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SinceSIagalwasrevealedtobeshortorderhedid.Afterconsult- a bv last ing other , who he sayscon- FebruarS ih. ul..ady o*ry action star - who, although he denies firmed his recognition, Penor Rinpoche invited the to his the claims, has been accused in the past of , monasteryinlndiaearlierthisyearforaceremonyatwhich,infront spousal abuse,bigamy creating false histories and looking to hire of 1,500monks and nuns, Seagalwas designatedaholy twlku. ques- a hit -"n - has kipt himself even further removed from the press. \fhen Penor Rinpoche is confronted with the most serious - His recent elevation has made him no more compassionatewhen tions about his unusual choice notwithstanding Seagal'sstormy - it comes to the media. His Holiness is not to be dissuaded,how- past, individuals over the age of 5 are rarely identified as a ever,and against Seagal'sadvice the interview commences. some comical answersare provided, revealingwhat seemsto be

76 US JANUARY1998 communicationproblem. Regardingthe chargemade in various monasteriesand virtually wiped their cultureoff the map. mediaoutlets, and evenwhispered in the Buddhistcommunity, that Thanksto the charismaand dedicationof TenzinGyatso, the the reveredPenor Rinpoche,a renunciantby ordination, was , who in 1989won the Nobel PeacePrize, and the bought off, he gigglesand is translatedas saying, "The truth of the efforts of longtimeactivists such as Richard Gere,the causeof matteris I wouldn't namea tulhu for $100."As for Seagal'svio- Tibetanfreedom has come a long, hard-foughtway most recently lent image,both off and on the screen,Penor Rinpoche responds, witnessedin this fall's backlashagainst Chinese President Jiang "He's just acting;he probably hasn'tkilled anyonein his whole Zemin during his U.S.visit. Orchestratedin part by Gere,the life." Interestinglyenough, though, it is PenorRinpoche's repeated protest showedthat evensuch wild-card conservativepoliticians references(three times) to the actor'senormous "level of pride" asNewt Gingrich,Pat Buchanan and Jesse Helms have their rea- ("It is his greatestshortcoming; I alwaystell him he must reduce sonsfor coming down hard on China.And while thereis evidence his pride"), relayedto Seagalimmediately afterward by Sangye, that Buddhismhas slowly madeits way to the hinterlands(dharma that sendsthe actor into frenziedspin control. centers,at which Buddhismis studiedand practiced,have opened "Stevenwanted me to call you and make sureyou don't turn in Michigan, and North Carolina,and recentna- the word pride into the word ego," saysSangye on the phone tional estimatesof Americanadherents top 100,000),the efforts of two days later. "It's his experiencethat any little thing gets those accustomedto the spotlight are what is really bringing turned into the negative,and he'svery paranoidabout this." Tibetan Buddhisminto the mainstream. 'When 'STitness askedif she has persuadedSeagal to talk to USon the the spectacle.Major studioshave bankrolled two films record for this article,which he has refusedto do thus far, she about the Dalai Lama'searly life (SeuenYears in Tibet and Kun- says tried but can't promise becausehe been dun).Last year,the Dalai Lama was fetedat the RegentBeverly she anything "has 'Wilshire burned in the past." At that moment shegets another call and Hotel in an eventco-hosted by Gereand Harrison Ford returnstwo minuteslater. and attendedbg amongothers, , Shirley Maclaine "That was him," shesays firmly. "He askedme to tell you that and Garry Shandling(who told a reporter,"I camebecause I heard anythingyou print that goesoff what His Holinesssaid in any way theDalai Lama was great live"). CourtneyLove interred a portion is somethingyou're not going to be able to forget. And he wants of Kurt Cobain'sashes at a Tibetanmonastery in upstateNew you to know, very clearly,that you're gettingyourself involved in York for a consecrationritual. Rockerssuch as the BeastieBoys,

somethinghere that you've got to be straightwith, or you're really U2 and Porno for Pyrosshared the stagewith dancingsaffron- z going to suffer. You're really going to be sorry," robedmonks at lastsummer's Tibetan Freedom Concert. And so,as the embattledTibetan community finally startsto get Not everyHollywood activistfor Tibetanfreedom is a Buddhist, someattention, much of it generatedby the interestof Hollywood, but amongthose who haveconverted, besides Gere and Seagal,are z ; its membersare discoveringthat when movie starsenter the tem- OliverStone and the Beastie Boys'Adam Yauch (the freedom con- I ple there is often a price to be paid. But after enduring almost 50 certswere his brainchild).Others, like Ford, his wife the screen- & yearsof nearly total global apathy,the small, historically remote writer MelissaMathison, Martin Scorsese,and a host of pop stars 9- country of Tibet, calledthe "roof of the world" by early explorers including Billy Corgan,Michael Stipeand Natalie Merchant, sim- for its breathtaking Himalayan vistas,is gonna take whatever it ply describethemselves as convertsto the cause. : can get, thank you. Some,like Scorsese,the director of the highly anticipatedKzn- dun, areangered when their colleagues'heartfeltefforts are dis- o'It's z SINCE THE ARMIES OF MAO TSE.TUNG BRUTALLY ANNEXED THEIR missedas dilettantish. disrespectful,"says the director (who z

nation in 1950,forcing the 14th (and present-day)Dalai Lama is "holding his breath" to seewhat kind of releasehis film gets E to fleenine yearslater and setup an exile governmentin India, from the China-fearingDisney), "especially to peoplelike Richard e the peopleof Tibet havewatched helplesslyas China has slaugh- Gereand Melissa[Mathison, who wrote Kundunf,who've been tered more than 1.2million of their compatriots. razed their in the forefront of the movementfor so long."

?O US JANUARY1998 Mathison, a soft-spoken mother of four who usually leaves the Lama into American consciousnessby invoking his name at nearly spotlight to her husband, is more concerned with the diminishing every opportunity (most memorably at the 1993Academy Awards, effects of glitz and glamour on the cause. "The only time Tibet gets in a speechthat got Gere banned from future telecasts),says his any attention is when a few movie stars show up, and then it's a job is far from over but made much easier by the releaseof such Catch-zz," she complains. "It would be tragic if at this moment films as SeuenYears in Tibet and Kundun.In fact, even some of his when people's attention can be focused on some action, it's dis- friends are starting to "get it," he says with a laugh. "They've missed as this cheap'Hello, Dalai' bulls---. It's insulting." heard me do this over and over again," he says, "but it didn't strike While devotees such as former Columbia Pictures president Lisa them until they saw it in the movies. Storytelling impacts deeper Henson, Goldie Hawn and Uma Thurman quietly donate large than a documentary or hearing a litany of human-rights abuses." amounts of money to Tibetan-refugee causes and institutions like Does he think that Hollywood's involvement could taint the New York's Tibet House (dedicated to preserving the rapidly dis- movement? "It comes down to quality," Gere says. "If it's quality appearing culture of Tibet), it's the flashier antics of some stars that work by quality people, of course it's positive. But if it becomes bring into question the very purpose of a religion for which the action-movie kind of territory, I don't think it's particularly helpful." main spiritual tenet is selflessness. Stone,who converted to after stints in other IN HISNETT YORK CITY TO'TN HOUSEJJUST BLOCKS FROM \fHERE HE brands of the 2,500-year-old religion left him wanting, seesthe dis- is editing Kundun, Martin Scorsesecontemplates the suggestion missals, perhaps not too surprisingly, as some sort of conspiracy. that all this Tibet stuff is just a fad. The acclaimed director, who as "It's typical of the judgmental Anglo mentality of the cultural state a result of the film spent the past two years looking at Buddhism we live in," saysthe director. "One of the things I love about the but who still identifies himself as [Far] East is [that] they're more concerned about getting their own a Catholic, finally decides it's the act together before ripping down someone else'sspirituality." real deal. "It's too facile to call it lfhich is exactly the point, according to Newsweek religion edi- a fad," he says. "It's indicative of tor Kenneth Woodward. "It's the religion du jour for people who something much deeper." don't really want one," says'Woodward, who has written about As for why Hollywood denizens spirituality for more than 30 years and interviewed the D alaiLama as well as everyday Americans severaltimes. He adds that Westernersraised in the Judeo-Chris- are drawn to Buddhism. he has a tian tradition mistakenly believe that Buddhism comes without theory: "Becauseof where we are rules or judgments, but if they were to study the doctrine closely, in the world today and all the they would find it "even more conservativethan Christianity" (no madness of moderri society. sex during the day; no oral sex or masturbation, period). "There's so much confusion," Nevertheless, through the vigilant efforts of like Gere and he continues, sipping from a the tireless travels of the Dalai Lama, the town has become enrap- cup of coffee, near a table laden tured with everything Tibetan. The upside is that Hollywood can with framed photos of his focus attention on an indisputably worthy cause; the downside, as mother, father and dog, all of 'Woodward notes, is that "the danger of squeezingthe toothpaste of them recently deceased. "Es- Buddhism through the tube of American culture is you might end up tablished religions are not with something on your brush that in no way resemblesBuddhism." working for people. They're finding it harder and harder to "IT's REALLYKIND oF FUNNY,"sAys GERE. "FIFTEEN yEARs AGo IT survive in our culture, and I 'Springtime was like for Hitler': I would bring Tibet up, and no think that anything that helps one knew what I was talking about. 107henI first started going on them find a little peace of mind television talking about this stuff, no one believed me; they had is going to be embraced just out to check with the State Department. Now I just finished press jun- of desperation.And I think Buddhismhas a lot of that to offer." kets for two movies, and I swear, 90 percent of what I was asked The notoriouslyprivate Scorsese admits that meetingthe sublect was about Tibet." of his film wasa life-alteringexperience, "Something happened," \fhich is exactly how the 48-year-old actor wants it. Since be- he saysquietly of his first encounterwith the Dalai Lama, which coming a Buddhist more than 20 years ago and working the cause occurredbefore he decidedto make the film. "I becametotally into his agenda five years later, Gere has done more to raise aw^re- awareof existing- of existingin the moment.It was like you could ness about the embattled country and its more than 6 million feelyour heartbeat; and asI left, he lookedat me. I don't know, natives than anyone besidesthe Dalai Lama himself. And in the but therewas something about the look, somethingsweet. .. I iust process of doing so, according to those who know Gere, he has knew I had to makethe movie." become a better person. ..MY Observes longtime friend Robert Thurman, a Buddhist scholar WHOLE LIFE HAS BEENCRACKED, ToRTURED AND CoNTRADIC- and professor, and co-founder, with Gere, of New York's Tibet tory," sighsOliver Stone.The Oscar-winningdirector of Platoon House: "I watched Richard develop and mature. He became arLdBorn on the Fourth of luly is explainingwhy he, a man asso- deeper and self-resilient, more self-restrained. It wasn't just an ciatedwith sex,drugs and violence,was attractedto a religion like aging process; it was him trying to work through his emotions in TibetanBuddhism. o'I think it was for its nonjudgmentalaccep- a positive way, which is what you're supposed to do when you're tance,"he finally says."That's a very importantthing, becauseI rying to become a Buddhist." grewup in a pressurecooker of a life." "I was deeply angry, explosive and hot," says Gere of his per- Iri fact, Stonesays, he was "fleeingfrom judgmentmy whole life" sonality prior to his conversion to Tibetan Buddhism in L982, " and and that he first encounteredthe religion as a soldier in Vietnam then it all just started to go away." The actor, who pushed the Dalai but didn't becomea bona fide Buddhistuntil five yearsago, while

US JANUARY1998 79 "r BEGGED[sne,cer] Nor ro co puBlrc lrirrH THrs," sAysTHURMAN USREPORT in his office at Columbia Universitg where he heads the Indo- CONTINUEDFROM PAGE 79 'It Tibetan Buddhist Studiesdepartment. "I said, will only bring making Heauen and Eartb, the third film in his Vietnam trilogy. ridicule upon you and the Tibetans in the long run.' " "I was inducted into the VietnameseBuddhist church over there by In fact, the recognition of Seagal as a tulku has rocked the Le Ly Hayslip, the woman on whom the movie was based," he says. Tibetan Buddhist community. To some, it's bad timing for a "It was through working with her and understanding her beliefsthat group of people who have finally begun to receive the world's inspired me. She changed my life." But soon after returning to Los Iong-overdue attention. Angeles to edit the film, Stone quit becausehe didn't know what was , editor ol Tricycle, the country's most respected going on during the services."I couldn't learn Vietnamese," he says Buddhist magazine,says, "It's a difficult situation, becauseno one with a laugh. The director eventually gravitated toward his friend and who knows StevenSeagal, who's beenaround him, seemsto think co-producer Richard Rutowski's brand of Tibetan Buddhism, which he demonstratesany elevatedspiritual wisdom. " Stone had previously found "eccentric andbizarre." Woodward of Newsweek calls it a "black eye for Buddhism." Stone and Rutowski later drove for six days through rural North- Drukpa Yongzin Rinpoche is a 35-year-oldtulkuwhowas raised ern Tibet to the monastery of Kusum Lingpa, a 70-year-oldmonk in India and now makes his home. He was discoveredto who had spent 16 years in Chineseprisons. "He's a feisty old be a reincarnated lama at age4. He expressesastonishment when motherf-----," says Stone admiringly. The director immediately informed that Penor Rinpoche was approached by StevenSeagal adopted the lama as his personal guru and, upon returning to the - and not the other way around. "A lama send people," says States,established a temple for him in L.A. Through his study with Drukpa Rinpoche, recalling the mystical circumstances of his Lingpa, Stonesays, he has beenable to locate and make peacewith recognition as a boy in India. " A tulku is recognizedthat way. No- his demons. "I'm a 360-degreeperson like everybody else," says body requestthat I be tulku." But he is more disturbed by Seagal's Stone. "I'm a paradox. I'm not simplistic." carefully worded warning to this reporter. He points out that if the Which brings us back to Steven Seagal.Stone remembers that warning is only karmic, and not physical, it is even more serious, Seagalalso usedto study with Lingpa. In fact, saysStone, the actor becauseit affects all the lives to come. "That is bad," he says,sound- "helped Lingpa get a green card." He stops, remembering some- ing alarmed. "He's a tulku. He should be compassionate. That thing else."Oh, but then they split. There was a dispute." meanshe know nothing." About what? According to Stone, though disputed by others, There are some in the Buddhist community, like producer Alex Lingpa wouldn't "make [Seagal]a tulku." SflhileSeagal declined Rose (Norza Rae), who say that Seagal'snew status came as no sur- an on-the-record intervieq his publicist denies the charge and prise. "'We'vealways seenhim as a spiritual being," saysRose, who adds: "Mr. Seagalhas earned the honor of tulku on his own merit. has known the actor for four years. "Steven's overriding interest is He in no way purchasedor made any kind of barter for this title." to help other people whenever, wherever and however he can." 'Whatever the intentions of Penor Rin- poche,it is unclearhow much he or any- one reporting to the Dalai Lama knows about Seagal'shistory. Seagalhas been accusedof various misdeeds,all of which he denies: sexual harassment (by four women, three of whom were compen- sated by'Warner Bros. in an out-of-court settlement),bigamy (by his secondwife) and spousal abuse (by his first), among others. Actress Jenny McCarthy has ac- cused Seagalof trying to get her to dis- robe during an audition. ("He followed 'You me back to my car and said, better never tell a soul,' " she writes in her re- cent memoir.) According to some within the activist community, Seagal has hardly taken great measuresto reassurefellow Bud- dhists that at least his "pride" has di- minished since the recognition. Those who attended a teaching by the Dalai Lama in L.A. last summer would have seen Seagal seated prominently in the front row, standing longer than anyone else and turning to face the room as if to be seen.Gere, seated a few rows back, at first seemedamused by the whole thing; later, according to witnesses, there was noticeable tension befween the two. But if Gere has any opinion about Seagaland his tulkw status, he's not sharing it. "Frankly, I don't "Look, I still have a good time," adds Yauch, who says he'll know anything about it," saysthe actor curtly.'When pressed,he probably become a monk one day. "I still like to joke around and adds, "If the Dalai Lama were to say that anyone was an enlight- laugh and stuff, but I just try to be aware of where it may be de- ened being, I would believe him. Probably, short of that, I wouldn't structive to other people. And I think I still have a huge ego ro get believeanybody." over - I think everyone does. That's what we need to come to grips In his office at New York's Tibet House, Dawa Tsering, the with in society: the fact that we're all egomaniacs." official representative of the Dalai Lama in the United States,looks down at his hands and fumbles with papers when Seagalt name CAUSINGNO SMALLAMOUNT OF CONFUS]ONAND CONSTERNATIONIN is brought up. "'We haven't had any communication," saysTser- a community that has embracednonviolence and compassionas a ing. "I don't know whether His Holiness is going to make some way of life is Hollywood's predilection for violent films. Stone, Sea- announcement or not." gal and, to a lesser extent, Gere all churn out movies that often in- For his part, Penor Rinpoche maintains that "when I recognize clude scenesdepicting extreme physical violence. atulkw,I don't needto consult His Holiness;but because[I needed] "How these Buddhists can make these amazingly violent to clarify the situation, I issueda sratement[to him]. He responded movies and still follow the Dalai Lama astounds me," says Gail in the affirmative." Cottman, the former head of publicity for MGM TV and a long- Professor Thurman, father of actressUma, says the subject came time supporter of L.A.'s Buddhist community. "There's an amaz- up during a talk with the Dalai Lama recentlS "but His Holiness ing hypocrisy there. The Dalai Lama is very clear on his belief didn't make any comment ro me abour it. And I didn't ask him." that there is no excuse euer for violence." Admitting that he is "horrified by the whole thing," Thurman Jean-JacquesAnnaud, the di- requestscopies of articlesdetailing Seagal'sbad behavior so he can rector of SeuenYears in Tibet, is "advise" certain lamas accordingly. He is clearly worried about the also offended by colleagues long-term effects on the Tibetan people. "You have to remember who "produce and act in the that these are people who are under genocide," he says gravely. most violent films ever" while "This interest, which they've never had before, is their lifeline to claiming to be Buddhists. "It's world recognition. They seeit as a way to savetheir lives." very much like someone who makes a war and then gives a "yo, AD MAN!" A HISIANICrEEN oN A BIKEscREEcHES To A HALTrN little money to build hospitals front of Adam Yauch, who is standing outside his apartment build- to cure people who have been ing in Manhattan's Little ltaly. "Saw your moviet coming out, man, burned by the bombs," he says. but you ain't in it! What's up with that?" Yauch smiles shyly, know- "It's a way to buy good con- ing full well the kid is referrin g to Seuen Years in Tibet. After ex- science. But I believe people plaining that just becauseit's about Tibet doesn'tmean he'sin it, he who are true Buddhists should reassuresthe skeptical kid that despiteits matinee-idol star, Brad refuseto make movies that pre- Pitt, the film is historically accurate, and he urges him to seeit. sent violencein a positive way." Lateg at a Vietnamese restaurant, the 33-year-old BeastieBoy Stone defendsthe violence rn launches into a mournful recounting of the atrocities that have been his own films as "a reflection of visited upon the Tibetan people in the past 40 years, from "forced reality." The director of such abortions and sterilizationsof women" to "monks and nuns who aggressivefare asNatwral Born are in prison right now being horribly tortured for refusing to sign Killers and the recent Il-Turn a piece of paper renouncing the Dalai Lama as their leader." adds: "I have a contract with myself to pursue the integrity of the The soft-spoken rapper admits that transplanting his spiritual- action and not cut away from it. A lot of people are turned off by the ity from the meditation room to the rock & roll stageisn't always violence in my films. Those of us who are honest admit that we have easy. Since Yauch became a committed activist (in 1993, he co- demons in ourselves and that we are wrestling with them. And we founded the nonprofit Milarepa Fund, which supports human- do it publicly, becausethat's what filmmakers do. To put a muzzle rights causesin Tibet), he has become a kind of Richard Gere for on myself and not be myself is not the solution to my problems. The Gen X-ers. His annual Tibetan Freedom Concerts in New York solution to my problems is to embrace myself and guide myself and San Francisco (recently documented on a three-CD set and in toward the positive." an upcoming fearure film) have raised more than $t.s million to Scorsese,well-acquainted himself with violence in films, made date and brought the causeto a young audience. Kundwnwithout bloody shootouts, baseballbats or bad language. Yauch acknowledgesthat the mixing of rap and religion can get But he doesn't want people to get the wrong idea. a little hairy sometimes,especially when you take a dozen monks "This ls an angry movie, becauseof what happenedwith Tibet," on a Lollapalooza tour featuring the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, insists the director, who shot the film in Morocco with a cast of en- Green Day and SmashingPumpkins. "\7e were careful with that tirely unknown and mostly Tibetan actors. "But I had to go around stuff as much as possible," he says,referring to the monks' expo- that anger and diffuse it and make it becomesomething positive." sure to the excessesof backstage life. "But they knew what they Not all filmmakers or stars bother to try that tactic. "The prob- were doing there, and their intentions were very strong." The lem with [Seagal's]films is that he doesn't just throw the bad guys monks would open each concert with a blessing,perform native out the window," saysProfessor Thurman. "He breakstheir bones danceson an additional stageand operate information booths. one by one first. It undermines his claims that he's nonviolent. He As for himself, Yauch saysthat it was simple to let go of accou- seemsto like showing us demolishing them piece by piece." terments of the rock & roll lifestyle, such as groupies: "You can see "It's not really important," Penor Rinpoche says in dismissing that that stuff can bring a person a lot more unhappiness on a long- the violence of Seagal'smovies. "A movie's a movie, By the mere term basis than happinesson a short term. name of it, it's an illusory thing that you fContinued on page Sf

US JANUARY1998 8I Americans,many of whom havenever set them, Our language,our religion, our cul- USREPORT foot in their parents'country, start to sing ture, our forms of currency, everything CONTINUEDFROM PAGE 81 nativesongs. The adultsfall mostly silent about us is totally differentfrom China." watch but is not real." Penor Rinpoche and gatheraround the wide-openentrance, Suddenly,the elder woman's expression adds that Seagal"would like to [stop mak- pullingtheir chairscloser to listenand join warms and she speaksquietly and seri- ing violent filmsl, but he cant just suddenly in. The music, enhancedby traditional in- ously.She has decided,in her own way, to completely stop. He has commitments to struments,overtakes the blaring hip-hop in answerthe originalquestion. keep. It's something he will do slowly." the backyard,and the party'shostess gets "Shesays she prays for Richard Gereevery Days later, rc- up to perform a danceshe learned years day" herdaughter translates. "She says, even veals that the actor's next project will be ago as a child in Tibet. thoughshe cant understandwhat he saysin Blood on the Moon, "the story of a man The issueof Hollywood's involvementin his interviews,she sees him on TV andsenses who seeks revenge on modern-day pirates the causeand religion of Tibet would seem how he feelsand that he letshis own personal when his family is killed during a pleasure to be far removed from this setting. One businessgo asidein orderto talk aboutTibet. cruise off the Hong Kong coast." cant imaginethat thesepeople would have "She says," the daughtercontinues, much,if anlthing, in commonwith wealthy "that a thousand Tibetans making the AT A GIRCSS'WEET-15 PARTY IN L.A.'S PRE- Americanmovie starsand directors.Ifhen sameeffort won't havethe sameeffect as dominantly Asian suburb of Westminster, 70-year-oldDawa Choytsang,who can re- RichardGere." r a small community of exiled Tibetans memberwatching the currentDalai Lama's (there are fewer than 200 in Southern Cali- predecessorbeing paraded though Lhasa, Tom O'Neill wrote about RupertEuerett 'US.' fornia) has gathered to celebrate.The mix Tibet,is askedto describeher feelingsabout for theAugust 7997 issue of of two cultures - the girl's father is Ameri- Hollywood's embracingher culture,she ig- - can, her mother Tibetan is striking in its nores the question.Her daughter,head of US Mdgdzine (ISSN 0147-510X) is pxblished moxtbly by US contrasts. In the backyard, Tibetan and pathology at St. Health Center in Magazifre Compdfly, L.P.,1290 Aueaue of the Afre/icas, Nee 'Western John's yofh, NY 10104-0298. The entire coiltexts ofUS Magazine are teens dance on the patio to Puff SantaMonica, who is translating, apolo- copyight @ 7997 by US Magaziile Conpdny, L.P., dnd ndy not Daddy and Lil' Kim under a rented strobe gizesas her mother talks insteadabout the be rcproduced in any mannet, eithet whole ot in pdrt, without written permission. All ights ate teserued..'lbe silbscription light, while in the front yard, Tibetan adults more important issueof Tibetan sovereignty. price is $19.94 for oxe yeat axd. $31.92 fot tao years. The sit around card tables set up in a garage "Shewants me to emphasize,"the daughter Canadiax subsctiption price is $24.94 for oxe yeat ixcludixg GST, payable in aduance. The foreign subscription price is converted into a rec room. Replete with sighsfor the third time, "that we Tibetans 524.94 for one year, payable in aduance. Periodicdls postage paid at Neu Yorh, NY, axd additional mailixg offices. Canadian shag carpeting and wood paneling, the are totally different from the Chinese,and Periodicals Postage Petnit #9339 pLid at WindsoL Ontaio, space suddenly takes on a very different eventhough they claim that we are part of Canada. Canada Goods and Seruices Tdx Registtution xo. R125042689. POSTMAJ?ERr Setd address changes to US tone when a klatch of youthful Tibetan- China, we shareabsolutely nothing with Customer Semice, P,O. Box 58667, Bodde4 CO 80328-8667.

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