China will definitely change, says Dalai Lama
Phayul[Sunday, January 11, 2009 19:05]
By Phurbu Thinley

Sarnath, January 11: Changes will definitely take place in China and that the issue of Tibet will prevail in the long run, exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said Sunday.





His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks at a special audience to some 4000 non-Tibetan Buddhist followers from the Himalayan region of India, Nepal and Bhutan in Sarnath, India; January 11, 2009. The Tibetan spiritual leader is giving week-long teachings at one of the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites in the world. (Photo: Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL)

“The Communist system of one-party rule started in the world in 20th century. In many parts of the world, the communist system of governance ended or collapsed in the 20th century itself due to many factors,” the Dalai Lama said.

“In China also changes will certainly take place. It is clear that it will not remain unchaged," he added.

“So ultimately the Tibet’s issue will have to be resolved as it is not going to die out,” he said.

The exiled Tibetan leader was speaking here this morning at a special audience for some 4000 non-Tibetan Buddhist followers, who equally revere him as their supreme spiritual leader and have come to Sarnath to attend a week-long teaching by him.

Buddhists from Himalayan regions of Nepal, Bhutan and India, including Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and, Lahaul and Spiti; were seen listening with deep reverence to an almost hour-long talk by the Tibetan leader.

“For thousands of years people from Himalayan belt have lived and existed side by side as neighbours with people of Tibet and have shared a unique relation through common cultural and spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism,” the Dalai Lama told the gathering before carrying on with the third day of the week-long teachings, which began on Thursday here.

Saying Tibet has been facing great tragedy in recent times, the revered Buddhist leader urged the “free people” of the Himalayan region to make renewed and collective efforts to preserve and maintain the centuries-old shared and rich traditions of Buddha Dharma.

“People all along the Himalayan region have also played equally significant role in preserving and maintaining the centuries-old rich traditional and religious heritage of Buddha Dharma. Even at a time of crisis in Tibet, we found new support from our Dharma friends from the Himalayan regions in saving our unique and rich cultural and spiritual heritage from facing complete destruction,” the Dalai Lama said.

“Even now, Tibet’s situation in general is very grave; identity of its people and cultural heritage is almost resting on the verge of extinction under the Chinese rule,” the Dalai Lama told the audience.

“But like the changing scenario of the world, changes are also already taking place in China,” he said.

“And there is an unwavering courage and unity of Tibetan people. More and more peace-loving people and advocates of non-violence around the world are also showing growing solidarity to the just and peaceful struggle of the Tibetan people,” he said.

“Also lately after learning the truths about Tibet, there have been more and more Chinese people who have been sincerely expressing their solidarity with the Tibetan people,” Dalai Lama said, adding “Especially after March unrest, there has been a growing number of Chinese intellectuals openly expressing solidarity to the Tibetan cause through writings and postings on internet.”

“However, we need to make all our necessary efforts accordingly without losing our hope and courage,” he said, adding “Even if are to face the worst; we must remain prepared with a clear plan and foresight to carry on with our struggle for the next few generations if necessary.”

“Since coming into exile in 1959, we have achieved many of our planned strategies, and there are still many more to improve, he said.

“But we are confident that our sustained struggle over the last fifty years in exile is the legacy of its survival in the long run,” the Dalai Lama said.

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China is so massive that any changes can have great unintended consequences. The "Global Economic Downturn" began as China saw little reason to crank back up after being slowed for the Olympics, and this minor glitch (in China's eyes) threw the rest of the world (manufacturers/ distributors at least) into "swirl the drain mode", thusly exposing the ugly falsities of the western financial Piramid Scheme which deserves no sympathy except as to how it affects the poorest people throughout the planet. If some economic boost cannot be "produced" to keep jobs and food in the mouths of the poorest they will not sit idly by and watch their children starve. We (everyone else) need now to find ways to create equity for all, or we will forever (till the end) be rushing to patch the "worst of the worst".
This is true! Now China and U.S.A. wıll face each other and they "HAVE" to find "THE" solutions for there messy inside economy, religions, nationalism, cruelty, sadism agaist others, and so on...
Thank you for sharing this beautiful, hopeful, joyous message with us.

Long Live His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

Om shanti
Om Mani Padme Hung
Thank you for sharing this message of hope and endurance from His Holiness the Dali Lama. I hold to the expectation that China will change and Free Tibet in my lifetime.
Here is a positive step in creating relations beween Tibetans, Chinese and Japanese here in Japan


Tuesday, 17 February 2009, 11:49 a.m.

Executive members of Chinese-Tibetan Friendship Association with Representative Lhakpa Tshoko (centre) (Photo: Tibet House, Japan
Dharamshala: Following suggestions from His Holiness the Dalai Lama for maintaining harmonious relationship between the Chinese and Tibetan peoples, the Tibetan and Chinese people living in Japan have formed a "Friendship Association" to strengthen better understanding between the two communities and to promote peace and stability in China and Tibet.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama emphasise the importance of reaching out to the Chinese people, so that they could have a clear understanding about the real situation in Tibet. The Tibetan and Chinese community based in Australia took the initiative to establish the first harmonious association on 7 July 2008.

The Tibetan community in Japan on Saturday organised a function-cum-interactive dinner gathering to commemorate the inception of the friendship association. Around hundred Chinese and Tibetan people living in and around Tokyo attended the function.

Mr. Kalsang Dhondup, President of the Tibetan Community, in his opening remark, greeted the gathering and expressed his happiness that the two communities have “come together to show to the world that we are not against each other, that we love and respect each other and that we can live peacefully together”.

Mr. Lhakpa Tshoko, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Japan and East Asia welcomed the formation of the Association and said that it was “in line with the principle of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who has always preached love, compassion, non-violence and universal brotherhood.”

Describing the newly founded “Chinese-Tibetan Friendship Association” as a non-political entity, the Tibetan representative hoped it could “contribute immensely in clearing many doubts and misunderstanding between the two communities”.

“It is a friendship association formed at community level and this will greatly help in promoting peace and stability in China and Tibet,” Mr Tshoko said.

Dr. Tsewang Nishikura was appointed the president of the association. Mr. Liu Bao and Lee Komatsu are appointed as its Vice Presidents, and Mr. Kalsang Dhondup as the General Secretary of the Association.

Dr. Tsewang, while accepting the responsibility, urged the respective communities to abide by the policy of peace and friendship, and in promoting better understanding, which he would help send good message to the people in China and Tibet.

Vice President Mr. Liu Bao expressed great happiness about the successful formation of the Association. He said that he had been to Tibet several times and had good many Tibetans as friends. Commending Tibet’s “unique Buddhist tradition of peace and concept of others before self”, Bao said Chinese people “have many things to learn from Tibetan”.

In his speech, Bao insisted on the need to have more communication between the two communities.

"Whatever the Chinese government has done, it represents the Government’s stand only, which does not represent Chinese people,” Bao said, and prayed for the success of the Association.

An elderly Chinese man said he was so happy that he wanted to dedicate a song for the occasion and played harmonica. A group of Tibetan and Chinese casually performed Tibetan dance together at a corner. A young Tibetan girl sang a Tibetan song. The performances drew great appreciation and ovation from the crowd. The gathering concluded with an announcement to meet again in future.

--With inputs from Phayul online
Do you know that MAO started Concentration Labours camp (better to say Concentration Camps!!!) in early 1950, before China jumped on Tıbet??? And that they are still there? In China today they have more then 1.250 concentration camps...people are killed in a brutal way, in public! 10.000 people every years!!! You can go on www.laogai.com to see all this horrific machine that gives to Chinese Governement money (they sell the organs all over the Planet, and they started sellıng also the corpses of those poor dissidents or religious people!
This is Falung Gong practitioners..Nisimoa...horribel and sad. Selling organs, who is buying them.. ?????
There is unspeakable horror not only to humans but animals. Check out ecopaparazzi.ning.com or asiananimals.org about the bear bile farms.. Keeping the wild bears for 10 15 years in cramp cages cyphoning their liver bile for sale. There is a big project to try and stop this Called the Ursa Freedom Project. They want to free 9000 bears. Chinese people dont need this work, this karma.
Loving all beings, human, animals will help ensure that we take care of our planet better. Those who are hurting animals, selling rare animals skins, bones, teeth, claws ect... need to see a new way somehow. The seller and the buyer needs a change in their awareness.
Here is another positive article showing solidarity between Chinese AND Tibetan people

Italian delegation, Chinese to join Tibet events
Phayul[Tuesday, March 10, 2009 00:04]

Dharamsala, March 9: An Italian delegation will join Tibetans in a candle light vigil on Tuesday evening to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Tibetan uprising Day and of being in exile.


Tibetan exiles take part in an anti-China protest rally in Dharamsala, India (Photo/file/Tenzin Choejor)
The delegation, headed by Mr Cologna Gunther, former president and the board member of Association of Italia Tibet, will take part in a peaceful procession in McLeod Ganj to pay homage to “all those Tibetans who have sacrificed their lives for the just cause of Tibet” after the March unrest in Tibet last year.

The procession will culminate at the Main Tibetan Temple here and the participants will observe a one-minute silence to mourn over the Tibetan victims.

Tibetan Government-in-exile says more than 200 Tibetans were killed and more than a thousands were injured in the subsequent Chinese crackdown. It says more than 5000 people are still under house arrest and more than a 1000 remain missing.

Meanwhile, a group of pro-democracy Chinese activists will also join Tibetan exiles in India to mark the March 10 anniversary of the failed uprising in Tibet against Beijing's rule.

The Chinese campaigners have travelled to the northern India hill town of Dharamsala, where the Tibetan exile community is based, for ceremonies on Tuesday commemorating the events that forced the Dalai Lama into exile.

"At least 30 members of the Federation for a Democratic China will join our peaceful programmes," AFP reported Sonam Dagpo, International Relations Secretary of the Tibetan government-in-exile, as saying.

The campaign group, which is based outside China and operates as a political opposition body, would be represented by Chinese members from across the world including Japan, New Zealand and the United States, he said.

"We welcome such solidarity with our peaceful means to resolve the Tibetan issue with China," Dagpo reportedly said.

"China should understand that we are not seeking independence and also that we are not against the people of China," he said, repeating the Dalai Lama's policy to seek only "meaningful autonomy" for Tibet.

Series of peaceful protests and rallies are being planned to mark Tuesday's anniversary.

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Thanks for sharing your news, ıt's a blessing to be in contact.
Love to you Nisimo

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