Dalai Lama Arrives in Kashmir
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ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: The spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Srinagar city of northern India's Jammu and Kashmir state Thursday after 25 years for a week long visit. He
viernes, 13 de julio de 2012
YA VAN 53 AÑOS
Hace 53 años el Dalai Lama dejó el Tíbet rumbo al exilio
10-Mar 01:08 pmEFE TV
Hoy se cumplen 53 años de la fracasada revuelta tibetana contra la ocupación china, que llevó al Dalai Lama al exilio
jueves, 12 de julio de 2012
The Dalai Lama described the immolations as a “very, very delicate political issue,” and expressed his reluctance to comment on the deaths of Tibetan protesters in China.
The Tibetan spiritual leader spoke of the dilemma he faces in speaking about the immolations in an interview published in The Hindu newspaper.
“If I say something negative, then the family members of those people feel very sad. They sacrificed their life,” he said.
“The reality is that if I say something positive, then the Chinese immediately blame me,” he said in an interview given on his 77th birthday last week.
In contrast, the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile, based in the northern Indian town of Dharamshala, has spoken out more firmly against the immolations. In March, they reminded Tibetans “to refrain from drastic actions.” The Dalai Lama reliquished his role as head of the government-in-exile last year.
China has blamed the Dalai Lama for the self-immolations, which have touched Tibetans emotionally and created an image problem for Beijing.
Around three dozen Buddhist monks, nuns and Tibetan lay people have set themselves on fire over the past year in ethnic Tibetan areas of China. The Tibetans see the immolations as an act of sacrifice to highlight China’s repressive policies on religion and culture.
The Tibetan leader urged China to conduct “thorough research” on what was causing people to set themselves on fire. He called on China to “not pretend that nothing is wrong.”
The Dalai Lama said he advised young Tibetans, who were calling for independence and a more radical approach, that his “Middle Way” of seeking autonomy within the framework of the Chinese Constitution was the “only realistic way” to address the Tibetan issue.
A young Tibetan nomad set himself on fire near the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Saturday, a campaign group has said.
More than 40 monks, nuns and lay people have self-immolated in Tibetan areas of western China in the last year and a half, according to exiles. But the new case is only the fourth to have taken place in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
The Free Tibet campaign named the young man as Tsewang Dorjee, 22. It said he set fire to himself in a market place in Damshung county – known in Chinese as Dangxiong – near Lhasa. Security personnel put out the flames and took him to hospital, but his condition and whereabouts were unknown, the group added.
Another source told US-based Radio Free Asia (RFA) that the man had called for the long life of the Dalai Lama. Chinese authorities have accused the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader of inciting the self-immolations, while he has blamed Beijing's policies. He said this week he had to remain "neutral" on the issue.
Free Tibet added there were reports that witnesses to the latest self-immolation had been detained. The group's director, Stephanie Brigden, said: "China's determination to maintain 'internal' stability is exposed by the extreme response to Tibetan acts of protest: arbitrary detentions, communications blackouts and banning foreigners.
"The media and international observers do nothing to address Tibetan grievances nor to convince the international community that all is well in Tibet."
The group said Damshung residents had been told not to discuss what had happened and both the group and a source cited by RFA said a security crackdown had cut off all telephone lines to Damshung.
RFA said an officer at the Damshung police station denied the incident. Officials in Damshung and Lhasa could not be reached.
Transformando la mente: la perspectiva budista.
Autor: Dalai Lama
Toma de refugio.
Al estilo Dalai Lama.
Toma de refugio en el Buda, el Dharma y la Sangha hasta que logre la iluminación. Con el potencial positivo que genero mediante el estudio de estas enseñanzas,
pueda yo lograr el estado del buda para el beneficio de todos.
Transformando la mente: la perspectiva budista. Autor: Dalai Lama. Pág. 16
Sufrimiento y percepción.
Se supera sólo con perfecta visión.
Ya que todos los sufrimientos que todos deseamos evitar son en esencia el resultado de formas erróneas de ver el mundo, la forma en que las eliminamos es
cultivando una compresión correcta de la naturaleza de la realidad.
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Dharma de Buda.
Traer paz mental.
El dharma del Buda implica traer disciplina y tranquilidad interna a nuestra mente. Por lo tanto, cuando hablamos de transformar nuestra mente y desarrollar
cualidades internas, la única forma en que podemos hacer esto es utilizando la mente en sí.
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Apego del ser.
Causa falsa percepciones.
Debajo de todo esto yace una ignorancia fundamental, una forma fundamentalmente defectuosa de percibir la realidad. En el Budismo, a esto se le llama “apego
al ser” O “apego a la existencia del ser”. Siendo este el caso, la manera de eliminar los aspectos negativos de la mente y el sufrimiento que crean, es ver a través de la ilusión de estos procesos mentales y cultivar
su opuesto – la sabiduría que es discernimiento correcto de la naturaleza última de la realidad.
Transformando la mente: la perspectiva budista. Autor: Dalai Lama. Pág.17
Conocimiento y experimentación.
Conocer la mente.
Es importante ser capaz de diferenciar entre dos niveles de entendimiento. Uno es el superficial, el intelectual, en donde la base a la lectura, el estudio
o el escuchar las enseñanzas, distinguimos entre las cualidades negativas y positivas de la mente y reconocemos nuestra naturaleza y origen. El otro más profundo, el nivel experimental, donde realmente cultivamos y generamos
cualidades positivas en nuestro interior.
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Dharma y chö.
Transformar la mente.
El termino tibetano para Dharma es chö, que tiene la connotación literal de “cambiando”, u “ocasionando la transformación”. Cuando hablamos de
transformación de la mente, nos estamos refiriendo la tarea de disminuir la fuerza de los pensamientos y emociones destructivos mientras se desarrolla la fuerza de aquellos que son constructivos y beneficiosos.
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Impermanencia.
Se hace con decadencia.
Cuando algo llega a ser a partir de sus causas y condiciones, la semilla de su cese nace junto con ello. No se trata de que algo llegue a ser y luego un
tercer factor o condiciones cause su desintegración. La impermanencia no se ha de entender así. La impermanencia significa que tan pronto como algo llega a ser, ya comenzó a decaer.
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Problemas no entender la realidad.
Necesidad de examinar las cosas.
Además, ya que nos damos cuenta de que muchos de nuestros problemas surgen de la forma fundamentalmente defectuosa de percibir y relacionarnos con el mundo,
resulta importante para nosotros ser capaces de examinar si nuestra percepción concuerda con la verdadera naturaleza de la realidad. El entender la verdadera naturaleza de la realidad es crucial, pues en nuestra percepción
de la realidad la que yace en el núcleo de cómo nos relacionamos con el mundo.
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Conocer la realidad.
Sabiduría y habilidades.
Existen principalmente dos facultades que trabajan en la mente. Una es la facultad de investigación, la que supedita la realidad al análisis. En lenguaje
budista esto se describe como “sabiduría”, o “discernimiento”. Luego esta la facultad del “método” o “forma hábil”, la que es la facultad que les permite profundiza su coraje y tolerancia, y genera la poderosa
fuerza motivadora que les mantiene en su búsqueda espiritual.
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miércoles, 11 de julio de 2012
Tibetan Man Self-Immolates Near Lhasa
Tibetan Man Self-Immolates Near Lhasa
JULY 9, 2012— A Tibetan man from a village outside of Lhasa set himself on fire at the weekend in protest against Chinese rule, sources told RFA, in a rare self-immolation in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
The man, in his 20’s, shouted slogans in support of Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as he staged the fiery protest in the seat of Damshung county (in Chinese, Dangxiong) in Lhasa prefecture on Saturday.
“He did it around 1 p.m. on July 7 in front of an old community hall in Damshung. He was able to walk about 100 meters (110 yards) with his body on fire before falling down,” a source in Lhasa city told RFA, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“He called for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama,” the source said.
Police took him away from the scene to get him medical treatment, the source said.
Condition unknown
His identity and condition could not be confirmed, though he is believed to be 22 or 23 years old and a resident of Damshung’s Chode village.
“The police arrived and took him to a local hospital in Damshung but they could not treat him there, so he was rushed to a hospital in Lhasa city,” one source said.
“Ninety percent of his body was reported to be burnt.”
A Tibetan in exile with contacts in Damshung said police had prevented others from seeing the protestor and telling others about his condition.
“No one was allowed to see him after he was rushed to the [Damshung] hospital and at the same time some were warned not to give information to outside sources,” the source said.
“At this point, we don't know where he is and dead or alive.”
An officer at the Damshung police station contacted by RFA denied the incident.
Authorities have tightened security in Damshung since the incident, the exile source said, citing contacts in the region.
“Right now the security is extremely tight in Damshung. All phone lines are cut off and those in Lhasa city cannot reach their contacts in Damshung,” he said on Sunday.
43 self-immolations
The Damshung incident brings to 43 the total number of self-immolations reported since February 2009 as Tibetans challenge Chinese policies which they say have robbed them of their rights.
Of the 43, the Damshung man is the fourth to self-immolate in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).
All of the other self-immolations have occurred in Tibetan-populated areas of the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Qinghai, and Gansu.
The burnings have intensified over the past year and resulted in a Chinese security clampdown across the region.
The authorities have detained hundreds of monks from monasteries and jailed scores of Tibetan writers, artists, singers, and educators for asserting Tibetan national identity and civil rights, exile sources say.
Previous self-immolator
Meanwhile, the condition one of the two men who self-immolated in central Lhasa in May—in the only incident reported in Tibet’s capital city—remains unclear.
RFA previously reported that Thargyal, who self-immolated along with another young man sources identified as Tseten Dorjee in front of the Jokhang Temple on May 27, had died Saturday evening after succumbing to his injuries.
But subsequent information indicated that he remains under intensive care.
“On July 7, Thargyal … had all the indications that he died. However the medical team at the police hospital in Lhasa conducted three hours of emergency recovery treatment and he recovered,” a source in Lhasa told RFA Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Since the two men self-immolated in Lhasa, authorities have tightened security in the city, closing down a hotel where the two men had stayed and a restaurant where they had worked, another source there said.
"Security restrictions in Lhasa were increased after the incident and now the level of surveillance and restriction is still intense,” he said.
He added that the restrictions had been tightened ahead of the Dalai Lama’s 77th birthday on July 6 and targeted those from the Tibetan-populated areas neighboring the TAR.
“Tibetans who are not residents of Lhasa need five different permits to stay there and the restrictions are more intense on those Tibetans who come from the Kham and Amdo regions,” the source said.
Reported by RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Karma Dorjee. Written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink.
View this story online at: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/self-immolation-07092012190739.html
Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation broadcasting and publishing online news, information, and commentary in nine East Asian languages to listeners who do not have access to full and free news media. RFA’s broadcasts seek to promote the rights of freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to “seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” RFA is funded by an annual grant from the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
JULY 9, 2012— A Tibetan man from a village outside of Lhasa set himself on fire at the weekend in protest against Chinese rule, sources told RFA, in a rare self-immolation in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
The man, in his 20’s, shouted slogans in support of Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as he staged the fiery protest in the seat of Damshung county (in Chinese, Dangxiong) in Lhasa prefecture on Saturday.
“He did it around 1 p.m. on July 7 in front of an old community hall in Damshung. He was able to walk about 100 meters (110 yards) with his body on fire before falling down,” a source in Lhasa city told RFA, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“He called for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama,” the source said.
Police took him away from the scene to get him medical treatment, the source said.
Condition unknown
His identity and condition could not be confirmed, though he is believed to be 22 or 23 years old and a resident of Damshung’s Chode village.
“The police arrived and took him to a local hospital in Damshung but they could not treat him there, so he was rushed to a hospital in Lhasa city,” one source said.
“Ninety percent of his body was reported to be burnt.”
A Tibetan in exile with contacts in Damshung said police had prevented others from seeing the protestor and telling others about his condition.
“No one was allowed to see him after he was rushed to the [Damshung] hospital and at the same time some were warned not to give information to outside sources,” the source said.
“At this point, we don't know where he is and dead or alive.”
An officer at the Damshung police station contacted by RFA denied the incident.
Authorities have tightened security in Damshung since the incident, the exile source said, citing contacts in the region.
“Right now the security is extremely tight in Damshung. All phone lines are cut off and those in Lhasa city cannot reach their contacts in Damshung,” he said on Sunday.
43 self-immolations
The Damshung incident brings to 43 the total number of self-immolations reported since February 2009 as Tibetans challenge Chinese policies which they say have robbed them of their rights.
Of the 43, the Damshung man is the fourth to self-immolate in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).
All of the other self-immolations have occurred in Tibetan-populated areas of the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Qinghai, and Gansu.
The burnings have intensified over the past year and resulted in a Chinese security clampdown across the region.
The authorities have detained hundreds of monks from monasteries and jailed scores of Tibetan writers, artists, singers, and educators for asserting Tibetan national identity and civil rights, exile sources say.
Previous self-immolator
Meanwhile, the condition one of the two men who self-immolated in central Lhasa in May—in the only incident reported in Tibet’s capital city—remains unclear.
RFA previously reported that Thargyal, who self-immolated along with another young man sources identified as Tseten Dorjee in front of the Jokhang Temple on May 27, had died Saturday evening after succumbing to his injuries.
But subsequent information indicated that he remains under intensive care.
“On July 7, Thargyal … had all the indications that he died. However the medical team at the police hospital in Lhasa conducted three hours of emergency recovery treatment and he recovered,” a source in Lhasa told RFA Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Since the two men self-immolated in Lhasa, authorities have tightened security in the city, closing down a hotel where the two men had stayed and a restaurant where they had worked, another source there said.
"Security restrictions in Lhasa were increased after the incident and now the level of surveillance and restriction is still intense,” he said.
He added that the restrictions had been tightened ahead of the Dalai Lama’s 77th birthday on July 6 and targeted those from the Tibetan-populated areas neighboring the TAR.
“Tibetans who are not residents of Lhasa need five different permits to stay there and the restrictions are more intense on those Tibetans who come from the Kham and Amdo regions,” the source said.
Reported by RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Karma Dorjee. Written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink.
View this story online at: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/self-immolation-07092012190739.html
Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation broadcasting and publishing online news, information, and commentary in nine East Asian languages to listeners who do not have access to full and free news media. RFA’s broadcasts seek to promote the rights of freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to “seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” RFA is funded by an annual grant from the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
Ministro del Gobierno Tibetano en el Exilio y representante del Dalai Lama en Bruselas visitan Barcelona por primera vez
Ngodup Dorje Ngodup Dongchung
Ngodup Dogchung, ministro de Seguridad del Gobierno Tibetano en el Exilio, y Ngodup Dorje, representante del Dalai Lama en Bruselas, estarán tres días en Barcelona en el marco de una gira europea que están haciendo para mantener contactos políticos y con la comunidad tibetana para informar sobre la actual situación en el Tíbet.
Este jueves 12 de julio a las 20h ofrecerán una charla y contestarán a preguntas en la sede de la Fundació Casa del Tibet. El sábado 14 de julio, entre las 11h y las 14h, participarán de la fiesta que organizan la Fundació Casa del Tibet y la Comunidad Tibetana de España en el Port Vell (Moll de Bosch i Alsina [Rambla de mar] (Veure mapa aquí), con bailes y cantos tradicionales del Tíbet, Nepal e India. Los organizadores invitan a todos los barceloneses a participar.
El evento, gratuito, finalizará con una degustación de kapses (pastas típicas tibetanas) y refrescos.
Más información: comunicacio@casadeltibetbcn.org +34 93 207 59 66
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