Dalai Lama to ask Bush to help resolve Tibet issue: envoy

last SG · 2005-11-03T20:51:12+00:00

it seems I also need to do some English lesson From American traditional dictionary: god god AHD:[g¼d] D.J.[g%d] K.K.[g$d] n. God A being conceived as the...

laurence82 SG

nvm abt the english, but to the point highlighted...huh?

eric shang SG

one point i have to admit ,tibet automous region,just a name ,no automous, as same as other provinces

iveco SG

I am more worried about Al-Qaeda interfering with Uighur affairs than anything else. Already, they have sent agents into Russia's troubled Chechnya region to cause trouble.

Salman SG

Not only should the commies get out of Tibet and xinjiang, they should get out of China as well.

Have you people read the Nine Commentaries? Do a google search and find out more.

Salman SG

Study Buddhism man. There is no god in buddhism, only enlightenment.

eric shang SG

daila lama is your sex idol

eric shang SG

fuk you ,shut up your mouse ,if that ,you singapore chinese should get out of singapore ,the land is belong to malay

Quincey SG

Pat ,for your info the past Dalai Lama was the Political Ruler of Tibet during the Mongolian Rule

Dalai Lama was to ensure the stability of the Tibet Region ,due to many fightings among the warriors and the thieves in Tibet Plateau

If he given up the Political status , He will not be able to do much to ensure the stability in the Tibet region

nah , a governor cant do that , unless that governor is a tibetan and knows the tibet culture and custom and religion very welll and handle with great tact

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You are right. I believe that one of the Qing Emperors, I believe it is Qian Long who actually ordered military intervention into Tibet to re-establish the Dalai Lama's dominon over the state. The Qing Emperors were devout Buddhist, as such they recongnise the Dalai Lama as a central figure in Buddhism and also the head of the Tibetian State. I guess the situation is as present with the 1949 revolution, which saw the communists come to power. I'm not too sure upon how Tibet became part of China from here. But one thing is clear that one reason why China so firmly wants to reaffirm it's soverignty over Tibet is due to India's support for the Dalai Lama. India's relations with China has been anything but rosey, having fought two border wars with China in the 60s over a disputed segment of the border. Another important reason is the unity and survival of China itself, with many in the party leadership believing that if one of the non-han states breaks away from China, the other states will follow suit. We are talking of a huge chunk of land here, Tibet, Xinjiang, Guizhou, Inner Mongolia, Helongjiang,etc. One of my Chinese teachers, I guess that was the only thing I actually remembered, told us that in order to ensure that this would not happen, the Chinese government has been praticing a policy of resettlement, where Han Chinese are encouraged to settle in these lands dominated by the minority groups. As such, this policy will tilt the population balance in favour of the Han Chinese and ensure that these states stay under the Chinese umbrella.

eric shang SG

yes ,you are right ,now ,in inner mogolia and xinjiang ,han chinese ppl are majority ,but in tibet ,becos the envorement is bad ,it is not suit to live ,so tibetan still take up 90%

bohiruci SG

but ..... i totally against the idea they use tibet as nuke testing , it damage the environment there

no matter 3km or 9km under the ground

now we got problem

y birdflu is so fast spreadly .....all becos of their selfish action to test nuke in the underground

bohiruci SG

hello , may i clarify .. it is not gods

it is protector deity of their spiritual tradition ...

i read much abt Tibetan Buddhism and the 4 Great School Laughing

bohiruci SG

and and ... this is the famous statue

of Manjushri Bodhisattva , not a god lor

pat33 SG

The Mongolian Rulers conquered many lands from China, Korea, India, Middle East to North-Eastern Europe. In so doing, it cannot administered its rule properly without appointing local submissive, benign principalities.

In any case, the Tibetans (I believe many) can trace their ancestry to Mongolia. The Mongolian inter-married and adopted the religion of its conquered people (to strengthen their stronghold). In the dying days of the Mongolian empire, because of warring and scheming among the royalties, some Mongolian calvaries and hordes returning to the motherland decided not to return to Mongolia but to Tibet.

If he given up the Political status , He will not be able to do much to ensure the stability in the Tibet region.

In the past, some spiritual leaders were also the economic, political and social ruler. In the case of past isolated Tibet, there wasn't much economic, political and social issues to begin with (as compare to now). It was a region closed to the outside world.

No dispute about him being the politcal leader. Reading some books written by him on his struggle to free his people, I dispute his means- better to stick to purely religion struggle or politcal struggle and not both.

Look at Gandhi's struggle to free India from Britain. Gandhi succeeded with politcal struggle. A single mind-over-matter focus - political struggle using civil disobedience. He managed to galvanise the babel of the Indian communities with one simple, easy to follow instruction. And it worked. For a struggle of freedom, focusing on one single but powerful mean would be far more effective, isn't it?

But the most important thing is- Gandhi was able to command the respect and admiration of the diversified Indian communities. In Dalai Lama case, does he has such level of respect and admiration in his own home country that we believe he has? NOT abroad, we all know he has. But in Tibet now and not time-lock in the 1950's when he fled Tibet?

The reallity of today is that China is the politcal ruler of Tibet and it is trying to bring development and prosperity to the region.

maggot SG

Dalai Lama ask Bush?

Why not ask help from his religion? Rolling Eyes

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