Tibet
October 14, 2009
- Though the Dalai Lama was snubbed by the Obama administration when the president refused to meet with him, there was an open door policy everywhere else in our nation’s capital – from congressional receptions to Synagogues to schools. One footage in particular is striking: the most famous monk of the 20th century sits on the dais and lectures on wisdom in the modern world while ...
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April 9, 2009
- My name requires a lot of spelling aloud, multiple times. Often, on the phone, there is first a pause, and then "Could you spell that?" Not once, but two or three times. It is understandable; it is not a familiar name here in the west. It is not the name of my birth; my Australian parents had more conventional taste. I received this name when I was ordained as a nun, and chose ...
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March 28, 2009
- When I awoke yesterday morning, although I did not know it, my world had changed. Across the ocean, in southern India, the great Lama who had with great kindness guided countless people on a pure, unbroken path of Buddhism, had passed away.His Holiness Penor Rinpoche was probably not as well known a public figure as HH the Dalai Lama, yet he, too, had escaped the terror of the Chinese invasion, ...
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March 11, 2009
- Yesterday (March 10, 2009) was the 50th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising against Beijing rule that sent the Dalai Lama, age 73, into exile. 2009 is a year of several politically sensitive anniversaries. As each approaches, the Chinese government is clamping down on any potential unrest. On March 10, armed Chinese troops stepped up identity checks of Tibetans and hotel guests as ...
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August 25, 2008
- Last Friday night, Dolma Kyab came to our home in Mt. Vernon to watch the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics. Dolma is from Tibet. Seven years ago, he sought political asylum in the United States, leaving his wife, children, and family in Tibet. In his homeland, he had been a high school teacher and was enrolled in law school. Now, living in a small town in Utah, he works for a landscaping ...
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August 20, 2008
- August 8th, 2008 is a day this generation of Chinese people will never forget. Aside from being the most auspicious date thinkable in Chinese culture (the number 8 is considered good luck), for China, the commencement of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics are in fact the closure to a race against time. China has been preparing tirelessly since it won the bid for host country back on July 2001. It ...
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August 9, 2008
- My eyes feasted in the explosion of colors and the sheer symmetry of human forms paying homage to the majesty of nature. Truly, the Beijing Olympics is the most beautiful of all the past Olympics games opening of all time.What made it extremely beautiful and distinctly the most memorable, is its message–all of humanity are one. And China is the truest living testament of that unity.For ...
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April 10, 2008
- Interesting to hear people who are complaining about the anti-China Olympic protesters use that phrase. Last time I heard it was when white South Africans were complaining about the sports boycotts in the 1980s. After making a political decision that only white people could play sports, they said, "keep politics out of sport." The thought is as absurd now as it was then.Wouldn't ...
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April 9, 2008
- China has ordered that Tibetans be "re-educated" about his holiness the Dalai Lama, as the Communist Party pursues a far reaching program of "patriotic religious education." And just what is that? I asked myself - ever one to Google the unknown I came up with this article, written by journalist Adam Minter - at large in Shanghi.What Is Patriotic Religious ...
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March 21, 2008
- Getting a clear picture of what is happening in Tibet is no easy task. Bias is evident in both the Chinese and Western media coverage. A number of interested and thoughtful bloggers, however, have managed to paint a plausible picture, from which one does get important on-the-scene observations that help spotlight what's going on. Continue to read>>
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