Thursday, February 18, 2010

Fireworks in homeland ahead of Dalai Lama’s Obama meeting

The Most widely traveled Monk , The Only Monk to get a Nobel prize since the time of Buddha , the Monk who meets political leaders all over the world , the Monk who two brothers live in the US and are trained by the CIA , The Monk who is the Most Controversial ! The reason see the videos below !
Is he a Monk spreading the teachings of Buddha ? or is he a Politician wearing the robes of a Monk ?
whose Master is not the Buddha but the United States of America ?

The Dalai Lama greets members of the Tibetan community as he arrives at a hotel in Washington. — Reuters pic

TONGREN (China), Feb 18 — Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama in northwest China welcomed today’s scheduled meeting between their exiled spiritual leader and Barack Obama with a defiant show of fireworks.

Buddhist monks in Tongren, an overwhelmingly ethnic Tibetan part of northwestern Qinghai province, said they were celebrating the meeting in Washington, which is going ahead despite warnings from Beijing that Obama’s act will hurt Sino-US ties.

Tensions with Washington have already risen over issues ranging from trade and currencies to a US plan to sell US$6.4 billion (RM21.7 billion) of weapons to self-ruled Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province.

The midnight display of fireworks along a valley dotted with Tibetan Buddhist monasteries was a bold and noisy reminder that, in spite of Chinese condemnation of the Dalai Lama, he remains a potent figure in his homeland, and his meeting with Obama will be noticed here by both supporters and opponents.

“My heart is filled with joy,” said Johkang, showing off an enormous smile, standing at his monastery in this arid and mountainous part of the Qinghai province, which lies next to the official Tibet Autonomous Region.

“It is so important for us that this is happening, that the U.S. has not given in to threats and will meet our leader,” added the monk, who like many ethnic Tibetans goes only by one name.

Qinghai, called Amdo by Tibetans, is where the Dalai Lama was born in 1935. He fled into exile from Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, and since then has campaigned for self-rule for Tibetans. China brands him a separatist.

Tibetans set off fireworks at this time of year anyway to mark the start of their traditional lunar new year.

But many Tibetan monks in Tongren told Reuters that this year they were also marking the Dalai Lama’s scheduled meeting in the White House.

“We do this whenever something big, and good happens,” said Losan, swathed in the vermillion robes of a Buddhist holy man, standing on a hillside above a monastery where monks were lighting fireworks in the early hours of today.

“He’s really going to meet Obama?” interrupted a monk standing next to him, sounding somewhat incredulous.

“I heard it on Voice Of America,” Losan told him confidently.

The sound of conch shells being blown echoed around the valley as a group of monks burnt an offering of flour and a ceremonial Tibetan scarf on a fire.

Veneration for the Dalai Lama transcends the Buddhist clergy and extends into broader Tibetan society where many resent Chinese rule and the relative wealth of Han Chinese.

“I’m very excited about who the Dalai Lama is going to meet,” said one Tibetan woman, who declined to be identified citing the sensitive nature of the topic. “But I worry about what measures the government could take against us in retaliation.”

Word of the Dalai Lama’s meeting with Obama has filtered through to Qinghai through Tibetan-language foreign radio broadcasts, monks say, though news that the meeting was happening has been mentioned in passing in state media.

Some spoke proudly of the Dalai Lama’s Nobel Peace Prize, awarded in 1989.

“That the 1.3 billion Han Chinese have never had one of their number win a Nobel prize and that we have, with just 6 million people, says something powerful,” said a monk, Tedan. “Now you understand why we love him so much.”

While technically Tibetan monasteries are not supposed to show pictures of the Dalai Lama, many in Qinghai do, the government generally having a more relaxed attitude outside of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Still, a sense of wariness pervades Tongren.

A large new paramilitary police headquarters is being built outside the county seat, and monks mutter about occasional fines if their public devotion to the Dalai Lama becomes too much.

Around 12 months ago, also during the start of the Tibetan lunar new year, Chinese security forces maintained an obvious presence in Tongren, though lighter than in some Tibetan areas, especially Lhasa, capital of the official Tibet autonomous region.

The year before had been marked by anti-Chinese violence across Tibetan-populated parts of China, centred on Lhasa, where at least 19 died after protests by monks gave way to bloody violence, with Tibetan rioters attacking Han Chinese.

China blamed the Dalai Lama for inspiring the unrest, and regularly condemns him for seeking Tibetan independence. He has repeatedly denied being a separatist or supporting violence.

“CCTV is always saying this and that about him and about us Tibetans,” said monk Tarkey, referring to China’s main state-run television network. “The world will get a better idea about who he is once he meets Obama.” — Reuters





7 comments:

  1. Wah! J4OTK is pro communist.

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  2. The Red Hair monkeys won't allow the hard working yellow people to be better off than them. To achieve that China must be divided and burden with uprising and civil war, thats was what the whites want to achieve, thats why they are supporting, funding and training China's troubles makers to cause destruction to this great nation.

    If Obama have no balls and give in to his white master fantasy then it will be the beginning of Third World War starting in Tibet. The fengshui tell that it It will end with no winner, but the big bully supremacy end here form self destruction after the war. China will be able to pick up the bits and pieces and move ahead. Korea was united and from China help move on to conquer Japan who supported the big bully during the third war ......

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  3. China should aids and train Osama to get even

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  4. Correct, correct, correct the US supremacy in monetary already end, the next to crumble will be their military. They are too corrupted and have so many enemies. Japan doesn't learn anything form their defeat in Second World War, perhaps need another good lesson

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  5. Wisdom , Happy New Year to you and your family .

    The big bully has their hands in every nation on this earth . They have insisted that China revalue their Yuan . They are a bankrupt nation with a deficit of 1.5 Trillion dollars with China holding US bonds to the tune of more than 2 Trillion US dollars and yet their US dollar still has value ? High time China and other countries move away from the US dollar in their basket of currencies .

    They are annoying and creating trouble for the China Govt with their support of supplying military hardware to Taiwan . Holding military exercise with S. Korea , Taiwan , Japan , Singapore , etc .

    They are putting all sorts of obstacles to prevent China from becoming a super power including using Goggle and the internet to support the human rights activists in China .

    The US will be seeing the beginning of their fall from grace .

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  6. justice4otk,

    Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year to you and family.

    I agree with you. US is falling. The Chinese people learn their lessons and do not trust the West. The Chinese Government are building up resources like oil and steel and once they collect sufficient reserve, they will dump their holding in the US financial instrument thats when the US dollars will collapse. They need China more than China need them, yet they want be funny with China. If the world economy collapse the Chinese people can always go back to the country side to be farmer, no big deal with them, but the Americans already forgotten how to ride a horse, how to be a cowboy? instead of roping the cow, the cow will kick their ass.

    During President Bush administration, they keep all eyes on China but left their backside open for Osama to screw. Osama would be happy to screw them again given an opportunity.

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  7. this monk is a 'running dog'.bring shame to all monks.

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