intergroup Italian Parliamentary for Tibet, Mrs Mariacristina Spinosa, councilor for the City of Turin and Mr Bruno Mellano of the Radical Adelaide Aglietta. Tibetan officials present at the conference were Ven. Thubten Wangchen, member of the Tibetan Parliament in exile from Europe, Mr Kalsang Gyaltsen, Special envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Europe, Mr Nyima Dhondup, president of the Tibetan community in Italy.
Addressing the Tibetan community, Speaker Penpa Tsering spoke on the Tibetan people’s bounden duty to preserve their language and culture, which are facing annihilation under the Chinese rule. He said the responsibility to safeguard our language and culture rests with everyone of us, adding that families in the west should speak in Tibetan at home so that the children could learn Tibetan. He also spoke on the significance of the exile Tibetans’ voluntary green book contribution for the sustenance of the Tibetan movement.
Tibetan Legal Association ‘TLA’ formed in Dharamshala to fight for Human Rights in Tibet
provide legal assistance to poor and needy Tibetans and local Indians. The association aims at carrying forward the non-violent struggle of the Tibetan community by addressing the Human Rights crisis in Tibet and garnering International support. As a platform to serve and protect their community, TLA offers to provide free legal aid to financially unstable and underprivileged individuals and families. Some of the main objectives of the association are to safeguard the legal interests of the Tibetan community in exile, provide Tibetan interpreters and organize workshops for Tibetan law students to aid their academic growth. TLA also hopes to strengthen ties and co-operate with local, regional and international organizations with objectives similar to that of theirs and formulate projects to ensure the well-being of the Tibetan community. The TLA office will be located in Dharamshala. Members of the Tibetan legal fraternity during their audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala on 29 June 2013. Photo: TLA by Aditi Padiyar: 2 July 2013
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TPI NEWS H.H the Dalai lama His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulates Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdor Lama’s birthday celebrated across the world The Tibet Post International
15 July 2013
By Yeshe Choesang: 1 July 2013
In June 2011, President of Mongolia Tsakhia Elbegdorj visiting the main Buddhist temple (khurul) of Kalmykia which was erected on the site blessed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama . Photo: TPI
Dharamshala: - On Thursday, 27 June, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote a letter of congratulation to Tsakhiagiin Elbegdor who was recently re-elected as President of Mongolia.
In his letter to President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, His Holiness wrote of his warm memories of their meeting during his visit to Mongolia in 2011. His Holiness the Dalai Lama had previously visited for a three-day lecture and teaching tour at the invitation of a group of Buddhist followers. The 1989 Nobel peace prize winner spent a week in Mongolia where he gave several lectures and appear on TV. Mongolia is a majority Buddhist country with strong traditional ties to Tibet. Thousands of people have been known to turn out to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama on every visit of his to Mongolia since 2006. He remarked that Mongolia has made impressive progress and that this advancement will become increasingly meaningful as it results in direct improvements in the lives of ordinary people.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulates Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd By Yeshe Choesang: 1 July 2013
Dharamshala: - On Thursday, 27 June, the spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama wrote a letter of congratulation to Kevin Rudd on his resuming responsibility as Prime Minister of Australia. “Having just completed a ten day visit to Australia, His Holiness wrote that he was touched by the affection and friendship shown to him by people of all walks of life.” ‘He said that he was encouraged by the enthusiasm of the Australian people he met to know more about how positive human values can contribute to greater human happiness.” In June 2008, Rudd has said he was ready to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the future after missing him during the exiled Tibetan
leader’s visit in the country. Rudd however noted that he had met with the spiritual of Tibet as opposition leader and that the previous premier, John Howard, also held talks with him. “Would I meet the Dalai again in the future? I would see no cause to deviate from the practice I’ve adopted in the past, which is to meet with him as well,” Rudd told a news conference in Tokyo, during his Japan visit in June 2008. After his meeting with His Holiness in June 2007, Rudd said China’s reaction was not surprising. “I think that’s a consistent reaction from Beijing wherever this happens around the world, whether it’s the Dalai Lama meeting with President Bush, President Clinton or Prime Minister Blair ... obviously these are sensitive issues for the Chinese,” he told ABC radio.
By Yeshe
Choesang: 7 July
2013
Dharamshala: - Tens of thousands of Tibetans and supporters in different parts of the world celebrated the His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 78th birthday on 6 July, presenting Tibetan cultural songs and dances with great joy and traditional festivities. Thousands of Tibetans in Dharamshala gathered to celebrate the 78th birthday of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet. Prayers began on Friday morning in the main temple at Mc Leodganj town. The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Rinpoche and top officials of CTA among guests were attended the ceremony in celebration of the 78th Birth Anniversary of His Holiness on July 6. Tibetan cultural songs and dances were presented and concluded with snow lion and yak dance performance. In Delhi, hundreds of Tibetans attended the celebrations at TCV Day school at Tibetan Samyeling Settlement. Kasur Tempa Tsering, Representative of His Holiness and Mr Wajahat Habibullah, chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities, Government of India, graced the occasion as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively. In New Delhi, the celebration was marked by gathering of over 300 Indian and foreign dignitaries, which include foreign diplomats, members of parliament, Indian government officials, intellectuals, educationists, religious figures and Tibet support groups. The Delhi based Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama also organised an exhibition on more than 250 books authored by and written on His Holiness. In Seoul, more than 500 people attended a longlife prayer for His Holiness. A number of guests, including Mr Ngodup Tsering, Secretary of education department, Mr Lhakpa Tshoko, His Holiness’ representative in Japan, Korean dignitaries from leading Buddhist organisations and universities in Korea, attended the ceremony. In South Africa, the reception organised by the Office of Tibet was well attended by over seventy
His Holiness The Dalai Lama conducts a teaching for Vietnamese Disciples By Aditi Padiyar: 1 July 2013
Dharamshala: - His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet commenced a two day teaching at the request of a group of Vietnamese disciples at the Main Tibetan Temple (Tibetan:Tsuglagkhang) in Mcleodganj, Dharamshala today (1 July, 2013). The teaching began with a recitation of the Heartsutra where the audience joined His Holiness and the monks and the nuns in the prayers. Addressing the audience, His Holiness delivered a discourse on Tsongkhapa’s ‘The Three Principal Aspects of the Path’( lamtso namsum) and shared his views on Buddhism and the hegemony of religion in the world today. His Holiness began by addressing the Vietnamese present in the teaching and spoke of how, they’re not only Buddhists but practitioners of the wisdom of Buddha and shared the experience of his meeting with the Vietnamese Abbot. He also spoke of the spreading of the Buddhist tradition to other countries and the holy Buddhist texts. His Holiness then initiated the audience into the three principles paths namely ‘renunciation, Bodhicitta, and a correct view of emptiness’ and began by elaborating on the concept of Emptiness. “Emptiness means that things do not have any independent identities, they’re dependently designated and devoid of any independent existence. The Heartsutra says that the form is empty and emptiness is form
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so the form arises through conditions, therefore dependently arisen.” He added. His Holiness said that these three paths have the same foundation as that of the Tantras by the enunciation, an extremely strong Bodhicitta aim, and a full understanding of emptiness as taught by Nagarjuna and his two spiritual sons. We can achieve them through the practices of maintaining the dignity of these Buddha-bodies. “The three principal aspects of the path are the basis of the entire sutra and tantra paths. We must always try to follow a combined practice of method and wisdom, trying to help others, building up positive force, and so forth.” His Holiness said. His Holiness also discussed the meaning of the Heartsutra and how one must get rid of the preoccupation with all attachments and pleasure of this life in order to progress on your path. One must get rid of the preoccupation with the pleasure of the next life and aspire for liberation. He said that by observing these principles, one can also achieve single-pointed concentration once the determination to be free from the samsara is attained. When you develop the wisdom through analytical meditation of realizing emptiness, once reaches the path of seeing. “When you are able to develop a genuine Bodhicitta with yourself, the aspiration for the benefit of all other sentient beings, you have reached the Mahayana path of accumulation. In order to get rid of all the defilements that are in our mind, the main factor to counter these is the wheel of emptiness.” The purpose of the teaching of emptiness is to stop the misconception that causes suffering. One cannot overcome negative emotions unless one is able to cut the very grasping at their self-existence and therefore, by severing the root of all attachment and stop the ignorance from arising in yourself. His Holiness concluded the day’s session by sharing that within the definite goodness is the mere liberation from some sorrow and the through removal of the residual negativity is the goal that we must envision. Thus the ultimate goal of enlightenment is reached by reasoning and wisdom and the belief that it is possible to achieve these goals. In order for us to feel that Buddha is someone we can rely on, we need to understand the teaching of the Buddha.
guests comprised senior diplomats from several embassies, including Japan, Germany, India, Canada, EU and Taiwan. The day started with a special long life prayer service for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the speedy recovery of former President Nelson Mandela. Expressing deep concern over the critical condition of former president Mandela, Mr Dorjee said: “The people of South Africa are not alone and prayers of the peace loving people of the world, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people, are with you for his speedy recovery.” In Taipei, hundreds of people comprising members of the Tibetan community and Taiwanese supporters joined the celebrations organised by the Office of Tibet. The day was marked with prayer service for His Holiness’ long life and a live video teleconference by His Holiness from South India. In his address, Mr. Dawa Tsering, Representative of His Holiness, highlighted the remarkable efforts made by His Holiness’ remarkable for the well-being of the Tibetan people, and the promotion of world peace and religious harmony. He thanked the people of Taiwan for their continued support. In Sydney the Tibetan Association organised a grand celebration, which was attended by hundreds of people including representatives of Tibetan Buddhist centres, member of Tibetan Parliament, Tibet support
groups and local Australian community. His Holiness’s birthday was celebrated in Canberra and Melbourne, highlighting the issue of Tibet through cultural performances and discussion on the significance of its environment for the world. In three traditional Buddhist Republics of Russian Federation celebrated the 78th birthday of His Holiness. In Moscow, it was attended by 65 guests: members of parliament, scholars, journalists, representatives of the Dharma Centers, friends and supporters of Tibet and Tibetans. In Tokyo, around 250 Japanese and Tibetans gathered at Hotel Okura in the heart of Tokyo city to celebrate the 78th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Representative Lhakpa Tshoko in his welcome speech thanked all guests who have come from various parts of Japan including far-flung places like Kyushu and Okinawa. French parliamentarians and diplomats along with hundreds of Tibetan supporters from different associations joined the celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 78th birthday at a reception organised by the Bureau du Tibet, Paris. Speaking at the occasion, the Group President Mr. Jean Patrick Gilles exhorted to follow on the three life long commitments of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and expressed Group’s continued support to the legitimate cause of Tibet.
His Honliness the Dalai Lama Commences Teaching at Hunsur Tibetan Settlement By Yeshe Choesang: 12 July 2013
Photo 1. His Holiness arriving at the Main Tibetan Temple for the teaching. Photo 2. The Vietnamese group. Photo 3. Monks offering their prayers. Photo 4. The five thousand plus audience for the teaching on July 1 2013. Photo: TPI/Yeshe Choesang.
The teaching, held in the Main Tibetan Temple in Mcleod Ganj town saw over 5000 people, including registration of 4268 people, about 700 of them being from 59 countries, a group of 300 Vietnamese, over 1500 monks and nuns and 1500 laypersons. With his calm and friendly demeanor, His Holiness charmed the audience as they listened devotedly to a man who is not only the Spiritual Leader of Tibet, but of the many other loyal disciples from across the world.
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Hunsur, July 12: After visiting Tibetan settlement in Bylakuppe, the spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama commenced teaching at Hunsur, Rabgyaling Tibetan settlement. On the first day of his visit to the settlement, His Holiness conferred Yamataka initiation at Dzongkar Choede monastery -- whose sister monastery in Tibet is one of the oldest monastery in Tibet. Yamataka is what Tibetan Buddhists believe to be the wrathful manifestation of Manjushri, Buddha of wisdom. The practice which to Buddhist believers -- serve as an antidote to ignorance. Earlier, speaking to a group of VietnameseAmerican attendees, The Dalai Lama said while alluding to the tortuous war-torn years in Vietnamese history: “You have been very wonderful and very strong; you try to keep your own tradition. “I am very happy to confer this initiation. I received this initiation from my tutor Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche,” he added.
When asked to speak to TPI, Tha Va, one of the Vietnamese from Houston said: “I am very glad to have this opportunity to receive this initiation from His Holiness. Dalai Lama is very close to my heart and many Vietnamese people are studying under him. “We feel very close to the Tibetans because of our shared struggle,”she added. He is scheduled to teach at Gyumed Tantric University after conferring Yamataka initiation at Dzongkar Choede Monastry.
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7 TPI NEWS International US based Rights group urges China to Central Tibetan administration refutes end forced resettlements in Tibet unconstitutional remarks by CPPCC chairman 15 July 2013
The Tibet Post International
By Aditi Padiyar: 1 july 2013
BBC Report on the UN High Commisioner’s statement. Photo: BBC
Dharamshala: - On 1st June 2013, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said expressed her deep concern over the grim situation in Tibet, saying “China has to examine and address the grievances of the Tibetans”. High Commissioner Navi Pillay, responding to questions on BBC’s World Have Your Say programme on Friday about the UN’s inability to engage China to address the sufferings of Tibetans said that what Tibet requires now is a political
solution, and the suffering of the Tibetan people has to be accounted for and cannot go unnoticed and suppressed anymore. Ms Pillay assured that the Human Rights Council will apply same yardstick to China while reviewing and scrutinising its human rights record this October. The UN High Commissioner said China has invited her to visit China and that she would definitely go to Tibet to assess the situation there. Since 2009, over 119 Tibetans have committed self-immolations to stand up for their land and community and protest China’s forced withholding of Tibet. Ms Pillay further added “I have issued public statements, asking China not to treat this as a security matter but to look into the root causes of the suffering of the Tibetans and why they are seem to be driven to such extreme measures of protests such as self-immolation”. The UN High Commissioner stressed on how Tibetans should not sacrifice any more lives and that the international community will find them their justice.
Lithuanian MEP Leonidas Donskis urges EU to show a strong solidarity with Tibet By Yeshe Choesang: 4 July 2013
Lithuanian MEP Leonidas Donskis. Photo: DELFI
Dharamshala: As the Baltic States commence the six-monthly rotating presidency of the Council of the EU this week, Lithuanian MEP Leonidas Donskis stressed on the need to take reformatory major to resolve the crisis in Tibet. In Tibet today, there is no freedom of speech, no freedom of assembly, no freedom of press and no freedom of religion. The self-immolations toll has reached as high as 120, the highest number for any country in the middle of a political siege. There is excessive use of military force against the Tibetans; religious restrictions and cultural repression so much so that Tibetans are restricted from using their own language; the on-going disappearances and detentions of Tibetans on allegations that remain unexplained. The restrictions on access to Tibet by media and international observers has stood in the way of many international communities from fully
understanding the situation, the forced removal of the Tibetan nomads from their ancestral lands; and the degradation of the delicate eco-systems of the Tibetan Plateau has caused the Tibetans grief for years now. Donskis said: “Tibet is a role model of soft power, and we celebrate the Dalai Lama as a similar historic figure to Sakharov, Vaclav Havel, and Nelson Mandela. The EU should act in a much more decisive way [to support Tibet].” While respecting China’s territorial integrity, the EU calls upon the Chinese authorities to address the deep-rooted causes of the frustration of the Tibetan people and ensure that their civil, political, economic and social and cultural rights are respected, including their right to enjoy their own culture, to practise their own religion and to use their own language. EU, like His Holiness, has been the recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize, and it must combine forces and facilitate a change in the socio-economic and political situation in Tibet. EU has to engage in a dialogue with Chinese authorities and urge them to reconsider their stance on Tibet. Members of the Lithuanian parliament also met with the Tibetan Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay during his recent visit to Vilnius. Lithuanian MEP’s have raised the cause of Tibet in the Parliament in order to garner support and facilitate some action. To express their solidarity with Tibet, EU must put some pressure on the Chinese government and take a stand for Tibet.
US government raised Tibet issue at USChina Strategic and Economic Dialogue By Yeshe Choesang: 12 July 2013
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns delivers remarks on the U.S.China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2013. Photo: State Department photo
Dharamshala: - The government of the United States of America has said it raised the issue of basic human rights in China as well as in Tibet and Eastern Turkistan during its annual talks with China. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns said that the United States spoke out about the treatment of Tibetans and Uighurs as the two countries held wide-ranging annual talks, the Strategic and Economic Dialogue, which was held in Washington from 10-11 July. “During the course of the dialogue, we also expressed our ongoing concerns about human rights in China, particularly recent instability in Tibetan and Uighur areas of China,” Burns said. “The goal of this conversation was to emphasize the importance of human rights to our bilateral relationship,” he said at the joint press appearance. “We firmly believe that respect for universal rights and fundamental freedoms will make
China more peaceful, more prosperous and ultimately more secure,” he said. Burns was filling in for Secretary of State John Kerry, who officials said raised human rights among other issues during the first day of talks before he returned to Boston where his wife has been hospitalized. According to media reports, Burns was filling in for Secretary of State John Kerry, who officials said raised human rights among other issues during the first day of talks before he returned to Boston where his wife has been hospitalized. During his talks with China’s Special Representatives to the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, Vice Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi, President Barack Obama the United States would continue to speak out in support of international norms such as the protection of universal human rights. The US State Department in its annual human rights report has stated that Tibetans in Tibet faced severe religious repression and societal discrimination. China said Thursday [July 11] that its Tibetan and Uighur minorities enjoyed happiness and “unprecedented” freedom as it hit back at US criticism by urging Washington to examine its own record. “We hope the United States will improve its own human rights situation on the basis of mutual respect and nonintervention in each other’s internal affairs,” he said. Since 2009, at least 119 Tibetans have set themselves on fire to protest against the continued occupation and repression of Tibet. The self-immolators have called for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet and freedom for Tibetans.
By Yeshe Choesang: 11 July 2013
Dharamshala, July 11, 2013: - According to China’s state-controlled Xinhua News Agency, Yu Zhengsheng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visited Tibetan areas incorporated into Gansu province on July 9. Yu said China would bring lasting stability and prosperity in Tibet by accelerating the improvement of people’s livelihoods. He said “The Dalai Lama’s middle-way, aimed at achieving so-called high degree autonomy in Greater Tibet, is completely opposite to China’s Constitution and the country’s system of regional ethnic autonomy”. The Secretary for Information & International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said the Chinese government’s repressive policies and reality in Tibet are completely contrary to assertions made by Yu. “The CTA reiterates that the Chinese leadership should bring change in its policies on Tibet as per the wishes of the Tibetan people if it genuinely wants to bring lasting stability in Tibet. Political freedom is the issue and not the livelihood,” Secretary Tashi Phuntsok said. He strongly rejected Yu’s allegations that the Middle-Way Approach contravenes the Chinese constitution and country’s system of regional ethnic autonomy, adding that his skepticism on the proposal for genuine autonomy for Tibet reflects his evasion of the constitutional responsibilities.
In this 8 January 2013 photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Yu Zhengsheng, front, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks during a seminar held with Tibetan Buddhist representatives in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Yu visited Ganzi at the centre of the self-immolations, urging Buddhist clergy to be patriotic and denouncing the Dalai Lama. File photo/AP/Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng
“The CTA had explained in its January 26, 2010 Note on the Memoradum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People how Middle-Way Approach does not contravene Chinese constitution,” Secretary Tashi said. The Central Tibetan Administration remains firmly committed to the Middle-Way Approach, and strongly believes that the only way to resolve the issue of Tibet is through dialogue. Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the democratically-elected leader and political successor to His Holiness the Dala Lama, has consistently maintained that the
substance is primary and the process secondary, and that the Tibetan leadership is ready to engage in meaningful dialogue anywhere anytime. The situation in Tibet remains grim with continuous protests since China took control of Tibet. The Chinese government’s continued repression and hardline position on Tibet has resulted in unprecedented self-immolation protests by 119 Tibetans across the three traditional provinces of Tibet since 2009. The self-immolators have called for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s to Tibet and freedom for Tibetans.
Interesting photos of US Amb Locke’s visit to Tibet released
Ambassador Gary Locke visiting in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet on 28 June 2013, including Gaden Monastery in central Tibet. Photo/US Ambassy in Beijing
By Yeshe Choesang: 4 July 2013
Dharamshala: - The US embassy in China has released some interesting photos of Ambassador Gary Locke’s recent visit to Tibet, including capital Lhasa, a region tightly controlled and repressed by the Chinese government. The photos show Ambassador Locke’s meeting with local officials and visits to schools and monasteries, including Jokhang in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet and Gaden Monastery near Lhasa. Gary Locke has travelled to Tibet on a rare diplomatic visit to the restive autonomous region to “increase his familiarity with local conditions”, the US embassy in Beijing confirmed June 27. He was accompanied by family members and embassy staff on three-day trip, organised by the local government, in and around Lhasa . He will return to Beijing today. US embassy spokesman Justin Higgins said it was the first time authorities had approved an embassy request to visit Tibet Autonomous Region since September 2010. On June 28, the State Department’s spokesperson, Mr Patrick Ventrell, told reporters that Ambassador Locke called on the local authorities of the autonomous region to preserve Tibet’s language, culture, and religion, and expressed our deep concerns over selfimmolations. “Ambassador Locke met with local officials, including the Tibet Autonomous Region Party Secretary Chen Quanguo and Lhasa Party Secretary Qizhala. He met with leading monks from a number of Lhasa monasteries that attended his meetings with Secretary Chen,” he added. US Ambassador “also called on TAR authorities to preserve in these meetings – to preserve Tibet’s language, culture, and religion, and expressed our deep concerns over self-immolations,” Vertrell told reporters. In terms of the potential for a consulate, “that still remains our policy, that, as envisioned in the Tibet Policy Act, we’ll continue to make the best efforts to establish a consulate in Lhasa.” He said the US government would continue to make the best efforts to establish a consulate in Lhasa. The visit is the first by an American official to the Tibet autonomous region since 2010.
Locke visited Eastern Tibet (Chinese: Sichuan Province) last year, but this is his first visit to autonomous region. Foreign tourists and journalists wanting to travel there must require a special government permit. Locke’s visit comes only a week after Rigzin Wangmo, a daughter of the late 10th Panchen Lama, travelled to the capital on her first visit for several years. Thousands of Tibetans greeted her outside holy Jokhang temple before being dispersed by police, sources said, adding that Chinese government had blocked her from entering the region for many years. Capital Lhasa usually become known as under heavy military surveillance and presence, however, was suddenly changed into a normal city. The security posts and armored vehicles deployed in the Barkhor and surrounding areas, were suddenly disappeared, sources coming out Tibet said. The sources also stated that the Chinese police officers with machine guns who are always visible on on the flat rooftops of the Barkhor area were gone, and several checkpoints- that scanning body and monitoring mobile phone were placed around the city also had been removed. Since 2009, over 119 Tibetans have set themselves
on fire to protest against the Chinese government’s continued repression of Tibet.All of those who have self-immolated have called for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet and freedom for Tibetans. For some years, an unending wave of selfimmolation protests has occurred in Tibet, the Chinese government has increasingly imposed severe restrictions on Tibetans in all parts of Tibet, particularly Kham and Amdho region and the so called “Patriotic re-education,” has been strictly implemented, particularly in monasteries in the Himalayan region. Tibetans are being arbitrary arrested, imprisoned and tortured by Chinese authorities. These things happen to Tibetans on an almost daily basis. There is also widespread dissatisfaction with the resettlement policies in many parts of the Tibetan plateau, as a Tibetan nomads forced to abandon their traditional lifestyles, have been forced to move to another place. The situation grew extremely tense in many areas in the region, because of Chinese troops and police have been increasingly deployed around the monasteries and surrounding areas to prevent the wave of selfimmolations and protests against Chinese rule.
Indian band launches a new song for Tibet By Aditi Padiyar: 11 July 2013
The Band Arjun producing the single ‘Freedom’ for Tibet. File photo.
Dharamshala: Chill Om Records India, India’s leading Independent Record Label joins hands with Arjun, a New Delhi based Hard Rock band to strengthen the Tibetan voice for freedom and gear
up to release their latest single, FREEDOM. Arjun is a Hard Rock band based in New Delhi. After the success of the first album, Arjun and Chill Om Records have come together for a great cause of raising the concern of ‘Tibet Independence’. The distribution of the music is of ‘Non Profit’ nature as their main goal is to strengthen the Tibetan voice of freedom and garner awareness. The latest single is a song dedicated to every person who feels for Tibet. They add – ‘Come together with us.. Stand up for a free Tibet!” Chill Om Records India distributes music all over the globe through the various legal online through 25000 worldwide stores. The Single, releasing on 15th July 2013, shall be available to all the fans free of cost on the Chill Om online Store.
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A glimpse of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Mysore
A view of the audience attending the Preliminary Yamantaka Initiation at Dzongar Choede Monastery in Hunsur Tibetan Settlement in Karnataka State, India on 12 July 2013. Photo/Lobsang Tsering/OHHDL By Pratibha Messner: 14 July 2013
Mysore: - It’s fairly common knowledge in Mysore that there is a Tibetan settlement and monastery in Bylakuppe which we have visited a couple of times on our way to Coorg. But six months into our stay in Mysore, we had no idea of the Rabgyaling Tibetan settlement and the Dzongkar Choede monastery in Hunsur, an hour away from Mysore. What’s more, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was scheduled to be here for a teaching - it said so on his website and in the newspaper but where on earth was this monastery? I was close to calling the Hunsur police station (surely they would be putting their forces on the ground for security) but the thought that this was a complete waste of their time held me back - and then a
cousin came to our rescue! Which is also when I found out about a school of Tibetan studies in Hunsur - now that’s diversity in a small place! Aided by the maps of the internet and our quirky GPS, we set out @ two last Friday afternoon. Only, our impeccable sense of timing ensured that we made our way to the place (asked around, meandered some, meandered some more, made note of the Tibetan restaurant, were sent away by security for a pass, got them done and made our way to the gates). They were done and leaving! We could still go in, of course, but there were only monks cleaning up the grounds and going through the inner temple with a vacuum cleaner. Were we disappointed, sure we were. But all this was still new to us - the monastery, the settlement, the infrastructure, the arrangements. So we
walked around, chatted with the policemen, asked a dozen different people if it would be possible to see His Holiness at all, whether there were any events scheduled for the evening. Everyone was very polite and the answer was never ‘no’ but nobody knew what to make of us - two people who obviously had no clue of how these events went. Someone sent us on the hunt for the private secretary of His Holiness - this is also about the time we gave up, drank some lukewarm leftover tea and made our way to the promising Tibetan Hotel for a ‘lunner’ (lunch-cumdinner, you don’t do that? we do!). Excellent food, a few monks who commiserated with our poor luck, and we were on our way home. We at least knew what time the events started the next morning even if we didn’t know whether we would come back all the way. But we did - and are we glad that we did. Experiencing a teaching by His Holiness is something that will stay with us for good. The few thousand monks in red, the big screens beaming his image for the people outside the prayer hall, the dozen or so quick-on-their-feet monks who managed to cater, not one but two, helpings of hot tea to the assembled crowds, the flags fluttering away in the Indian monsoon wind, the colour, the greenery of the surroundings. But still, we were outside on the grounds, watching on the big screens beaming the event live. An hour or so into the teaching, I saw someone who looked like he was in a position of authority (ok, he was carrying a walkie-talkie) go by. Well, one can always try so I asked him if it’s possible to see His Holiness - he didn’t think so but guess what, someone else incidentally passed by who made our day with three words ‘Come with me’. And with him we went, right inside the monastery where we were kindly allowed to sit for ten minutes in the presence of this remarkable figure delivering his teaching to the adoring masses. It has been twenty four hours since and we are still talking about it - we recovered his autobiography from our collection and Wolfgang’s been going through it all day.
China bans portraits of the spiritual leader of Tibet By Yeshe Choesang: 5 July 2013
Dharamshala: - Emerging reports coming out Tibet say, Tibetans in Dege and Tsolho- two counties in separate regions in eastern Tibet (Chinese: Sichuan and Qinghai) were ordered by local Chinese authorities to stop displaying the portraits of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet. Latest reports show the situation in Tibet still remains same after weeks-long reports said Beijing had relaxed its policies of publicly denouncing His
Holiness the Dalai Lama and banning worship of his image. “After receiving reports claiming Chinese authorities in some Tibetan areas were allowing Tibetan to display portraits of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, thousands of Tibetans from nine villages, including Palyul, Terlung, Onpo, Hepa areas in Dege county, Kham region of eastern Tibet held a huge gathering on June 22, and publicly enthroned a portrait of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama with full ceremonial gaiety- horse racing and dancing,” Yangchen, a
His Holiness The Dalai Lama’s 78th birthday was celebrated by local Tibetans in Lithang County of Kham region in eastern Tibet, on July 6, 2013 and local singers were presented His Holiness’ portrait for their songs for the celebration. Photo: TPI
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Tibetan woman living in India told The Tibet Post International (TPI), citing sources in the region. “The local authorities in Dege county, Karze in Eastern Tibet (Chinese: Dégé, Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province) however, have harshly repressed and issued a strict warning against the local Tibetans for displaying of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s portraits without permission from the Chinese authorities,” sources said. “Seventeen trucks carrying hundreds of armed Chinese police have arrived at the festival scene on June 25 and portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, which enthroned was forcefully taken away by Chinese authorities,” she said. According to the sources, the police rounded up the festival and began harshly questioning the locals. Immediately two Tibetan men arrested after they surrendered themselves saying they were responsible for organising the festival and enthroning the portrait of His Holiness.” “The two Tibetans were released after authorities keeping them two days in custody. They were warmly greeted by locals on their release on June 29. They were strongly praised for their intelligence and action at a meeting led by heads of the nine villages- the unity among the local Tibetans is very strong and they vowed to defend it by all cost in future,” she added. “Now Chinese authorities shut down communication networks and putting heavy restrictions on the movement of local Tibetans,” sources said. A similar source stated that local Chinese authorities have issued a strict warning against the locals in Tsolho, Amdho region of north-eastern Tibet (Chinese: Hainan, Prefecture of Qinghai Province) for displaying of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s portrait without permission from the Chinese government. “Many police had arrived at the Dekyi Thang Monastery in Tsolho county, north-eastern Tibet in recent days- monks have been harshly oppressed during a raid at the monastery,” said Tenzin originally from the region, currently living in India told the TPI. ‘The monastery is currently surrounded by Chinese authorities,’ said Tenzin, following the reports saying China had relaxed its policies of publicly worship to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and banning of His Holiness’ portraits. “Chinese police have warned the monks that they risked arrest and severe punishment if they did not cooperate with the authorities and if they do not respect the government orders,” he further added. Another source said that Chinese government is playing tricks with the local Tibetans in recent days, in a bid to prevent further protest against China’s repressive policies on Tibetans, as Beijing officials may allow foreign tourist and journalist groups to enter Tibet near future. The restrictions had been tightened in these areas ahead of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 78th birthday on July 6 and targeted those monasteries and public place where openly displaying His Holiness’ portraits, it added.
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