Tibetan Lama flees to India!!! Hima

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Subject: Re: Tibetan Lama flees to India!!! Himalaya Film See it now.

Dawn Star wrote:
> 
> This is such great news! Forty years after the original trek of His
> Holiness the DALAI LAMA! Let me tell you, here in France, the film
> Himalaya is the third largest grossing film in France today, with nearly
> a million spectators. It is a beautiful film by the creator of the Oscar
> winning film Cosmos (the life of bugs), and, here, inthe film Himalaya
> you are taken across the winter trek of the Himalayas on a voyage of the
> struggle of the human spirit.
> 
> I saw it here in paris a few days ago while the Karmapa was on his trail
> south in the same one real world.
> 
> Go See the film. The tibetan music is very good and the imagery is the
> best you will see ever. (this film is nominated for best foreign film
> oscar hollywood nominations 2000.)
> 
> ds*
> >
> > Friday, 7 January, 2000, 13:50 GMT
> > Tibetan Lama flees to India
> >
> >    Teenage Lama: Escaped across the
> > Himalayas
> > One of Tibetan Buddhism's most powerful figures has escaped from Tibet
> > to meet the movement's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in India.
> >
> > The Karmapa Lama is the only senior Tibetan Buddhist officially
> > recognised by the Chinese authorities and his escape is certain to be
> > an embarrassment.
> >
> > The 14-year-old Karmapa Lama left his monastry in Tibet's capital,
> > Lhasa, telling guards he was going to a hill-top retreat. He then
> > trekked across the frozen Himalayas to reach Dharamsala, in northern
> > India.
> >
> > He was accompanied by a small band of monks on the expedition that
> > lasted at least five days.
> >
> > It is not yet clear whether his intentions are to leave Chinese-ruled
> > Tibet permanently or if it is a temporary measure in order to receive
> > further religious teaching.
> >
> > After arriving in Dharamsala, he is reported to have met the Dalai
> > Lama, who fled from Tibet using a similar route 40 years ago.
> >
> > The Karmapa Lama, the third most powerful person
> > in Tibetan Buddhism, is the only person among the
> > religion's senior figures accepted by both the Beijing and the Dalai
> > Lama.
> >
> > He is said to have evaded his Chinese guards in Tibet by telling them
> > he was going on a religious retreat.
> >
> > Beijing has issued a statement saying the Karmapa left a letter
> > explaining he was collecting religious artefacts and did not intend to
> > betray the Chinese state.
> >
> > Correspondents say the statement deliberately avoided criticising the
> > Lama in order to leave the way open for him to return.
> >
> > But Robert Barnett, a Tibetan expert at Colombia University, New York,
> > said: "It leaves China's religious policy in Tibet in complete
> > disarray."
> >
> > The BBC has been told that the Karmapa Lama had become increasingly
> > frustrated with a lack of access to religious teachers in Tibet.
> >
> > He is said to have wanted either permission to travel abroad for
> > lessons from Lamas from his school of Buddhism, or for permission from
> > Beijing for a teacher to visit him.
> >
> > Chinese recognition
> >
> > The Karmapa heads the Karma Kagyu - Tibetan Buddhism's second most
> > important, after that headed by the Dalai Lama.
> >
> > He was the first Tibetan reincarnation to be          Dharamsala is
> > recognised by the Chinese authorities. He is also
> > accepted as the true reincarnation by the Dalai    also home to the
> > Lama; a fact that has given him status among       exiled Dalai Lama
> > Tibet's religious leaders.
> >
> > In 1992, he agreed to stay in Tibet in return for Chinese recognition.
> > China used the agreement as proof of the legitimacy of its rule in the
> > disputed region.
> >
> > China considers the Dalai Lama to be an enemy of the state, and there
> > is dispute between him and Beijing over who is the reincarnated
> > Panchen Lama, the religion's second most powerful figure.
> >
> > Disputed Lama
> >
> > Last year the Karmapa appeared in public with another controversial
> > reincarnation, the boy who China decided was the Panchen Lama, passing
> > over the Dalai Lama's choice.
> >
> > Beijing and the Dalai Lama chose their different candidates for the
> > Panchen Lama in 1995.
> >
> > The Dalai Lama's choice, now 10, and his family have not been seen in
> > public since. Human rights groups believe they are under house arrest.
> >
> > Beijing's choice was installed by Tibetan monks, surrounded by Chinese
> > officials, in Tashi Lhunpo monastery in Shigatse.
> >
> > But he is regarded by many Tibetans as a fake
> >
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