L'ultimo tibetano comunista Sogno cinese Scritto da Simone Pieranni Martedì, 01 Aprile 2014 15:28 Phuntsog Wangyal, meglio conosciuto come Phunwang, è morto domenica scorsa all’età di 92 anni. Era noto per essere il «tibetano comunista», fondatore del partito comunista in Tibet e vicino alle posizione di Pechino, che poi in parte ha disconosciuto. La sua opera di 432 pagine, «Un lungo cammino per l'uguaglianza e l’unità», come altri testi proibiti in Cina è stato pubblicato da una casa editrice di Hong Kong, la New Century Press di Bao Pu, figlio dell’ex leader cinese Bao Tong (ai domiciliari dal 1989). Nel libro, ha scritto il Financial Times, «Phunwang sostiene che un ritorno del Dalai Lama in esilio, che la maggior parte dei tibetani considera come proprio leader spirituale, consentirebbe la riconciliazione e l’abbandono dei rancori». «La sua importanza è che non ha criticato la politica cinese verso le etnie da fuori, perché era un partecipante attivo della vita politica.
Identify a Deity Zen | early Tibet Why does history get written? I think we’d all agree that the motives for creating history are mixed, and just as complex as the uses it gets put to after it’s written. Though most of Tibet’s histories are histories of religion, it would surely be naive to imagine that the motives of their authors were wholly religious. So how does this apply to the story of the great debate between Chinese and Indian Buddhism that is supposed to have taken place at Samyé monastery under the aegis of the emperor Tri Song Detsen? The classic account of the debate and the source for all later Tibetan historians, is the Testament of Ba. I don’t think it’s much of an exaggeration to say that the story of early Tibetan history is the story of the Tibetan clans. As for the Ba clan, they were deeply involved in the imperial court and often in competition with the Bro clan for the top ministerial positions. So where does the story of the debate fit into this? 1. 2. That’s enough for now. See also… References
Giuseppe Tucci Tibetan Arms and Armor Armor and weapons are certainly not among the images usually called to mind when considering the art or culture of Tibet, which is closely identified with the pacifism and deep spirituality of the Dalai Lama and with the compassionate nature of Tibetan Buddhism . However, this seeming paradox resolves itself when seen in the context of Tibetan history, which includes regular and extended periods of intense military activity from the seventh to the mid-twentieth century. Many excellent examples of Tibetan arms and armor can be found in museum collections today largely due to the fact that various types of armor and weapons continued to be used in Tibet into the early twentieth century, long after they had gone out of use in the West. Other types were preserved for ceremonial occasions, the most important of which was the Great Prayer Festival, a month-long event held annually in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. In addition to lamellar and leather armor, mail was also worn in Tibet.
Jigtenmig - Classical Tibetan Language Blog Tibetans use self-immolation to protest rule by Chinese as party congress opens BEIJING — Tibetan protests against Chinese rule intensified around the opening of a pivotal Communist Party Congress, as three teenage monks and two other Tibetans set themselves on fire over two days, activists reported Thursday. Four of the self-immolations took place Wednesday and were followed by a fifth involving a nomad in western Qinghai on Thursday. Since March 2011, dozens of ethnic Tibetans have set themselves on fire in ethnically Tibetan areas to protest what activists say is China’s heavy-handed rule over the region. Such protests have become more frequent in recent weeks, apparently aimed at the party’s weeklong conference that began Thursday to unveil the country’s new leadership. “These protests are aimed at sending the next generation of China’s unelected regime a clear signal that Tibetans will continue to fight for their freedom despite China’s efforts to suppress and intimidate them,” Free Tibet Director Stephanie Brigden said in a statement.
Comunità Tibetana in Italia ONLUS China’s new directive on controversial Shugden spirit in Tibet in bid to further discredit Dalai Lama - International Campaign for Tibet A copy of the document, entitled “Some opinions on dealing correctly with the ‘Gyalchen Shugden’ issue” and issued by the General Office of the Communist Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region, is translated below from Tibetan into English. It was released on February 20, 2014, but has only just reached ICT due to restrictions on information and the dangers of sending such documents outside Tibet. The document states that the issue “should be given a high degree of importance, and clearly recognized as a deceitful ploy by the 14th Dalai’s Clique to split the country.” The ‘Opinions’ document indicates that the Chinese authorities are politicizing an internal Buddhist matter as a divisive weapon in a systematic ideological campaign against the Dalai Lama that attempts to sever connections between Tibetans in exile and those inside Tibet. Some counties in the Tibet Autonomous Region have followed the guidelines in imposing similar regulations. Footnotes
L'Eden immaginario di Shangri-La ricostruito in laboratorio - Terra e Poli - Scienza&Tecnica Ricostruito in laboratorio il mitico paradiso immaginario di Shangri-La. I geologi del Politecnco di Zurigo (Eth) sono riusciti a simulare al computer la nascita delle valli dell'altopiano tibetano che agli inizi del '900, hanno ispirato lo scrittore britannico James Hilton per il suo romanzo fantastico 'Orizzonte perduto', portato sul grande schermo anche dal regista premio Oscar Frank Capra. Lo studio dei geologi, pubblicato su Nature, rivela che le valli dell'altopiano del Tibet sudorientale non rappresentano un 'paesaggio fossile' come si è sempre pensato: non si tratta infatti di un antico bassopiano 'sollevato' fino a 2.000-5.000 metri di altezza dai movimenti tettonici della crosta terrestre, bensì di un paesaggio formatosi proprio lì, a quell'altitudine, per l'azione combinata di terremoti e fiumi. I ricercatori lo hanno scoperto usando un modello computerizzato che ha simulato, in una specie di 'time lapse', i processi geologici degli ultimi 50 milioni di anni.
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