Pray for Tibet March 14, 2008
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Politics , trackbackOver a decade ago I went to India on a business trip. One weekend, I took an overnight bus to Karnartaka state in the South and visited the monastery of a friend. This monastery had been established after Dalai Lama and many of his followers (including my friend) went into exile in 1959. Over the next forty years, the people had established a community in exile, carrying on with their lives while always remembering the mountains from the dry plains of the south.
And now, on the 49th anniversary of the original uprising and exile, and as China rises to become an economic superpower, Tibetans are rising again. And paying an enormous price. The original of the monastery I visited, Drepung, is reported to be under siege by Chinese forces with many arrests.
The spectacle in Beijing this summer will draw the eyes of us all to China. Can we, and our governments, be persuaded to look beyond the sporting glamour?
For the sake of all sentient beings
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