His Holiness the Dalai Lama expresses gratitude to German Tibet Support Groups

TibetNet[Sunday, August 02, 2009 20:21] His Holiness the Dalai Lama with the panelists of the morning session Frankfurt, Germany: Addressing the members of the German Tibet support groups in Frankfurt on Saturday afternoon, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his deepest gratitude for their support for the Tibetan cause. The members of the German Tibetan Community and some 50 volunteers of the various Tibet support groups based in Germany attended the talk. At the same time His Holiness conveyed his great concern for Tibet's deteriorating environment. His Holiness said that Tibet was passing through a very difficult time in our history and over 1 million Tibetans have died. His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing a gathering of around 450 Tibetans and 50 German volunteers of Tibet Support Groups in Frankfurt,Germany, on 1 August 2009 His Holiness further said that there has been an increase in contacts with ordinary Chinese over the years. There have been about 680 articles written on Tibet by Chinese mostly expressing their concern and support for the Middle Way Approach. Over 100 of these articles were written by Chinese living inside China. Earlier in the day, His Holiness the Dalai Lama took part in two different symposiums on the theme “One World – One Mind – One Heart”. The morning symposium was a dialogue with three scientists and prominent personalities on global and personal responsibilities with Prof. Dr Mojib Latif, Prof. Dr. Karl-Heínz Brodbeck and Prof Götz Werner. The afternoon symposium on Ethics and the Economy and global responsibility with Prof. Dr. Tania Singer, Ven. Matthieu Ricard and Prof. Gerald Hüther. The moderator for the symposiums was Mr. Gert Scobel, a respected journalist on culture and religion in Germany. In his address, His Holiness said “The concept of we and they are now outdate. We must think of everyone as part of ourselves.” While speaking on developing compassion, His Holiness said, “something I know for sure through my own experience is that cultivating universal love and compassion is not only crucial for mental peace but it is also good for one’s own physical health.” “Destructive emotions like hatred, jealousy and extreme attachments not only destroy one’s peace of mind, but these are harmful for one’s physical health,” His Holiness added.

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Tibetan legislators seek Tibetan filmmaker's release

Phayul[Sunday, August 02, 2009 20:08] Dhondup Wangchen Dharamsala, August 2 – Exile Tibetan lawmakers have sought UN intervention in securing the release of a jailed Tibetan filmmaker whose film, “leaving fear behind” exposed ‘China’s lies’ in the run up to the Beijing Olympics 2008. Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, previously known as the Assembly of the Tibetan People’s Deputies, yesterday wrote a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, appealing her to “intervene to provide immediate medical assistance” to Dhondup Wangchen, who, with assistance from a Tibetan monk named Golog Jigme, documented the Tibetan resentment against Chinese rule and videotaped interviews with Tibetans who sharply criticized the Chinese government policies in Tibet. The tapes of the film were smuggled out of Tibet to Switzerland where Dhondup’s cousin edited them and distributed around the world bringing a much needed boost for the Tibetan campaign against the Beijing Olympics, 2008. “He is seriously ill and is reportedly being tried today in Siling for allegedly inciting separatism,” the letter from the Tibetan parliament based here said. Dhondup Wangchen was arrested by Chinese authorities in March 2008. Charged with “inciting separatism”, Wangchen was recently denied the right to be represented by the lawyer chosen by his family. His wife, living in Dharamsala, recently said she feared her husband who suffers from hepatitis B is not given proper medical care in the prison. The Tibetan Parliament argued, “Recording people's views on a particular issue does not undermine any Chinese law.” “We urge you to take this matter with the Chinese authorities immediately and in earnest,” the Tibetan Parliament added. A copy of the letter was forwarded to Ms Irene Khan, Secretary General, Amnesty International, Geneva.

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McLeod Ganj - Three Indians die after falling in septic tank

Phayul[Friday, July 31, 2009 15:25] Dharamsala, July 31 – Three people died yesterday evening after they drowned in a septic tank underneath a shop and hotel owned by Tibetan at the McLeod Ganj main square. According to the police, they died of asphyxiation. The Tibetan owner of Lhasa hotel, had hired the service of a local contractor who brought the three Indian labourers to clean the septic tank located underneath Mandala Boutique adjacent to the hotel. One of them slipped and fell into the tank, and the other two, while trying to save their friend, also fell into the tank that is said to be at least ten feet in depth, bystanders watching the police and firemen in operation said. Both Lhasa hotel and the Mandala Boutique are owned by the same person who has given them on lease to other Tibetans. Police and firemen took nearly five hours to bring out the dead bodies of the three men. All shops in the town remained closed till noon today to mourn the death of the three men.

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three man was dead falling in the septic tank .... shop and hotel owned by tibetan leased b y other tibetan person...