SL Buddhism – Buddhismo e spiritualità in Second Life – Mistic Academy..One Light

Mystic Academy..One Light – Many Paths,Spiritual Education

Mystic Academy..One Light

centromimir
26 luglio 2009

Welcome to Mystic Academy!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spirit%20City/206/74/30

http://www.mysticacademy.org

Welcome to this spiritual academy of learning and a social network and infohub to connect like minds and consciousness

We run regular courses, discussions, host music and live events and have a huge library of books and a dedicated shopping area. There are a number of areas for exploration, quite meditation and reflection. We also have a meditation chamber and a consultation zone where you can get readings from a qualified member of staff.

This is the largest spiritual group in SL with over 1400 Members. Please feel welcome to join this group.

Look at our calendar in the lobby to see this weeks events. Join the group to get updates as they happen.

If you wish to work here fill out the application form and send it to Dragon Shichiroji General Info of getting around.

Of course you can walk around our entire sim, the whole area is open for exploration. To teleport around we used a ground based teleporter which can be found in all the main areas.

Lounge/Calendar – The lounge is the main hub of our social network. Here is where we gather, meet, greet, and discuss various aspects of our individual lives and paths. Casual classes are held here. As well our calendar is on the wall. The calendar contains the classes for approx. a week. Clicking on one of the posted classes will get you a notecard with a brief outline, date, time, and the name of the facilitator for the class.

Classroom – The rooms in which facilitators teach. We are audio and video enabled so facilitators may use these to enhance class material. There is plenty of seating. We work on a not for profit basis so please do not forget to tip either the academy or the teacher.

Sanctuary Please use the teleporter to access the beautiful and peaceful area for advanced classes or reflection

TheClub – the hub of our entertainment. Djs, live music, dancing, fun fun fun!

Library- The Library contains transcripts and notecards with information about a variety of subjects. They are broken down into sections: Traditions, Energy Work, and Misc.

Consultations Area – Our consultants are on the staffboard Touch for more information. Personal readings such as tarot, personality typing and astrology are available. Contact Rian Hirvi for more information. Any payment is between you and the reader.

Shop – The shop contains many items made by members of the mystic academy and some that are not. There is a wide variety of clothing available including men’s and women’s. You can also purchase our wonderful meditations with voice by Jane Atkey. The shop also contains some free items for those in need of clothing.

See also / Vedi anche

Free Tibet Zen Garden (Sea level)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/42/78/21

Free Tibet Zen Garden, Seoraksan (19, 118, 25)

Hannya shingyo (Sutra del Cuore) & Gongyo Daimoku (Skybox)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/36/108/1001

Hannya shingyo (Sutra del Cuore) & Gongyo Daimoku (Skybox)

• SL Buddhism – Buddhismo in Second Life – Building Potala Palace in a Virtual World

• SL Buddhism – Buddhismo in Second Life – Bodhi Land of Buddhadharma

• SL Buddhism – Buddhismo in Second Life – SL SGI Center

• Possibile in Second Life ritrovarci insieme a meditare, in silenzio, o ascoltando audio, visionando video, come in una casa comune?

luglio 26th, 2009 | Tags: buddhism, buddismo, dalai lama, Mistic Academy, second life, sl buddhism, spiritualità, spirituality

SL Buddhism – Buddhismo in Second Life – Building Potala Palace in a Virtual World

Building Potala Palace in a Virtual World SecondLife.Com

http://www.dalailamatibetprojects.ws/

Is Now Potala Palace Virtual World at
http://www.PotalaPalaceVirtualWorld.org.

A SecondLife Virtual Vision November 13th, 2007

TLG Media: Monk’s Meditation Yields Palace

This is a Gift of Love for the current His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, past Dalai Lamas, future Dalai Lamas, the Tibetan People and all interested in Tibetan/Buddhist culture and the world/universe we live in.

Potala Palace SL Petals Unfolding like a Lotus

Dalai Lama Tibet Projects SecondLife, Building Potala Palace in a Virtual World started in November 2007 during a period of virtual imaging meditation. An image of the Potala appeared in mind, shortly after – smoke and flames around the Potala rose up. A Vision unfolding the future now.
The realization of this vision was the seed planted in secondlife to build the potala palace of Tibet and to make it a Gift of Love to His Holiness the Dala Lama and the Tibetan people for preserving this heart image of Tibet and Tibetan culture in everyday virtual life and real life. Potala is the Heart Pulse of Tibet, home of all the Dalai Lamas and one of the most important spiritual treasures for Humanity.

May all the Dalai Lamas Past, Present and Future, guide us each and all with WisdomLove. Compassion and Loving Kindness is the Cause of Peace. Be Diligent, Be Clear, Be Simple, Be Direct – Peace is within, the light of Truth still shines there. Within we are always Free.

Om Mani Pade Me Hum

Interview 1 : with Shawn Mortlock (SL) Builder for White Palace

Click To Play

Interview 1 : with Dannon Robanni (SL) Builder of Red Palace

Click To Play

YouTube: Our DalaiLamaTP YouTube Site

Building Potala Palace In SecondLife.Com

About Building Potala Palace In SecondLife.Com

Dalai Lama Tibet Projects is a Virtual World support group for building and perserving the history of the Tibetan Potala Palace within SecondLife.Com, which was started in November 2007.

It is a Gift of Love for the Past Dalai Lamas, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, future Dalai Lamas, the Tibetan People and all interested in Tibetan/Buddhsit culture and the world/universe we live in.

Dalai Lama Tibet Projects also called DLTP or DLTPSecondLife idmaking available here photos of the Potala Palace building works going on in the 3 D World of SecondLife.Com to share with the international community and request to help the project.

May all the Dalai Lama’s Past , Present and Future guide us all with Wisdom/Love, Compassion and LovingKindness

Venerable Bhikkhu Maitreya (RL)
Venerable Bhikkhu Kamach (SL)
DLTP Spiritual/Project Director
DLTP-VirtualOffice@dalailamatibetprojects.ws
info@dalailamatibetprojects.ws
Skype: dalailamatibetprojects-sl
Peaceful Mind Temple (SL) – Abbot

Tania Smith – Successor
Lead Singer Info@SpaceJunky.Com

See also / Vedi anche

Free Tibet Zen Garden (Sea level)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/42/78/21

Free Tibet Zen Garden, Seoraksan (19, 118, 25)

Hannya shingyo (Sutra del Cuore) & Gongyo Daimoku (Skybox)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/36/108/1001

Hannya shingyo (Sutra del Cuore) & Gongyo Daimoku (Skybox)

luglio 26th, 2009 | Tags: buddhism, buddismo, dalai lama, fiori, flowers, garden, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, mantra, Potala Palace, second life, sl buddhism, sutra, Tibet, Zen

SL Buddhism – Buddhismo in Second Life – Bodhi Land of Buddhadharma

Bodhi – Land of Buddhadharma

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bodhi/160/41/27

Visit and participate in our Web site & forum at http://www.BodhiSim.org

Bodhi – Land of Buddhadharma

centromimir
26 luglio 2009

See also / Vedi anche

Free Tibet Zen Garden (Sea level)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/42/78/21

Free Tibet Zen Garden, Seoraksan (19, 118, 25)

Hannya shingyo (Sutra del Cuore) & Gongyo Daimoku (Skybox)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/36/108/1001

Hannya shingyo (Sutra del Cuore) & Gongyo Daimoku (Skybox)

Meditation Self Help Buddhism Meditazione Auto Aiuto Buddhismo Dalai Lama Heart of Wisdom Sutra Maka Hannya Haramita Shingyo Sutra del Cuore Nam MyoHo Renge Kyo Lotus Sutra. By Centro Mimir

• Possibile in Second Life ritrovarci insieme a meditare, in silenzio, o ascoltando audio, visionando video, come in una casa comune?

• SL Buddhism – Buddismo in Second Life – SL SGI Center

luglio 26th, 2009 | Tags: buddhism, buddismo, dalai lama, fiori, flowers, garden, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, mantra, sutra, Tibet, Zen

SL Buddhism, Buddismo in Second Life – SL SGI Center

SL SGI Center

This is a private cultural center where the members SGI of the whole world can be met for the study and the diffusion of the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin and the peace in the World. Every person, Buddhist or no, it’s welcome.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ces/190/40/504

SL SGI Center

centromimir
26 luglio 2009

See also / Vedi anche

Free Tibet Zen Garden (Sea level)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/42/78/21

Free Tibet Zen Garden, Seoraksan (19, 118, 25)

Hannya shingyo (Sutra del Cuore) & Gongyo Daimoku (Skybox)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/36/108/1001

Hannya shingyo (Sutra del Cuore) & Gongyo Daimoku (Skybox)

Meditation Self Help Buddhism Meditazione Auto Aiuto Buddhismo Dalai Lama Heart of Wisdom Sutra Maka Hannya Haramita Shingyo Sutra del Cuore Nam MyoHo Renge Kyo Lotus Sutra. By Centro Mimir

• Possibile in Second Life ritrovarci insieme a meditare, in silenzio, o ascoltando audio, visionando video, come in una casa comune?

luglio 26th, 2009 | Tags: buddhism, buddismo, dalai lama, fiori, flowers, garden, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, mantra, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, Paola Pandolfini, papper papp, second life, sl buddhism, sl sgi center, soka gakkai, sutra, Tibet, Zen

Birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama July 6th, 2008

TIBET: APPELLO AI LEADER G8, PRESSIONI SU CINA PER DIALOGO CON DALAI LAMA

Tokio, 6 lug. (Adnkronos/Dpa) - I leader del G8 sollevino la questione del Tibet durante i loro colloqui con il presidente cinese Hun Jintao al vertice che iniziera' domani in Giappone. E' l'appello rivolto da Mary Beth Markey, vice presidente della International campaign for Tibet che sottolinea che gli ultimi colloqui tra i funzionari cinesi ed i rappresentanti del Dalai Lama "chiaramente non hanno soddisfatto le richieste della comunita' internazionale".

adnkronos.com

Birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama July 6th, 2008

http://www.potalapalacevirtualworld.org/

We Wish You a Happy Birthday and Peace
From all the people at Potala Palace Virtual World

Potala Palace Virtual World will celebrate the Birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and World Tibet Day at The Tibet Sim (Island) in SecondLife.Com July 6th, 2008

Photo by Wizard Gynoid

click for larger view
Back row L to R: Bhikkhu Kamachi, Wizard Gynoid, Shawn Mortlock
Front: Myriam Martinek

The Potala Bowl - Performance Ar, Tibet (96, 65, 25)

Celebrate the Dalai Lama's birthday on Sunday, July 6th with:

11 am SLT Moxy Barracuda
3 pm SLT Big Rock Slade
4:30 pm SLT Azrihal Hax
6 pm SLT Jana Kyomoon

at the Tibet Sim. LM is attached.

Light and Love
Wiz

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tibet/98/72/25

Hu Jintao hopes positive outcome between representatives of the Dalai Lama and Chinese officials, but Tibetan Youth Congress is ' terrorist spearhead'

Report: Chinese president hopeful on Tibet talks

By WILLIAM FOREMAN – 42 minutes ago

http://ap.google.com

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — President Hu Jintao said he has hopes for a "positive outcome" between representatives of the Dalai Lama and Chinese officials at talks that began Sunday — the first since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet in March.

"I hope that the contacts with the Dalai Lama's side from today will yield a positive outcome," Hu told Japanese reporters in Beijing, according to China's official Xinhua News Agency.

Hu said he hoped the Dalai Lama would take concrete actions to stop violence, attempts to disrupt the Beijing Olympics and split China. That would create conditions for further consultation, Xinhua said.

Tibetologists consider "Tibetan Youth Congress" a terrorist pro-independence spearhead

www.chinaview.cn 2008-05-04 19:43:25

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/04

BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) is a stubborn advocacy group for "Tibet independence" supported by the Tibetan "government-in-exile", which upholds complete violence and has become an armed spearhead of the 14th Dalai Lama group, says a senior Chinese Tibetologist.

The TYC was set up in 1970 under the "direct incitement of the Dalai", said Bi Hua, a senior researcher with the Beijing-based China Tibetology Research Center (CTRC), a research institution established in 1986.

Bi said that in the early 1970s, some Tibetan youths "in exile" became decadent and tired of life, as either independence or returning to China was hopeless years after they fled the country. The group was established against such a backdrop.

The Dalai Lama and major officials of the "government-in-exile" had attended the TYC's inauguration ceremony in 1970 and encouraged Tibetan youths to pursue Tibet independence "with resolution and courage".

Bi said the Dalai Lama intended to break geographical shackles and resolve conflicts among sects via the TYC so as to move Tibetan youths and train his successors.

The TYC constitution's chapter four clearly stated that extensive movement should be organized "even at the cost of blood and life" to achieve the independent goal, said Bi.

The organization affiliated to Dalai Lama supporters, rapidly spread to major Tibetan outposts in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Britain, Canada and the United States in the 1980s and sprouted 81 branches worldwide covering more than 30,000 members, he said.

Eighty percent of the staff of the "government-in-exile" were TYC members. More than 60 key members joined the "government" and assumed major posts since 1980s, he said.

In 1993, six of the seven Kalons (Ministers) in their executive body came from the TYC. Samdom, the current principal Kalon, and Gyarig Lozhoi Gyaincain, were members of the organization when it was newly founded, he alleged.

Bi said the TYC organized many activities to achieve their independence goal. The annual March 10 protest against the Chinese government was typical. It included violent assaults on overseas Chinese embassies and consulates, or means of protest such as sit-ins and hunger strikes.

Bi said the organization also commemorated the Dalai Lama birthday (July 6), the anniversary of the Dalai Lama's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize (Dec. 10) and "Democratic Day" (Sept. 2),Bi said.

Bi alleged that the TYC former president Cedain Norbu told "pro-democracy movement representatives" during an interview in 2002 that they would use various measures, including terrorism, to achieve independence.

Previously, many TYC presidents and secretary-generals had claimed, "armed struggles and violence was the only way to independence" and "terrorism could achieve maximum effect with minimum cost", said Bi.

Bi said the organization exposed its violent nature in many events such as the 1974 incident in Bhutan. In that year, in order to turn Bhutan into a forefront against Tibet, the Dalai Lama group plotted to upset the Bhutan government, but the plan was thwarted and 28 suspects were seized by the Bhutan police when Dalai's people prepared to set a palace on fire and assassinate the King.

Bi said Tibet Autonomous Region had long been considered by the TYC as a major battlefield. The group planned and directly participated in the Lhasa riots in 1987, 1988 and 1989 as well as the March 14 riot.

The day after the March 14 Lhasa riot, the TYC approved a decision to "found a guerrilla movement as soon as possible to secretly enter China and carry out armed struggles" at a meeting of its "central executive committee" in Dharmsala, the location of the Dalai Lama's "government-in-exile" in India, said Bi.

They made detailed plans about personnel, fund and armament purchase, and planned to smuggle into China via the border with Nepal, which they had carefully surveyed, said Bi.

TERRORISM

CTRC senior Tibetologist Liu Hongji told Xinhua that the pro-independence group had actively engaged in training its armed forces and reserve troop. They also sought mutual support from international terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaida and East Turkistan groups.

Liu said that this year the TYC had organized training sessions, such as one on "dynamite techniques" and another on how to carry out violent and terrorist activities.

"The TYC has become a terrorist organization as concepts of violence have taken root in the organization," said Liu.

He said that from the late-1980s Lhasa riots to March 14 incident, the TYC was behind the scenes organizing and masterminding these events.

"The group's shadow was evident when the police confiscated a large number of guns and ammunition in some monasteries in China's Tibetan-inhabited regions after the March 14 riot," Liu said.

Lian Xiangmin, a researcher with the CTRC, said the expansion of power of the TYC was closely linked with the Dalai Lama as the group's tenet was to "comply with the guide of the Dalai Lama even at the cost of life".

Lian said the Dalai lama and the TYC shared the same goal and the so-called differences lay only with means or strategies. Picking up the Dalai Lama's hints, the TYC would fight for independence at any cost.

On the one hand, the Dalai Lama and "government-in-exile" advocated "more autonomy" and "peaceful and non-violent" steps, which had won support from members of the Western public and become a card to play with the Chinese central government; on the other, radical youth organizations such as the TYC declared independence and acted violently even at the cost of blood and life, Lian said.

"How come the Dalai Lama says he has 'lost control' (over his radical subordinate)? Actually they support and complement each other well. It's just presented as two approaches between the Dalai Lama and the TYC. They seem to be on two routes, but ultimately reach one goal," he said.

Lian said the TYC would become a "public enemy" if it did not stop violence and terrorism against the Chinese government and the people.

Disruption activities staged by the Dalai clique would become an unstable and unharmonious factor in Asia as well as the world, he added.

Lian said it was important to differentiate between a tiny minority of the TYC backbone members from a majority of the 30,000members who did not uphold violence.

"We hope the 14th Dalai Lama could truly give up 'Tibet independence', stop secessionist activities, stop instigating violence, stop disrupting the Beijing Olympics, effectively prevent TYC's violence and denounce its terrorist acts," he said.

TIBET: COLLOQUI IN CORSO TRA INVIATI DALAI LAMA E FUNZIONARI PECHINO

TENZIN TAKLHA, DURERANNO ALMENO DUE GIORNI A SHENZHEN

New Delhi, 4 mag. (Adnkronos/Dpa) - I colloqui informali tra i due inviati del Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari e Kelsang Gyaltsen, e funzionari cinesi sulla crisi in Tibet sono in corso nella citta' cinese di Shenzhen, nella provincia del Guangdong, e andranno avanti almeno per i prossimi due giorni, secondo quanto affermato dal portavoce della guida spirituale Tenzin Taklha

http://www.adnkronos.com/

Cina, dalla stampa di regime attacchi agli inviati del Dalai Lama
dal nostro corrispondente FEDERICO RAMPINI

La Repubbica, 4 Maggio 2008

http://www.repubblica.it

Hanno varcato la frontiera cinese ieri sera arrivando all'aeroporto intercontinentale di Hong Kong: uno in provenienza dalla Svizzera, l'altro dagli Stati Uniti. Poi sono sbarcati sulla terraferma a Shenzhen, la città-boom cresciuta dal niente a dodici milioni di abitanti in meno di vent'anni, un simbolo della potenza economica cinese. E oggi a Shenzhen i due esuli tibetani, rappresentanti ufficiali del Dalai Lama, avranno un incontro con le autorità cinesi. Si apre così quello che è stato battezzato il "dialogo" tra il regime di Pechino e il Dalai Lama, un termine che rischia di rivelarsi ottimista e prematuro...

... Il sospetto che i due portavoce del Dalai Lama possano essere strumentalizzati è avvalorato dall'atmosfera che si respira a Pechino. Mentre l'incontro è stato pubblicizzato all'estero, a uso e consumo dei governi occidentali, in Cina nessun mezzo d'informazione ne ha dato notizia. Al contrario i mass media governativi continuano a lanciare contro il Dalai Lama bordate di accuse a cadenza quotidiana. Ieri il Quotidiano del Tibet ha pubblicato un editoriale di fuoco: "Il popolo patriottico del Tibet condanna duramente e denuncia con vigore la catena di crimini commessi dal Dalai Lama e dai suoi seguaci". Nella migliore delle ipotesi, la tattica cinese punta a intimidire gli interlocutori per avviare il negoziato da posizioni di forza, e concedere il minimo possibile. Ma è azzardato pensare che il regime cinese sia intenzionato a negoziare e a fare concessioni.

The Dalai Lama welcomes offer for talks from China, but the Kagyudpa Dainzin Qoizhag denies cultural genocide

Dalai Lama welcomes China’s offer for talks with his envoy

DHARMSALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama is welcoming China’s offer to meet his envoy, but he wants serious talks to reduce resentment about Chinese rule in Tibet.

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader says he has yet to receive detailed information about the offer, but that talks would be good.

He said the two sides need to explore the root of the problems that have sparked unrest in the Himalayan region and seek solutions through talks. He was speaking to reporters on Saturday after his return from a two-week visit to the United States.

http://ap.google.com/

Living buddha: Dalai Lama’s claim of cultural genocide in Tibet untenable

http://news.xinhuanet.com

LHASA, April 26 (Xinhua) - The Dalai Lama’s claim of cultural genocide in Tibet is untenable in front of such facts as the use of the Tibetan language and the compilation of Tibetan books, says Dainzin Qoizhag, a living Buddha of the Kagyudpa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

“When I was 11, I began to work as a teacher in such areas as Zhanang and Nagarze counties, because there were few educated people in the whole Tibet in the past,” says Dainzin Qoizhag, also vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region’s People’s Congress.

“At that time, except for some religious books in big noble families, there were no storybooks about Tibet at all,” said the living buddha. “But now, there are all kinds of books. And all kinds of culture and arts are booming.”

In March, the Dalai Lama told a press conference that “somewhere cultural genocide is taking place.”

Refuting the claim, the living buddha says to protect the cultural heritage of the Tibetan ethnic group, the region has published 261 volumes of ancient Tibetan books in recent years.

Born in 1951 and a witness of Tibet’s development in the past 50 or more years, the living buddha says in the past some people chose to be nuns or monks either to avoid corvee or for subsistence.

Currently the country’s law protects the freedom of religion of civilians and their legal religious activities, he says.

“Nowadays, in the streets or alleys of Lhasa, you can see religious believers everywhere who turn wheels of the sutra and recite their religious texts.”

2008-04-26 12:30

Il Dalai Lama, si’ al dialogo se serio

NEW DELHI - “Si al dialogo se serio”. Queste le parole del Dalai Lama appena arrivato in India dagli Stati Uniti relative all’offerta di incontro avanzata ieri dal governo cinese. Parlando alla stampa al suo arrivo in aeroporto, il leader tibetano ha detto che l’incontro non avrebbe significato se le due parti si incontrassero sono per una formalità.

http://www.ansa.it

Fasting Buddha, il Buddha greco, digiunatore, amato dal Dalai Lama

Fasting Buddha in the Story of the Tibet

The Story of Tibet

Conversations with the Dalai Lama

“The 14th Dalai Lama’s fresh account of Tibetan myth and history, as shared at Dharamsala over a three year period with Thomas Laird, is wonderful instruction and a great true pleasure, not less so because of the small informal moments that clarify these encounters with that delightful Buddha being who manifests in the beleaguered public figure of His Holiness.”
–Peter Matthiessen, author The Snow Leopard, National Book Award winner.

“Thomas Laird’s lively conversations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama about the history and mythology of Tibet couldn’t come at a better moment, as China stubbornly persists in negating the distinctive Tibetan identity. The honesty, subtlety, and complexity of His Holiness’ thoughts on these crucial matters comes through in these fascinating dialogues. Everyone who cares about Tibet, or about a stable peace in Asia, should read this amazing account.” –Robert Thurman, author of Inner Revolution, Professor of Buddhist studies, Columbia University.
“Thomas Laird captures the beauty, the magnificence, the humor of this world spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.” –James Lilley, former U.S. Ambassador to China and South Korea, and author of China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia.

Il Mio Tibet

Conversazioni con il Dalai Lama

Thomas Laird

http://www.ilgiardinodeilibri.it

Anno: 2008

Prossima uscita
Aprile 2008

In un percorso fitto di riflessioni illuminanti ed episodi stupefacenti, il Dalai Lama racconta il Tibet come non era mai stato raccontato, e come poteva esserlo solo da chi incarna da secoli la memoria storica e la tradizione spirituale di un’intera nazione. L’orgoglio di una nazione oppressa e la sua storia millenaria nelle parole del Dalai Lama.

Nel 1643 il quinto Dalai Lama scrisse una storia del suo paese e del suo popolo: fu un gesto dal valore civile altissimo, che consentì alle popolazioni da lui governate di riconoscersi come un’unica nazione.

Oggi il quattordicesimo Dalai Lama ha deciso di affrontare la dura impresa di scrivere una nuova storia del proprio paese come forte e incisivo gesto di riaffermazione dell’identità tibetana contro l’oppressione cinese.

Nelle lunghe conversazioni con il giornalista Thomas Laird, sua santità Tenzin Gyatso ha ripercorso le vicende millenarie del popolo tibetano e della religione buddista: un racconto ricchissimo di storie affascinanti, costellato di grandi yogi e maestri di meditazione, imperatori e guerrieri, figure mitologiche e umili monaci.

Dall’invasione mongola del tredicesimo secolo a quella cinese del secolo scorso, dall’arrivo del buddismo dall’India nel settimo secolo dopo Cristo alla fuga del Dalai Lama nel 1959, la storia del Tibet racchiude in sé lo sviluppo di una spiritualità oggi universalmente conosciuta e amata, i cambiamenti di un luogo magico che ha ispirato e stregato l’Occidente per secoli, le difficoltà di un popolo oppresso ma fiero e indipendente.

Earth Day 2008 in Second Life and Dalai Lama Special Earth Day message on Sustainability

Earth Day 2008 in Second Life, is being observed Saturday April 19 through Tuesday April 22nd (the official Earth Day). See the schedule and jump-off links for Second Life, below.

http://www.planetthoughts.org

Participants:
Bliss Gardens - music, nature scenery
Center for Water Studies / All About Water - planning
Etopia Eco-Village / Etopia Island - biking, music, talk
Mystic Academy - open discussions
Native Lands / Red Rock - three days of events

Technical support by PlanetThoughts.org

SATURDAY April 19th

11am Drumming Circle @ - during the Earth Day schedule, a drumming circle will be held at 11am each day.
12 NOON Zaphod Theas (Live Music, Rock)
1 Eco-Tour, Exploring Turtle Island by canoe
2 Djai Skjellerup (Live Music, Lyrical, Melodic Soul)
2 SLakota Honor The Earth Powwow
3 SLakota Honor The Earth Powwow (continued)
4 Artel Brando (Live Music, Rock Folk)
5 Reception at Gadget Land Bird Sanctuary
5:30 continued…Walk n Talk Interprative Nature Tour
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SUNDAY April 20th

11:06am Moment of Global Positive Vibration
11:10am Drumming Circle
12NOON Dalai Lama Special Earth Day message on Sustainability >>>> LIVE stream <<<<<
1 Baxter Smit - (Native Flute, Stories)
2 Cylindrian Rutabaga - (Soulful, Modern Blues-Rock)
3 Enniv Zarf - (Classical Piano)
4 Etherian Kamaboko - (Americana, Roots, Blues, Folk)
5 Turtle Island Wind & Solar Expo
6
7 Cypress Rosewood
—

TUESDAY April 22nd (Official Earth Day)

11 Drumming Circle
12 NOON Kourosh Eusebio - (Deep Ambient Piano & Electronic)
1 Torben Asp - (Euro Electronic Orchestrations)
2 Lehua Lamington - (Stories from The Earth / Hawaiian Storyteller)
3 Yetzirah Aeon - (Energy Chanting)
4 Thumper Boucher - (Sould, NeoFunk)
5 Prismatica Palisades Earth Dance
6 Fricker Fraker (Traditional Native Flute)
7 Fricker Fraker (contemporary mix)
8 Cypress Rosewood & ChangHigh Fireshow - (an Amazing Spectular)
9 Grand Finale Fireworks & Cosmic Pyrotechnics
10 Cyon Manga - Campfire Storytelling

Compassion begins with listening. Teach kids how to listen!

Namaste!

Hope everyone is well. We are doing a lot of work in the background and on startegies for launching Phase 1 of SL Awareness Potala into RL. SL Potala Flickr is apart of this up coming launch.

If you know Flickr well, we do need some assiatance. Please contact us if you can help. This is DLTP-SL Flickr site currently http://www.flickr.com/photos/dltp-sl_potalapalace/

DLTP was gifted and island by a Japanese member called Tibet withover 65,000 sq meters. We are in the process of moving DLTP HQ. Tibet can be found in search now and in groups.

Full access is not yet available . When it is we will inform you.
Please contact interested friends to join us to assist and contribute to this wonderful and timely vision of unfolding Potala Palace in SL to RL. ……A work of Love and Living History to spread around the world (SL & RL)

DLTP - a SecondLife support group for the current 14th Dalai Lama, future Dalai Lamas, & Tibetan people for preserving Tibetan Culture & Buddhism in SL. Home of Dalai Lama Tibet Projects SecondLife and Building Potala Palace.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tibet/117/137/54

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is visting america for 13 days. Settle and my home state of Michigan.
Settle: http://www.seedsofcompassion.net/
Michigan: http://www.dalailamaannarbor.com/

Interesting: Dan Faber the Photagapher I knew 25 years ago and we stayed at the same Vietnamese temple in Los Angeles. His wesite is here http://www.bodhisattva.com/archive.html

Everyday with LovingKindness

Thank YOU,
Bhikkhu Kamachi
DLTP/Spiritual Director

Seeds of Compassion Wiki

This easy-to-use collaborative website (”wiki”) invites people around the world to participate in Seeds of Compassion on April 11-15, 2008 in Seattle, Washington USA. Introduce yourself, share ideas, or find out how to take action in 2008-09.

Read About This Wiki to get started.

http://wiki.seedsofcompassion.org/

Invito alla Meditazione. Pensando al Tibet, anche su Second Life

Meditazione, Spiritualità, Naturopatia

Arte Filosofia Pace Psicoanalisi Religione Spiritualita’ Fitoterapia Naturopatia Salute Buddhismo Yoga

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Elegua/120/86/22

Tibetan monks? NO! They were Chinese agent provocateurs (Canada Free Press)

April 1, 2008

On This Day April 1, 1959

The Times reports on Peking’s drive to cut off the Dalai Lama’s escape routes

http://www.timesonline.co.uk

China rejects rumor of soldiers disguising as rioting monks

www.chinaview.cn 2008-03-31 23:28:22

BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) — China on Monday rejected a rumor cited by the Dalai Lama that hundreds of soldiers disguised as monks in the Lhasa riots on March 14.

“The truth of the violent crimes in Lhasa is there for all to see and proved by ironclad evidences that can not be denied,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu.

She was responding to a question concerning the Dalai Lama’s recent press briefing in New Delhi, India, where he denied having supported the riots and said he heard a few hundred Chinese soldiers were masquerading as monks in the riots.

“Dalai Lama’s citing of hearsay rumors can not change the truth of the incident. It only shows the sense of guilty conscience in his deep heart so that he was trying to pass the buck using rumors and cheating,” she said.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/31

Pechino orchestrava la rivolta nel Tibet’
Canada Free Press [Venerdi, 21 Marzo, 2008 10:20] spie britanniche confermano la denuncia del Dalai Lama sulle violenze inscenate
di Gordon Thomas

http://buddhismoitalia.forumcommunity.net

Beijing orchestrating Tibet riots

Just in case you wondered why these “Tibetan monks” were so violent in Lhasa….

This is not an uncommon ‘tactical move’ from the Chinese government as could be seen on the back-cover of the 2003 annual TCHRD Report

Canada Free Press [Friday, March 21, 2008 10:20] Brit spies confirm Dalai Lama’s report of staged violence

By Gordon Thomas

London, March 20 - Britain’s GCHQ, the government communications agency that electronically monitors half the world from space, has confirmed the claim by the Dalai Lama that agents of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, the PLA, posing as monks, triggered the riots that have left hundreds of Tibetans dead or injured.

GCHQ analysts believe the decision was deliberately calculated by the Beijing leadership to provide an excuse to stamp out the simmering unrest in the region, which is already attracting unwelcome world attention in the run-up to the Olympic Games this summer.

For weeks there has been growing resentment in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, against minor actions taken by the Chinese authorities.

Increasingly, monks have led acts of civil disobedience, demanding the right to perform traditional incense burning rituals. With their demands go cries for the return of the Dalai Lama, the 14th to hold the high spiritual office.

Committed to teaching the tenets of his moral authority—peace and compassion—the Dalai Lama was 14 when the PLA invaded Tibet in 1950 and he was forced to flee to India from where he has run a relentless campaign against the harshness of Chinese rule.

But critics have objected to his attraction to film stars. Newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch has called him: “A very political monk in Gucci shoes.”

Discovering that his supporters inside Tibet and China would become even more active in the months approaching the Olympic Games this summer, British intelligence officers in Beijing learned the ruling regime would seek an excuse to move and crush the present unrest.

That fear was publicly expressed by the Dalai Lama. GCHQ’s satellites, geo-positioned in space, were tasked to closely monitor the situation.

The doughnut-shaped complex, near Cheltenham racecourse, is set in the pleasant Cotswolds in the west of England. Seven thousand employees include the best electronic experts and analysts in the world. Between them they speak more than 150 languages. At their disposal are 10,000 computers, many of which have been specially built for their work.

The images they downloaded from the satellites provided confirmation the Chinese used agent provocateurs to start riots, which gave the PLA the excuse to move on Lhasa to kill and wound over the past week.

What the Beijing regime had not expected was how the riots would spread, not only across Tibet, but also to Sichuan, Quighai and Gansu provinces, turning a large area of western China into a battle zone.

http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org

La questione tibetana non è spirituale ma politica ?

La questione tibetana non è spirituale ma politica ?

( http://buddhismoitalia.forumcommunity.net )

A me sembra che il problema stia proprio qui. E non si scioglie il nodo tagliandolo.

Il Dalai Lama è nello stesso tempo

1. un uomo tibetano, nato nel 1935 in Tibet e che “Nel 1954 fu a Pechino per negoziati con i capi cinesi Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai e Deng Xiaoping, che si conclusero senza successo.” ( http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso ), dunque in esilio dall’età di 24 anni (ora ne ha 73)

2. alla stessa età “Superò l’esame con onore e gli venne conferito il diploma Lharampa, il titolo di studio più alto.”

“I buddhisti tibetani si riferiscono a lui come Yeshe Norbu (”la gemma che realizza i desideri”) o semplicemente Kundun (”la Presenza”). ”

Nel 1989 Tenzin Gyatso ricevette il premio Nobel per la pace. Il 14 maggio 1995 il Dalai Lama proclamò Gedhun Nyima undicesima reincarnazione del Panchen Lama, ma la Cina rapì il bambino e nominò come reincarnazione un altro bambino Gyancain Norbu. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (oggi sedicenne) è tuttora prigioniero della Cina.

3. E’ il rappresentante del Popolo Tibetano, “l 17 novembre 1950 Tenzin Gyatso venne incoronato come guida temporanea del Tibet” ecc.

Dunque:

se il problema è quello di un suo ritiro (dimissioni) da leader politico, le conseguenze per l’intera area, India, Cina, Pakistan ecc. sarebbero a dir poco imprevedibili, considerato che sono in gioco ragioni politiche-territoriali (l’indipendenza o meno del Tibet) e politico-religiose (il futuro del Buddhismo nell’intera Cina)

se il problema è quello di boicottare o meno le Olimpiadi, io penso che quando il Dalai Lama, o gli stessi Studenti Tibetani chiedono il boicottaggio, o che la fiaccola olimpica non passi attraverso il territorio tibetano, pongono una questione paradossale, che come tale va capita, perchè è proprio la risonanza mediatica offerta dall’insieme degli eventi olimpici e la loro durata che puo’ garantire risonanza alla causa tibetana, e anche la presenza di non cinesi in Cina e in Tibet, stampa, mezzi di informazione, nuovi media ecc.

se il problema è quello spirituale, si deve capire che colpendo il Tibet, e in particolare il Dalai Lama, si colpisce al cuore l’intero movimento non violento per la pace mondiale, in tutte le sue forme ed espressioni, religiose o meno

se il problema è quello come si dice oggi etnico, anche questo va capito: decine o centinaia di migliaia di cinesi che vanno a vivere e lavorare i Tibet pongono un problema per la sopravvivenza della cultura tibetana, del modo di vivere, e anche della spiritualità di tutti i Tibetani

In Italia ne abbiamo qualche esperienza, in Alto Adige / Sud Tirol, da quando il fascismo cercò, come fa ora la Cina, di colonizzarlo inviandovi a vivere migliaia di famiglie italiane. Chi conosce un po’ la storia di quella regione, sa che la richiesta di ritorno all’Austria era solo un pretesto, perchè quel popolo ha tradizioni di radicata autonomia (il protestantesimo nelle sue forme più radicali nacque proprio qui). Consiglio in proposito la lettura di qualcuno dei bellissimi libri di Rigoni Stern ( http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Rigoni_Stern )

Passo e chiudo

Buona domenica a tutti!

Manifestazione italiana in favore del Tibet Libero su Second Life

MANIFESTIAMO PER IL TIBET LIBERO

Manifestazione pro Tibet libero a Nuova Sicilia
il 02 APRILE 2008
h 23.30 (3.30 pm PDT)

http://sergejzarf.blogspot.com

Dalai Lama troppo pacifista? Lo sostiene il 'tibetologo' di Panorama

l tibetologo: “Il Dalai Lama sbaglia, e adesso temo un’ondata di violenze”

Giornalista, autore dell’unica biografia autorizzata sul Dalai Lama pubblicata in Italia, esperto di culture indo-tibetane, l’ex presidente dell’Associazione Italia Tibet Piero Verni, di fronte alla repressione cinese, non ha dubbi: la massima autorità spirituale del Tibet ha perso la presa su una parte del suo popolo. Si è inventato un “dialogo che non esiste” e ha avallato, per legittimarsi agli occhi degli “occupanti”, prima l’ingresso di Pechino nel Wto e infine il no al boicottaggio delle Olimpiadi.
Non sono ingenerose le sue critiche?
Senta: intellettuali del calibro di Bernard Henry Levi, lo stesso Sarkozy, il presidente del parlamento europeo Hans Gert-Pottering hanno apertamente dichiarato di prendere in considerazione l’ipotesi del boicottaggio. E, di fronte a tutto questo, che cosa fa il Dalai Lama? Si trasforma nel più tetragono assertore delle Olimpiadi. Frena le rivolte. Un drammatico paradosso. Dal punto di vista giornalistico la notizia è proprio questa: Tenzin Gyatso, più che organizzarla, ha “subito” la rivolta tibetana.
Anche Sergio Romano, su Panorama, sostiene che il Dalai Lama è lontano dalle aspirazioni indipendentiste del suo popolo.
La verità è che la Marcia per il ritorno in Tibet partita il 10 marzo da Dharamsala (in India ndr) e considerata il detonatore della protesta si è subito posta su un terreno sideralmente distante da quello del governo in esilio. Non a caso lo stesso Dalai Lama non l’ha nemmeno citata nel suo annuale discorso del 10 marzo. In pratica, ha dato l’imbarazzante impressione di voler discolparsi agli occhi dei cinesi, anziché denunciare la repressione di questa Tienanmen sorda e muta che si sta consumando
Come è nata l’insurrezione di Lhasa?
Attraverso il tam tam, il passaparola, l’entusiasmo suscitato dalla Marcia organizzata dalle cinque organizzazioni della diaspora in India. E in modo del tutto spontaneo. Si capisce: il maglio repressivo cinese ha distrutto qualsiasi embrione di organizzazione tibetana in patria, come è accaduto qualche anno fa alle Tigri del Tibet.
Lo Youth Congress, la più radicata e radicale organizzazione non governativa dei tibetani della diaspora, prende in considerazione l’ipotesi della lotta armata?
Fino ad ora assolutamente no, come dimostra il programma tutto gandhiano della Marcia verso il Tibet. Certo, se non si apriranno spiragli di cambiamento significativo, temo che tutto potrà diventare possibile, anche le scelte più estreme. In linea di massima non è in discussione la scelta nonviolenta quanto la richiesta di Tenzin Gyatso di semplice autonomia politica. Perché ora, dopo vent’anni di inutile ricerca di un dialogo, i tibetani si sono stufati e pongono subito un problema di indipendenza nazionale.

Eppure la Cina accusa la “cricca del Dalai Lama”. Perché tagliare i ponti con l’unico interlocutore possibile?
Lo devono demonizzare, per giustificare il loro no a qualsiasi trattativa. La verità è che i governanti cinesi non vogliono dialogare con nessuno, né con i miti praticanti della Falun gong, né con le minoranze etniche come gli uiguri. Chiudono la porta a qualsiasi confronto perché considerano la dissoluzione dell’impero sovietico come il risultato della politica di dialogo con i dissidenti di Gorbaciov. Il loro obiettivo, del resto, è chiaro: fare della Cina una Singapore di un miliardo e trecentomila persone.

Ovvero?
Singapore è una realtà avanzatissima e dinamica dal punto di vista di vista economico ma con il massimo del controllo sociale. Pechino pensa, nonostante la sua retorica sulla “società armoniosa” e sul “socialismo di mercato”, che il massimo di libertà economica debba corrispondere al massimo dell’autoritarismo.

Che cosa rappresenta il Tibet per la Cina?
C’è lo sfruttamento intensivo di alcune risorse tra cui il legname. Ma non va nemmeno dimenticato che questa zona potrebbe diventare una straordinaria giostra turistica interna. Il turismo estero, del resto, è lì ormai un fenomeno minoritario. Il Tibet per i cinesi, insomma, è un po’ quello che era il Kashmir per i turisti indiani. E anche sul problema della colonizzazione etnica del Tibet voglio dire una cosa…
Dica….
I sei milioni di cinesi che obtorto collo vivono in Tibet non sono nulla, dal punto di vista demografico, per la Cina. In Tibet i coloni hanno un turn over, stanno lì in maggioranza per sette anni, poi tornano a vivere nella madre patria. Vanno lì per arricchirsi, possono vivere come cittadini di prima classe, con una serie di privilegi che i tibetani si sognano.
C’è qualche similitudine tra le rivolte in Birmania e quelle in Tibet?
Sono due situazioni non paragonabili. I generali birmani, di cui penso tutto il male possibile, hanno un livello di sofisticazione repressiva infinitamente inferiore a quello dei cinesi. Una Aung San Suu Kyi tibetana non sarebbe certo agli arresti domiciliari. Sarebbe morta o starebbe marcendo nel circuito penitenziario fuori Lhasa
Previsioni?
Nessuna. Non ricordo un cosiddetto china watcher che abbia previsto Tienanmen. Ho l’impressione che il livello di esasperazione tra i tibetani sia tale che uno stato d’agitazione sotterraneo continuerà, accanto alla repressione, fino alle Olimpiadi. Veda, non ho simpatia per le burocrazie occidentali ma, dato che bene o male devono tener conto dell’opinione pubblica, qualcosa si sta muovendo. E l’Eliseo, fino a ieri silente, di fronte alle manifestazioni di solidarietà in Francia, è arrivato a non escludere persino il boicottaggio delle Olimpiadi. Ripeto: non ho fiducia nei politici, ma nella capacità della stampa e delle opinioni pubbliche, quello sì.

Sposato con una tibetana, Piero Verni, su olistica.tv cura un blog dedicato alla situazione politica tibetana. Sulle società e sulle tradizioni dell’Himalaya, dell’India e del Tibet ha anche scritto diversi libri, tra i quali Vivere in India (Milano 1977); Guida all’India (Milano 1973, 5 edizioni); Dalai Lama. Biografia autorizzata (Milano 1990, nuova edizione aggiornata e ampliata Milano 1998); Tibet: le danze rituali dei lama (Firenze 1990), Mustang, ultimo Tibet (Milano 1994). È autore di numerosi documentari, tra i quali: Ladak: Feste di inverno nel piccolo Tibet; Mustang, ultimo Tibet; Tibet, cuore dell’Asia; Il mio Tibet.

http://blog.panorama.it

Boycott the Olympics in China and Free Tibet ?

Boycott the Olympics in China and Free Tibet

28 Marzo 2008

Tibet libero

Fonte: Asianews
Se gli Stati Uniti avessero invaso il Messico. Se la Francia avesse occupato l'Algeria. Se l'Australia avesse dichiarato guerra alla Papua Nuova Guinea. Se il Giappone avesse annesso la Manciuria. Se l'Italia tornasse di nuovo in Libia con le cannoniere.Se tutto questo fosse successo nell'anno delle Olimpiadi negli Stati Uniti, in Francia, in Australia, in Giappone, in Italia. Le Olimpiadi si sarebbero tenute lo stesso in questi Paesi? In nome di cosa? Del WTO? Della globalizzazione? Del consumismo? Il Governo italiano ha calato i pantaloni alla marinara di D'Alema (nessuno pensava che avrebbe fatto diversamente)...

http://www.beppegrillo.it/2008/03

In just 7 days over 1 million of us have signed the petition supporting human rights and dialogue in Tibet

Tibetan monks shouting pro independence slogans caught Chinese officials by surprise

By DAVID BARBOZA Published: March 28, 2008

SHANGHAI — Tibetan monks shouting pro-independence slogans caught Chinese officials by surprise Thursday during a highly scripted tour for Western journalists in Lhasa’s central Buddhist temple, disrupting China’s effort to portray the recent Tibetan rioting as the work of violent criminal thugs and separatists.

“Tibet is not free! Tibet is not free!” yelled one young Buddhist monk, who then started crying, according to an Associated Press correspondent in the tour.

	A Tibetan Buddhist monk, center, cries while he saw foreign journalists visit to the Jokhang Temple, one of Tibet’s holiest shrines in Lhasa, capital of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP)

(http://www.chinapost.com.tw , Footage of the monks, BBC.news)

Government handlers shouted for the journalists to leave and tried to pull them away during the 15-minute protest by about 30 monks at the Jokhang Monastery in central Lhasa. It was unclear whether the protesting monks were arrested…

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28

• China and Tibet: The Spin Campaign (Time)
  
• Olimpiadi: boicottaggio, l’Europa si divide (Corriere della Sera)
• Tibet, manifestazione dei monaci davanti ai giornalisti stranieri (la Repubblica)
  

La censura cinese ha interrotto una trasmissione della rete televisiva Bbc, mentre venivano mostrate alcune immagini di Lhasa girate nella capitale tibetana da un cameraman dell’agenzia Aptn. L’unico giornalista europeo che è stato invitato a partecipare è uno dei corrispondenti da Pechino del quotidiano britannico Financial Times.

I monaci, una trentina, hanno manifestato per una un quarto d’ora circa nelle immediate vicinanze del tempio Jokhang, uno dei più importanti del buddismo tibetano. “Vogliamo che il Dalai Lama ritorni in Tibet, vogliamo essere liberi”, ha detto uno dei manifestanti, avvicinato da un reporter. “Il Tibet non è libero”, ha urlato un altro, che è poi scoppiato a piangere. Accusando il regime di Pechino di mentire, i monaci insistevano nel dire che non si può addossare al Dalai Lama la responsabilità delle proteste.

I religiosi hanno raccontato ai giornalisti di essere prigionieri nel tempio dal 10 marzo, inizio delle nuove manifestazioni da parte dei tibetani.

Dear friends,

In just 7 days over 1 million of us have signed the petition supporting human rights and dialogue in Tibet - the fastest growing internet petition in history! After decades of injustice, the Tibetan people are crying out to the world for change, and the world is answering.

As China’s leaders decide whether to respond to Tibetan grievances with increased repression or dialogue with the Dalai Lama, an International Day of Action has been declared for Monday, March 31st. In 4 days, thousands of people in cities across the world will march to Chinese embassies and consulates, and stack hundreds of boxes containing our petition outside them. 1 million signatures makes a mountain of boxes - it’s a powerful way to deliver our message.

We have just 4 days left until the petition delivery, so we’re redoubling our efforts to build the petition even larger - to 2 million signatures - in that time. Please sign below, and then forward this email to all your friends and family:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/tibet_end_the_violence

China’s hardliners are lashing out publicly at the Dalai Lama–but many Chinese leaders believe dialogue is the best hope for stability in Tibet. Governments around the world have begun calling for dialogue, and there are many hopeful signs that, if we can keep the pressure up, China will agree. Already, we have had constructive discussions with Chinese officials about the message of our campaign.

Chinese President Hu Jintao values his country’s international reputation, and he needs to hear from us that the ‘Made in China’ brand and the upcoming Olympics in Beijing will succeed only if he chooses dialogue over the hardliners’ repression. An avalanche of global people power is moving to get his attention. Our petition recognizes the concerns of Chinese leaders that riots and separatism could lead to dangerous instability. But we support the position of the Dalai Lama, that the best path to stability and development for China lies through dialogue and respect, not repression.

This is the most promising moment in decades to address the injustices of Tibet - but already the media is moving on to other stories. We need to seize this moment with a massive statement of global support this Monday — for the next four days, let’s pull out all the stops for Tibet.

With hope,

Ricken, Graziela, Ben, Iain, Pascal, Milena, Galit, Paul, Esra’a and the whole Avaaz team

PS - Here are some links for more information:

Reuters reports unrest continues:
http://www.reuters.com

China allows first journalists back into Lhasa, monks speak out:
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/

Europe and the US step up calls for dialogue:
http://www.iht.com/

Prominent Chinese Intellectuals call for fair approach to Tibet:
http://www.iht.com/

ABOUT AVAAZ
Avaaz.org is an independent, not-for-profit global campaigning organization that works to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people inform global decision-making. (Avaaz means “voice” in many languages.) Avaaz receives no money from governments or corporations, and is staffed by a global team based in London, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Paris, Washington DC, and Geneva.

Don’t forget to check out our Facebook and Myspace pages!

Dalai Lama Tibet Project: Potala Palace in Second Life

Out and About with Dousa Dragonash



Dousa interviews Shawn Mortlock about the Potala Palace Project in Second Life.

blip.tv

Dalai Lama: Newsweek's exclusive interview

Oggi sono stati trenta intellettuali cinesi - guidati dallo scrittore Wang Lixiong e dall’attivista per i diritti umani Liu Xiaobo - ad uscire allo scoperto con una ‘lettera aperta’ che propone ai leader cinesi di “aprire un dialogo diretto col Dalai Lama” per arrivare ad una “riconciliazione nazionale”.

Il tono del Quotidiano del Popolo è diverso. “La Cina - scrive il giornale del Partito Comunista - deve risolutamente opporsi alla cospirazione per il sabotaggio (delle Olimpiadi) e schiacciare le forze indipendentiste”.

In un’intervista al settimanale americano Newsweek, lo stesso Dalai Lama si è rivolto ai massimi leader cinesi, il presidente Hu Jintao e il primo ministro Wen Jiabao, per i quali afferma di avere “grande rispetto”.

Cosa direbbe loro, gli domandano gli intervistatori, se Hu e Wen fossero seduti in questa stanza? “Gli ricorderei la frase di Deng Xiaoping (il leader che lanciò la politica di apertura e riforma dopo la scomparsa del presidente Mao Zedong), secondo la quale bisogna imparare dai fatti“, risponde il leader tibetano. La migliore garanzia contro l’emergere di tendenze indipendentiste, afferma poi dopo aver ripetuto di essere favorevole all’autonomia e non all’ indipendenza, sarebbe “il fatto che il popolo tibetano è soddisfatto”. “Inoltre direi loro, per favore, provate la accuse che mi avete fatto”, aggiunge.

ANSA.it , 2008-03-22 18:20

Fears and Tears

In an exclusive interview, the Dalai Lama talks to NEWSWEEK about the violence in Tibet, his vision of the future—and how he manages to sleep in spite of his distress over the killings.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/124365

Dalai Lama still prays for his “Chinese brothers and sisters” every morning and urges Tibetans to learn Chinese

BUT, as writes, also, Bhikkhu Kamachi (DLTP group - Dalai Lama Tibet Project in Second Life)

Midday, 21MAR08 (Sydney):

The latest reports from Tibet today are that thousands of troops are moving into Tibet and the bordering Chinese provinces in what is feared to be the first stage of a Tianenmen Sq.-style repression.

Activist groups worldwide have pleaded with the UN to intervene but, as a permanent member of the UN, China can veto any action proposed by that body.

Now, concerned citizens around the world are asking the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to apply pressure on the Chinese authorities. It is hoped that China (host of this years Olympic Games) will be more sensitive to condemnations from nations that are planning to participate in the Olympics.
Countries with strong trade links to China are also being asked to intervene and remind China that these actions could damage their very profitable ‘Made In China’ brands.

After decades of repression, Tibetans are crying out to the world for freedom and independence.
China’s leaders are, at this very moment, making a crucial choice between escalating the brutality or dialogue that could determine the future of Tibet and China.

We can have an affect on this historic choice by signing an online petition that is aiming for one million signatures.

Right now (at 6pm 20MAR08 in Second Life) there are 461,000 signatures on that petition.

Let your voice be heard:
http://www.avaaz.org

For the latest news from Tibet also check out:
http://hub.witness.org
and:
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org

Here in SL, you can also visit SL SHOUTS! to collect your ‘free to copy’ Free Tibet flexi-flag or leave your own message of support for the Free Tibet protestors.
If possible, please make your messages or objects ‘free to copy’ so that other SL supporters can spread the word.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chapala/218/221/63

“Since China wants to join the world community,” the 14th Dalai Lama said as I was traveling across Japan with him for a week last November, “the world community has a real responsibility to bring China into the mainstream.” The whole world stands to gain, he pointed out, from a peaceful and unified China—not least the 6 million Tibetans in China and Chinese-occupied Tibet. “But,” he added, “genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun.”

—the Dalai Lama still prays for his “Chinese brothers and sisters” every morning and urges Tibetans to learn Chinese so they can talk with their new rulers, not fight with them—

The Buddha was a “scientist,” he said the last time I saw him, which means that a true Buddhist should follow the course of reason (recalling, perhaps, that anger most harms the person who feels it). Contact and communication are the methods he always stresses—to this day, he encourages every possibility for dialogue with China and in places even urges Tibetans to study Buddhism under Chinese leaders whom he knows to be capable.

By PICO IYER Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008

http://www.time.com

Le Mind and Life Conferences

Sua Santità il Dalai Lama ha sempre dimostrato un vivo interesse per la scienza e per il dialogo fra il Buddhismo e l’occidente. Per favorire questa ricerca due occidentali interessati al Buddismo, il businessman Adam Engle e il neuroscienziato Francisco Varela, hanno fin dal 1987 promosso una serie di incontri fra gruppi di scienziati e Sua Santità, intesi a mettere a confronto le prospettive della scienza buddista e di quella occidentale su argoenti di particolare interesse, come ad esempio la cosmologia o le emozioni.
Gli scienziati invitati agli incontri non sono necessariamente buddisti, ma vengono scelti in base alla loro competenza riguardo alla materia trattata e alla loro disponibilità a confrontarsi con una visione molto diversa da quella usuale in occidente.
La maggior parte degli incontri, organizzati a cadenza biennale, si è svolta nella residenza privata del Dalai Lama a Dharamsala, in India. Gli incontri, tranne l’undicesimo, hanno avuto natura strettamente privata; questo ha consentito agli invitati di lavorare in una atmosfera rilassata e spontanea. Le sessioni vengono tuttavia registrate, e generalmente ne viene pubblicato un ampio resoconto, che in alcuni casi è disponibile anche in italiano.
Nel futuro, agli incontri riservati verranno affiancati anche altri aperti al pubblico; il prossimo si intitolerà “Investigare la mente II”, ed è in programma per il 2005 a Bethesda, nel Maryland (USA).

Mind and Life Institute
2805 Lafayette Drive
Boulder, Colorado 80305

www.mindandlife.org
www.lnvestigatingTheMind.org

http://www.followingdalailama.it/discorsi/mindlife.htm

Da un post di YogaChakra al forum Il Buddismo in Italia, un E-Sangha italiano

Sul medesimo forum, Yosaphat scrive

Volevo condividere con voi le riflessioni del Maestro Sufi Gabriele Mandel khân sui recenti accadimenti in Tibet.

L’ho postato sul mio blog ecco il link:

http://vidarraess.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns…!1443.entry

March 20

Tibet: riflessioni del Maestro Sufi Gabriele Mandel khân

Contro la forza la ragion non vale. Che cosa possiamo fare mai? Le
prevaricazioni dettate dalla sete di potere, dall’egoismo economico,
dall’interesse personale sono molte e molte, e le dimostrazioni
lampanti che la Natura si ribella a questo stato di cose sono
quotidianamente sotto gli occhi di tutti. Ciò dipende in parte anche
dall’egoismo personale che si annida in ciascuno di noi, e dalla
neghittosità che ci fa dire: «Tanto tocca agli altri e non a me.»