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The Dalai Lama March 10, 1991 BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID ITHACA, NY 14851 Permit No. 746 Deliver to current resident ORDER FROM OUR NEW SNOW LION TOLL FREE NUMBER 1-800-950-0313 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG SNOW LION PUBLICATIONS PO BOX 6483, ITHACA, NY 14851, (607)-273-8506 VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2 Statement by His Holiness the Dalai Lama March 10, 1991 Two days ago, on March 8th, 8th will be commemorated annu- that the lifting of martial law is in special prayers were held for all ally as a day of remembrance and name only. The People's Armed those brave Tibetans who prayer for all those who are being Police which was withdrawn has sacrificed their lives for the Tibe- arrested, tortured and executed in been replaced by thousands of tan cause and for those who con- Tibet, and for the family members plainclothes policemen. If the sit- tinue to demonstrate for freedom of these victims who also suffer. uation is normal as the Chinese throughout Tibet. This is the day Today on this 32nd commemora- claim, then they should immedi- when martial law was declared in tion of the March 10, 1959 Nation- ately withdraw all the plainclothes Tibet two years ago. We especial- al Uprising, we remember these policemen and let Lhasa be run by ly remember young Lhakpa Tser- brave Tibetans once again. civilian authorities. Before the lift- ing, who was tortured to death in In Tibet, the situation remains ing of martial law, several hundred prison recently, and Lobsang Ten- grim. On 1 May last year Chinese monks and nuns were expelled zin and others who are reportedly authorities announced the lifting from various monasteries and nun- in imminent danger of being ex- of martial law in Tibet. However, neries in Tibet. Unfortunately, ecuted any day. I hope that March there is clear evidence to conclude some of the most intelligent and serious practitioners of Buddhism have been expelled from these in- stitutions. After the July visit to Tibet of Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Chinese Com- munist Party, more stringent measures were ordered to suppress all activities of the Tibetans in The Great Kagyu Masters. Lhasa which the Chinese perceive as being political. They have offi- cially declared that "heavy" and The Golden Lineage Treasury "firm punishments" should be meted out "swiftly." In spite of all Translated by Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen this, the spirit of the Tibetan peo- ple remains unbroken and they Edited by Victoria Huckenpahler have continued to demonstrate at Forthcoming from Snow Lion May 1991 $12.95 least a dozen times for the freedom of Tibet. My deep concern for the unend- ing cycle of repression and the No one is insincere in his own Kagyu lineage, also known as the massive influx of Chinese into regard, but ignorance and confu- lineage of transmission. This no- Tibet, which endangers the very sion cause most beings to create ble line has been likened to a gold- Peace Music of survival of our people and culture, their own suffering. For this rea- en rosary, for each of the led me to initiate two important son the Buddha, who began as an individuals constituting it is as proposals with the Chinese: my ordinary being, determined precious and perfect as the finest Nawang Khechog Five-Point Peace Plan in 1987 and throughout three limitless kalpas gold. the Strasbourg Proposal in 1988. diences inspired him to continue to sacrifice his own comfort, and The following are extracts from the Nawang Khechog was born in The Strasbourg Proposal was his musical performance. He is with great effort and loving moti- life of Tilopa: Tibet and fled into exile in India made with a conviction that it met vation to accumulate merit and after the invasion by communist regarded as one of the leading mu- with the basic hopes of the Tibe- wisdom and purify all obscura- Manifesting as a Human Being China. A Tibetan monk for 11 sicians in the field of peaceful, and Overpowering the Dakinis tan people without denying the tions. In Bodh'gaya he complete- years, he studied philosophy and relaxing and meditative new age reality of present day Chinese rule music in Australia, attracting a ly annihilated the mountain of ego In East Bengal in a city called meditation under various highly in Tibet. Many Tibetans have qualified Tibetan lamas. He also dedicated following. Apart from and fully developed pervading Zako lived a family of three: the fa- been disappointed and many have numerous radio and television per- compassion and primordial wis- ther was known as the Brahmin spent several years meditating in criticized this proposal as too con- dom; thereafter he turned the Salwa; the mother was knownas the foothills of the Himalayas. formances, he has released two al- ciliatory with unwarranted con- bums and made soundtracks for wheel of Dharma three times not the Brahmin Saldenma; and the Since 1986 Ngawang has been liv- cessions. several documentary films on out of the intention to establish a daughter was known as theBrah- ing in Australia. My proposals have not elicited Tibet, Nepal, and the Australian religion, but rather to free all be- min Saldron. As no son had been Ngawang's musical talents have any official response from the Chi- Aboriginal TV serial, Blackout. ings. He taught for forty-five born to them, the man andwom- developed naturally since he was nese leadership. In fact their state years. an made offerings and prayed to a very young boy. Most of his mu- Ngawang Kechog is currendy media has been critical. Because touring the U.S. in conjunction By the strength of his boundless the worldly gods, the triplegem, sic is original and performed as an of this closed and negative atti- with the Year of Tibet: see the compassion, the Buddha's holy the spiritual friends (gurus) and expression of his deep feeling in a tude, I feel my personal commit- Year of Tibet calendar in this and precious teachings travelled Chakrasamvara. In thisway a son spontaneity of harmony and bal- Continued on page 2 generally throughout all of Asia, was born. When he was shown to ance of touch, breath, hearing, and particularly in Tibet, produc- astrologers and otherswho read concentration, and feeling. ing scholars and realized beings as signs, some recognized in him the Nawang's music brings a deep numerous as stars in the sky. One marks of a god,others the marks sense of peace and captures the Catalog Contents: way in which these teachings were of a human being, and still others feeling of the mysterious and Adventure & Travel 28 Language 26 perpetuated was through the sys- the mark ofa Buddha. None could gigantic mountains of Tibet. His Art & Photography 29 Music & Chants 39 tem of lineages in which the in- agree on who he was: music is performed on the bamboo Audio Tapes 38 Ordering Info 44 structions were transmitted from flute, the Australian Aboriginal Biography 27 Other Traditions 41 We do not know if this child one lineage membet to the next, wood-wind instrument called didg- Cards 22 Posters 22 Is a god, naga, or yaksha. from guru to disciple, in an un- eridoo, and the South American Children 24 Psychology 40 Still, guard this excellent being broken succession. This method okharina. He also performs his Cookbooks 25 Religion & Phil 31 with care. maintains the continuity of bless- unique style of harmonic Dalai Lama 20 Sale Items 42 ing and experiences. The boy was given the name chanting. Death & Dying 40 Videos 37 The present text, compiled by Brahmin Salyo. Nawang has performed widely Dharma Items 18 Women's Studies 25 Dorje Dze Od, recounts the lives When he was growing up, a fear- in Australia since 1986 and the Health & Fitness 25 Year of Tibet of the great beings forming the Continued on page 8 overwhelming response of the au- History & Politics 27 Calendar of Events 16 Kalachakra 21 SPECIAL "YEAR OF TIBET" ISSUE NEWS Statement by not responded positively. such hostilities is the "strategies" elected officials, no longer ap- His Holiness the Dalai Lama With such fundamental shifts that many nations adopt in an at- pointed by me. Continued from page 1. 1991 Homestay taking place in the world, I am tempt to achieve a balance of pow- I believe that future generations confident that China cannot re- er that is supposedly in their of Tibetans will consider these mem to these ideas has become in- main isolated and unchanging. interest. Above all, the worst con- changes among the most impor- effectual. I believe that the logical Project The Chinese people will one day tributing fector to conflicts such as tant achievements of our ex- step is to acknowledge our failure see that only through a genuinely the Gulf War is the arms trade in perience in exile. Just as the The Tokyo chapter of Friends of in this endeavor to reach out to the democratic form of government which individuals and nations in- introduction of Buddhism to Tibet Tibet is working to bring two or Chinese leadership. If in the near will they be able to unleash their dulge for financial gain. Such trade cemented our nation, I am confi- three gifted students from the New future there are no new initiatives creative energies for the good of seems senseless, irresponsible, and dent that the democratization of Tibetan School in Bir, India, to the from the Chinese, I will consider China, and for peace and progress completely lacking in human con- our society will add to the vitality U.S. to study—initially to get high myself free of any obligation to the in the world.
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