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Tibet situation 'tragic', says potential next Dalai Lama (17th Kkarmapa) Published on 23 September 2012 - 6:46pm (Radio Netherlands)
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Tibet situation 'tragic', says potential next Dalai Lama
Published on 23 September 2012 - 6:46pm
The rise in self-immolation's in protest against Chinese rule of the
Tibetan plateau is "tragic," a potential successor to Tibet's exiled
spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said in an interview published on Sunday.
Speaking to the Austria Press Agency in the northern Indian hill town of
Dharamshala where the exiled Tibetan government is based, Urgyen Trinley
said the situation is "very difficult and sad" and "very tragic."
Last month two teenagers burned to death in southwest China, taking to
over 50 the number of Tibetans who have set themselves alight in protest
against Beijing's rule.
"Now it's 50, soon maybe 70 or 80. I am worried that soon we will only
be talking about numbers, not about the individual stories," the
27-year-old, who fled China in 1999, said in comments published in German.
But Urgyen Trinley expressed optimism too: "We know that the world can
change very quickly, and China too," he told APA. He also said that he
hoped to be able to travel to Europe next year, if the Indian government
allows it.
He also said he hoped that neither the economic crisis in Europe nor a
fear of displeasing the Chinese government would stop the continent's
governments from pressuring Beijing.
Tibetans have long chafed at China's rule over the vast Tibetan plateau,
accusing Beijing of curbing religious freedoms and eroding their culture
and language, and these tensions have intensified over the past two years.
Beijing, however, insists that Tibetans enjoy religious freedom and have
benefited from improved living standards brought on by China's enormous
economic expansion, and blames the Dalai Lama for fomenting unrest.
Urgyen Trinley is recognized by both China and the Dalai Lama as the
reincarnation of the Karmapa Lama, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one
of Tibetan Buddhism's four major schools.
Recent appearances with the Dalai Lama -- notably during a visit to
Washington last year -- have fuelled speculation that he is being
groomed as the Nobel peace laureate's spiritual successor.
Others in the Karma Kagyu school believe however that another young man,
Thaye Dorje, also in exile in India after fleeing China in 1994, is the
true 17th Karmapa.
Radio Netherlands.
http://tinyurl.com/csd5r6a
Published on 23 September 2012 - 6:46pm
The rise in self-immolation's in protest against Chinese rule of the
Tibetan plateau is "tragic," a potential successor to Tibet's exiled
spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said in an interview published on Sunday.
Speaking to the Austria Press Agency in the northern Indian hill town of
Dharamshala where the exiled Tibetan government is based, Urgyen Trinley
said the situation is "very difficult and sad" and "very tragic."
Last month two teenagers burned to death in southwest China, taking to
over 50 the number of Tibetans who have set themselves alight in protest
against Beijing's rule.
"Now it's 50, soon maybe 70 or 80. I am worried that soon we will only
be talking about numbers, not about the individual stories," the
27-year-old, who fled China in 1999, said in comments published in German.
But Urgyen Trinley expressed optimism too: "We know that the world can
change very quickly, and China too," he told APA. He also said that he
hoped to be able to travel to Europe next year, if the Indian government
allows it.
He also said he hoped that neither the economic crisis in Europe nor a
fear of displeasing the Chinese government would stop the continent's
governments from pressuring Beijing.
Tibetans have long chafed at China's rule over the vast Tibetan plateau,
accusing Beijing of curbing religious freedoms and eroding their culture
and language, and these tensions have intensified over the past two years.
Beijing, however, insists that Tibetans enjoy religious freedom and have
benefited from improved living standards brought on by China's enormous
economic expansion, and blames the Dalai Lama for fomenting unrest.
Urgyen Trinley is recognized by both China and the Dalai Lama as the
reincarnation of the Karmapa Lama, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one
of Tibetan Buddhism's four major schools.
Recent appearances with the Dalai Lama -- notably during a visit to
Washington last year -- have fuelled speculation that he is being
groomed as the Nobel peace laureate's spiritual successor.
Others in the Karma Kagyu school believe however that another young man,
Thaye Dorje, also in exile in India after fleeing China in 1994, is the
true 17th Karmapa.
Radio Netherlands.
http://tinyurl.com/csd5r6a
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