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	<title>tibet &amp;laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed</title>
	<link>http://en.wordpress.com/tag/tibet/</link>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:02:04 +0000</pubDate>

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<title><![CDATA[In Pictures: India’s Ridiculous Mumbai Evidence Vs. Pakistan’s Concrete Waziristan Proof ]]></title>
<link>http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/in-pictures-india%e2%80%99s-ridiculous-mumbai-evidence-vs-pakistan%e2%80%99s-concrete-waziristan-proof/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pakalert</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/in-pictures-india%e2%80%99s-ridiculous-mumbai-evidence-vs-pakistan%e2%80%99s-concrete-waziristan-proof/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ø See A Comparison Between India’s evidences and Pakistan’s proof of Indian terrorism inside Pakista]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ø See A Comparison Between India’s evidences and Pakistan’s proof of Indian terrorism inside Pakista]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Daily Habit: Technology]]></title>
<link>http://the115.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/the-daily-habit-technology-90/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>the115</dc:creator>
<guid>http://the115.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/the-daily-habit-technology-90/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apple Blocks the Lama App http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091231/tc_afp/uschinaitcompanyapple]]></description>
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<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Apple Blocks the Lama App</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091231/tc_afp/uschinaitcompanyapple"><span style="color:#ffffff;">http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091231/tc_afp/uschinaitcompanyapple</span></a></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Making of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol]]></title>
<link>http://ukions.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/the-making-of-dan-browns-the-lost-symbol/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ifactworldwide</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ukions.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/the-making-of-dan-browns-the-lost-symbol/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[THE LOST SYMBOL will have a first printing of 5 million copies, and it will once again feature Dan B]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>THE LOST SYMBOL will have a first printing of 5 million copies, and it will once again feature Dan Browns unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon.</p>
<p>For more information about the how the sciences in the book can change your life, visit now:<a href="http://www.thelostsymbol.org.uk" target="_blank"> http://www.thelostsymbol.org.uk</a></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/2A-ddfd7STQ&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/2A-ddfd7STQ&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[January 2nd]]></title>
<link>http://dailycalendar.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/january-2nd/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dailycalendar.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/january-2nd/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><a href="http://dailycalendar.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/dogs-dont-lie-and-why-should-i-strangers-come-they-growl-and-bark-they-know-their-loved-ones-in-the-dark-now-let-me-by-night-or-day-be-just-as-full-of-truth-as-they-garrison.jpg"><img src="http://dailycalendar.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/dogs-dont-lie-and-why-should-i-strangers-come-they-growl-and-bark-they-know-their-loved-ones-in-the-dark-now-let-me-by-night-or-day-be-just-as-full-of-truth-as-they-garrison.jpg" alt="" title="-Dogs don&#39;t lie and why should I-  Strangers come they growl and bark, they know their loved ones in the dark, Now let me, by night or day, Be just as full of truth as they.- - Garrison Keillor" width="450" height="299" class="size-full wp-image-977" /></a>
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<title><![CDATA[LYNNE MCTAGGART - 'THE LIVING MATRIX' MOVIE PREMIERE]]></title>
<link>http://ukions.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/lynne-mctaggart-the-living-matrix-movie-premiere/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ifactworldwide</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ukions.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/lynne-mctaggart-the-living-matrix-movie-premiere/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The author of &#8216;The Intention Experiment&#8217; attends the premiere of &#8216;The Living Matri]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The author of &#8216;The Intention Experiment&#8217; attends the premiere of &#8216;The Living Matrix&#8217; in Hollywwod, Los Angeles. Lynne also conducts an intention experiment at the panel event after the movie.</p>
<p>For more information about the sciences of theLiving Matrix, check our website:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ukions.org.uk">http://www.ukions.org.uk</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[for amanzabram.. (http://amanzabram.wordpress.com/)]]></title>
<link>http://jotabone.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/for-amanzabram-httpamanzabram-wordpress-com/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jotabone</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jotabone.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/for-amanzabram-httpamanzabram-wordpress-com/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Devout]]></title>
<link>http://jotabone.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/devout/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jotabone</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jotabone.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/devout/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://jotabone.wordpress.com/files/2010/01/image0289.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-272" title="Devout" src="http://jotabone.wordpress.com/files/2010/01/image0289.jpg" alt="" width="315" height="420" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[MSM: Tibetan 'living Buddha' Phurbu Tsering jailed by China ]]></title>
<link>http://dprogram.net/2010/01/01/msm-tibetan-living-buddha-phurbu-tsering-jailed-by-china/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sakerfa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dprogram.net/2010/01/01/msm-tibetan-living-buddha-phurbu-tsering-jailed-by-china/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(BBC) &#8211; &#8216;He had been arrested on 18 May 2008, a few days after more than 80 nuns in Ganz]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[(BBC) &#8211; &#8216;He had been arrested on 18 May 2008, a few days after more than 80 nuns in Ganz]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Avatar: What's the Future of Film?]]></title>
<link>http://ukions.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/avatar-whats-the-future-of-film/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ifactworldwide</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ukions.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/avatar-whats-the-future-of-film/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What will movies look like 15 years from now? Director James Cameron thinks they&#8217;ll be bigger,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>What will movies look like 15 years from now? Director James Cameron thinks they&#8217;ll be bigger, sharper and in 3-D. Jorge Ribas sits down with the cast and crew of Avatar to get their take on the future of film.</p>
<p>Want to know more about the future and how to bring more prosperity and happiness in your life? check our website:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ukions.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.ukions.org.uk/</a></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/eFlsc0vyU6Y&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/eFlsc0vyU6Y&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Crossing]]></title>
<link>http://jotabone.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/the-crossing/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jotabone</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jotabone.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/the-crossing/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Emao ... Shanti and Friends]]></title>
<link>http://apsorescuecolorado.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/emo-shanti-amp-friends/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ApsoRescueColorado</dc:creator>
<guid>http://apsorescuecolorado.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/emo-shanti-amp-friends/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Something to start your New Year, with a little Tibetan twist to it &#8230; Wishing you and yours al]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Something to start your New Year, with a little Tibetan twist to it &#8230;</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/yfzNxM4jmhI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/yfzNxM4jmhI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Wishing you and yours all the best of 2010.  Namaste!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Can Intention Change the World?]]></title>
<link>http://ukions.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/can-intention-change-the-world/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ifactworldwide</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ukions.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/can-intention-change-the-world/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In this one-minute video, Lynne McTaggart asks the question &#8211; &#8220;Can Intention Change the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In this one-minute video, Lynne McTaggart asks the question &#8211; &#8220;Can Intention Change the World?</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/-UtYtP1Bs5Y&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/-UtYtP1Bs5Y&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy New Year To All Bloggers!]]></title>
<link>http://rainfall8.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/happy-new-year-to-all-bloggers/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>BJ Halliday Crawley</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rainfall8.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/happy-new-year-to-all-bloggers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8221; A Pale Green Mermaid Blog&#8221;   May your new year be filled with unusual discoveries and ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:right;"><em>&#8221; A Pale<span style="color:#008000;"><strong> Green</strong> </span>Mermaid Blog&#8221;</em></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em> </em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">May your new year be filled with unusual discoveries</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><img src="http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/king-tut-tomb-2.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">and <strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">new</span></strong> adventures,</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><img src="http://www.thedctraveler.com/files/2007/03/tut-tumb.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><em><img src="http://www.wired.com/images/article/full/2007/11/king_tut_580x.jpg" alt="" /></em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">&#8221; Remember when the student is ready, the master will appear &#8221; <em>Egyptian proverb</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NR48UcL2XMI/RrtS9zaa0LI/AAAAAAAAAKc/VLTJ-E3NeZo/s400/tutankhamen.jpeg" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align:left;"> </p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;">HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE PALE GREEN MERMAID!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> <img src="http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/2400000/Rikki-laying-on-the-beach-as-a-mermaid-h2o-rikki-the-mermaid-2464434-433-653.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Looks just like me &#8211; Fish cake!  (<em><span style="color:#008000;">I&#8217;m just pulling your fin</span></em>)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><em>Images from Google</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[About this project - Extended version...]]></title>
<link>http://lw2tibet.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/about-this-project-extended-version/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>smeurisch</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lw2tibet.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/about-this-project-extended-version/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I love hiking. This was one of the reasons why I travelled to France and walked the “The Way of St. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I love hiking. This was one of the reasons why I travelled to France and walked the “The Way of St. James”.  Friends have told me about how hard this will be &#8211; especially the first few days.  They told me to learn Spanish because I will need it.</p>
<p>I said: Sounds cool. A hard trip &#8211; I do not speak Spanish &#8211; This is a great challenge. After I read the book &#8220;Screw it, let&#8217;s do it!&#8221; by Richard Branson, I was looking for new challenges.</p>
<p>Well ok &#8211; The first days were tough.  But I&#8217;ve made it hard for me. 27Km on the first day &#8211; crossing the Pyrenees.  Started at 200m height above sea level, up to 1,450m and then back down to 950m. On my back the 14Kg heavy backpack.  On the 2nd day I walked 40km.  Yeah &#8211; That was tough.  But it was fun.</p>
<p>Do you know what it feels like when a tough challenge begins to make fun?  It’s great!</p>
<p>So, I don’t found the challenge I’ve been looking for.  The physical strain was not that much as I expected and even the Spanish people speaks English…  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>But I found something else:  A lot of new ideas, inspiration, a lot of friends and bold for other projects.</p>
<p>That’s the reason why I want to go this way now &#8211; again in search for a new challenge.  This time slightly more than 10,000 km.  From Munich in Germany to Lhasa, capital city of Tibet. I will need approx. 2 years.</p>
<p><a href="http://lw2tibet.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/potala-lhasa-615.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-149" title="potala-lhasa-615" src="http://lw2tibet.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/potala-lhasa-615.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Is my task daunting?  Hell, yes. Am I afraid?  At times.  But I don’t allow fear to stop me.  Are there people who say I&#8217;m crazy? Certainly!  So what!</p>
<p>It’s time to gamble and take chances!</p>
<p>What if I go – What if I succeed?  -  What if it was a great adventure?  Sure it will be risky – But I will have a lot of fun too…  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>And that’s the story I wanna tell you…</p>
<p>With this project I want to reach as many people as possible and show them what’s possible when you see problems as challenges, arises from them, while still having fun.</p>
<p>I want to show people how beautiful this world is.  And I want to make the world even a little better…  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>This blog will keep you up to date of my project.  If you want to help and support me, I am very pleased.</p>
<p>You also will find many motivating and inspiring stuff that help me looking for challenges and find the courage to face them.</p>
<p>The arrangements for the trip have already begun&#8230;</p>
<p>Follow me&#8230;  The journey starts soon&#8230; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>PS: Can you imagine that’s a huge challenge for me to write this Blog?  I am really no friend of big words&#8230;But I’m going to love it &#8211; it&#8217;s fun &#8230; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tibet sebagai sebuah Isu Internasional]]></title>
<link>http://savindievoice.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/tibet-sebagai-sebuah-isu-internasional/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>savindievoice</dc:creator>
<guid>http://savindievoice.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/tibet-sebagai-sebuah-isu-internasional/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Isu Tibet menjadi sumber perdebatan teoritis, terutama bagi praktisi dan akademisi politik internasi]]></description>
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<p>Isu Tibet menjadi sumber perdebatan teoritis, terutama bagi praktisi dan akademisi politik internasional maupun kawasan. Walaupun tercakup sebagai isu nasional, sensivitas permasalahan Tibet dengan Cina mengemuka dalam kancah politik internasional sampai sekarang yang mengakibatkan kompleksitas tinjauan secara teoritis maupun praktis.</p>
<p>Ada beberapa tinjauan dari berbagai perspektif yang menjadi rujukan utama penulis dalam melihat Tibet sebagai sebuah isu internasional yang kompleksitasnya cukup tinggi.</p>
<p>Melvyn C. Goldstein dalam bukunya, “<em>A History of Modern Tibet (1913-1951)</em>” yang diterbitkan University of California Berkeley Press tahun 1989 secara cukup komprehensif membahas Tibet dalam kacamata historis. Pokok pembahasannya difokuskan pada rentang waktu era Dalai Lama ke-13 (1913-1941) sampai Dalai Lama ke-14 (1941-1951).</p>
<p>University of California juga menerbitkan tulisan Goldstein pada tahun 1997 berjudul “<em>The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and Dalai Lama</em>”. Sesuai judulnya, buku ini mencoba menelisik kontroversi pertentangan Tibet-China dengan alur penjelasan historis yang kuat dan cukup terperinci.</p>
<p>Pada tahun 1998, Melvyn C. Goldsteim semakin mengukuhkan namanya sebagai salah satu pengkaji terkemuka Tibet dengan menerbitkan buku “<em>Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity</em>” yang ditulis bersama Matthew T. Kapstein. Buku ini merupakan kumpulan berbagai tulisan mengenai bagaimana peran Agama Budha sangat sentral dalam masyarakat dan politik Tibet, terutama menyangkut konflik Tibet dengan Cina.</p>
<p>Perspektif yang cukup segar dan berbeda pada tahun 2007 muncul dengan diterbitkannya buku ”<em>Geopolitical Exotica: Tibet in Western Imagination</em>” tulisan dari Dibyesh Anand. Dari judulnya kita sudah tahu bahwa wacana dari buku terbitan University Minnesota Press ini akan mengarah ke perspektif postkolonial. Dalam buku ini Anand memperkenalkan “<em>Exotica Tibet</em>” untuk menggeser pemahaman tentang Tibet yang selama ini dikonstruksi oleh barat sebagai “<em>Tibet Question</em>”. Anand juga mengkritisi permasalahan Tibet dari sudut pandang kajian hubungan internasional yang selama ini selalu dikaitkan dengan narasi besar hubungan Cina dengan dunia barat, dan perselisihan perbatasan Cina dengan India.</p>
<p>Pada tahun 2009 ini, juga beredar salah satu buku yang khusus menyoroti perjuangan Tibet melepaskan diri dari belenggu Cina. Buku “<em>Freeing Tibet: 50 years of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope</em>” terbitan American Management Association yang ditulis oleh John B. Roberts II dan istrinya, Elizabeth A. Roberts secara ekplisit memperlihatkan dimana posisi penulis dalam konflik ini. Bahkan dalam baba kesimpulan, mereka merekomendasikan tekanan-tekanan ekonomi pada Cina untuk segera membebaskan Tibet.</p>
<p>Seperti yang dikatakan Goldstein (1997), meskipun Tibet nun jauh terletak di sana, simpati dan dukungan dari banyak pihak, terutama dunia barat menjadi salah satu determinan tersendiri dalam konflik mereka dengan Cina.</p>
<p>Logika konflik Tibet dengan Cina secara sederhana bisa dipahami dengan menempatkan diri di perspektif Cina yang mengangkat isu nasionalisme dan integritas serta kedaulatan negara, hal yang sama juga diangkat Beijing ketika berhadapan dengan Taiwan. Sedangkan di sisi Tibet, isu kemerdekaan dan kebebasan setiap bangsa untuk menentukan nasibnya sendiri itu yang menjadi pertaruhan utama mereka. Di sini, isu separatisme maupun hak asasi manusia menjadi pisau analisis utama melihat konflik ini.</p>
<p>Isu separatisme sendiri tetap menjadi salah satu isu utama dalam kajian politik internasional, dan sebagian besar masih belum terselesaikan sampai sekarang. Isu Quebec yang ingin memisahkan diri dari Kanada, provinsi Basque yang ingin terlepas dari Spanyol, Indonesia yang mencaplok Timor Leste, usaha separatisme berbasis kaum muslim di Mindanao Filipina dan propinsi di Thailand selatan, serta Taiwan yang juga ingin bebas dari gangguan Cina merupakan beberapa contoh isu separatism yang di satu sisi menjadi sumber konflik dan di sisi lain memperkaya tinjauan politik internasional.</p>
<p>Kembali kepada isu Tibet di atas, secara hitungan matematis seharusnya Cina bisa segera menyelesaikan isu separatisme ini dengan kekuatan militer maupun politik. Mengingat secara militer maupun politik, Tibet tidaklah sekuat Taiwan yang disokong persenjataan modern dari AS, secara sumber daya Tibet juga sangat kecil disbanding Taiwan. Tapi konstelasi politik internasional menentukan lain. <em>Bargaining position</em> Tibet di dunia internasional cukup banyak mendapat simpati dan dukungan secara lobal tidak lain karena keberadaan para biksu dan terutama Dalai Lama yang aktif menyerukan isu-isu hak asasi manusia dan kebebasan di tingkat regional maupun di forum-forum internasional. Dan segera Tibet menjadi salah satu isu internasional ketika pihak luar ikut menjadi variabel yang juga menentukan dalam konflik Cinba-Tibet.</p>
<p>Dalam perkembangannya, isu Tibet ternyata tidak mengembangkan isu-isu <em>high politics</em> seperti nasionalisme atau kemerdekaan minoritas, tapi berkembang sebagai sebuah isu hak asasi manusia, terutama pada dekade 1990-an, dekade dimana isu Tibet mulai mengglobal (John Roberts II &#38; Elizabeth Roberts, 2009). Rekam jejak yang masih bisa kita ingat adalah bagaimana ketika tahun 1989, Dalai Lama naik ke podium di Oslo dan disemati anugerah Nobel Perdamaian. Imbasnya mengglobal, terutama di pihak Beijing yang langsung berang karena Dalai Lama sebelumnya aktif mengkritisi peristiwa Tiananmen. Mulai saat itu, Beijing sangat geram ketika pihak luar ikut berkomentar soal Tibet yang dianggap sebagai domain masalah domestik. Tapi bukannya semakin padam, kritisi terhadap Cina dan dukungan terhadap Tibet justru semakin mewacana di dunia internasional, apalagi ketika para sosialita Hollywood ikut angkat bicara. Richard Gere, Keanu Reeves, dan Goldie Hawn, merupakan beberapa simpatisan tersebut.</p>
<p>Dengan adanya peran sentral Dalai Lama, para biksu, kemudian penggunaan simbol-simbol agama dalam perlawanan Tibet, apakah relevan mengangkat isu Tibet sebagai sebuah benturan peradaban <em>a la</em> Huntington?</p>
<p>Ada baiknya terlebih dahulu kita menyelami secara ringkas pemikiran Huntington tersebut. “Clash of Civilization?” dengan tanda tanya besar dan dimuat di Foreign Affairs tahun 1993, diakui sebagai salah satu pemikiran paling menghebohkan dan menimbulkan banyak perdebatan setelah apa yang dilakukan George Kennan dengan artikel “X” pada dekade 1940-an.</p>
<p>Kemudian dalam bukunya yang merupakan seri pemikiran lebih komprehensif berjudul “The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order”, professor dari Harvard University ini secara berani mengemukakan tesis bahwa benturan-benturan antar peradaban dunia bisa menjelaskan dinamika perpolitikan internasional.</p>
<p>Konsep “<em>civilizations</em>” diajukan Huntinton untuk menjadi kata kunci yang menggantikan konsep-konsep tradisional seperti negara-bangsa, maupun ideologi sebagai penggerak utama politik global kontemporer, terutama paska perang dingin.Seperti yang diungkapkan oleh Huntington: “<em>Ideology is out now. It is not important. But culture is, and civilizations are the broadest cultural entities in the world, and we have maybe eight or so major civilizations, and that international politics now is being shaped by the interactions among these civilizations, and cultural factors are playing a role in shaping the patterns of alliances and antagonisms among states, much as ideology did in the 20<sup>th</sup> century”</em>.</p>
<p>Dalam “Clash of Civilizations”, kata “Tibet”muncul sembilan kali, dan selalu dikaitkan dengan negara induknya sekarang: Cina. Meskipun tidak membahas secara khusus konflik Tibet-Cina, Huntington menempatkan peradaban peradaban Han Cina, <em>vis a vis</em> dengan Tibet yang Budha, dan Uighur yang mayoritas muslim. Konflik dengan latar belakang kebudayaan Han dengan Budhisme memang menjadi pola tersendiri yang membuat isu nasionalisme sangat sensitif di sini. Sedangkan tesis Huntington mengenai benturan Han dengan Uighur yang muslim seakan mendapat pembenaran ketika sepanjang tahun 2009 ini kerusuhan sosial merebak di Uighur yang seperti biasa selalu ditangani dengan tindakan represif dari Beijing.</p>
<p>Mencari akar permasalahan dalam konteks budaya maupun peradaban dalam konteks ini berarti kita harus melihat jauh ke belakang. Kontak politik antara Tibet dan Cina sudah dimulai sejak abad ke-7 Masehi (CE). Tibet saat itu sudah berdiri sebagai sebuah kerajaan di bawah pemerintahan Raja Songtsen Gampo. Sedangkan Cina saat itu berdiri dinasti Tang yang berkuasa antara tahun 618-907. Perselisihan politik yang pertama terjadi antara dua kerajaan adalah masalah perbatasan. Tibet sebagai sebuah kerajaan yang berkembang pesat mengembangkan wilayahnya sampai ke wilayah Cina sekarang seperti yang sekarang disebut sebagai Provinsi Xinjiang, kemudian Ladakh/Kashmir, serta Amdo dan Kham. Perselisihan ini berakhir melalui serangkaian perjanjian pada awal abad ke-9.</p>
<p>Posisi Tibet saat itu dengan Cina jelas setara, bukan subordinasi kekuatan Cina. Bahkan peradaban mereka bisa dikatakan lebih maju. Dan masa inilah pengaruh agama Budha mulai meluas dan dikembangkan dari India sebagai sebuah budaya sentral dalam masyarakat Tibet saat itu. Pusat peribadatan dan biksu Budha pertama juga dibangun saat itu di Samye, dekat Lhasa, pada tahun  779 CE.</p>
<p>Posisi politis berganti secara cepat ketika Kekaisaran Mongol menginvasi Cina dan juga Tibet. Kubhilai Khan menaklukkan Cina pada tahun 1279 dan mendirikan Dinasti Yuan. Peristiwa inilah yang kemudian menjadi rujukan utama akademisi Cina bergabungnya untuk pertama kali Tibet sebagai bagian integral Cina. (Melvyb Goldstein, 1997). Setelah runtuhnya Dinasti Yuan, keadaan kembali normal, kekaisaran Cina yang dipimpin Dinasti Ming menjalin hubungan lagi dengan Tibet.</p>
<p>Dinamika berlanjut dengan kedatangan Imperialis Inggris ke wilayah India, dan akhirnya juga masuk ke wilayah Tibet akhir abad ke-19. The Anglo-Tibet Convention pada 1904 mulai membuka akses kekuasaan Inggris di wilayah Tibet, tapi juga membuka potensi konflik dengan Cina yang tidak mau menandatangani perjanjian tersebut. Beruntung bagi Cina, Ingris tidak berniat menjadikan Tibet sebagai daerah pendudukan resminya, sehingga pada tahun 1906 timbul Anglo-Chinese Convention yang member legitimasi Cina yang saat itu dipimpin Dinasti Qing untuk berkuasa penuh di Tibet.</p>
<p>Permasalahan kebudayaan Han yang berbenturan dengan kebudayaan Budha muncul ke permukaan karena kuatnya otoritas agama Budha di Tibet. Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama ke-14, merupakan kepala pemerintahan Tibet sekaligus otoritas agama tertinggi. Sistem pemerintahan yang menyatukan pemimpin bangsa dan pemimpin spiritual ini sudah berlangsung semenjak 1642 oleh Ngawang Lozang Gyatso, Dalai Lama ke-5, dan sudah berlangsung 300 tahun ketika Cina mulai menginvasi Tibet tahun 1950.</p>
<p>Peradaban Budhisme Tibet masih sangat kental nuansa religinya dan menjadi salah satu antithesis peradaban barat, maupun peradaban Cina Modern (meminjam istilah Huntinton: “<em>Greater China Civilization</em>”) yang menjadikan pencapaian produktivitas materiil sebagai tujuan utamanya. Betapa pentingnya pencapaian religious bagi masyarakat dan kebudayaan Tibet seperti yang dipaparkan oleh Thurman (Dibyesh Anand, 2007:49): <em>“In Western cultures, the last frontier of our material conquest is the universe of outer space. Our astronauts, are our ultimate heroes and heroines. Tibetans, however, are more concerned about the spiritual conquest of the inner universe…, So the Tibetan lamas… (who are spiritually adept) “Psychonauts” are the Tibetans’ ultimate heroes and heroines”.</em></p>
<p>Dalam konteks sekarang peran para biksu menjadi sangat sentral dalam konteks Tibet. Belum lagi jika kita menyebut figur Dalai Lama yang banyak mendapat simpati dunia barat. Tak diragukan lagi, Dalai Lama merupakan sosok dari Timur yang dikagumi oleh dunia barat, dan Dalai Lama tahu benar hal itu, sehingga seringkali melakukan manuver-manuver diplomatis ke negara-negara Eropa maupun Amerika Serikat, dan tak lupa berbagi kebijaksanaan dengan para akademisi di Stanford, MIT, Princeton, maupun Harvard. Hal yang tentunya membuat Beijing semakin panas kupingnya karena publikasi dan sorotan media massa internasional sangat besar.</p>
<p>Inilah sedikit gambaran kompleksitas isu Tibet sebagai sebuah isu internasional. Cukup sulit dan menantang secara intelektual maupun praktik politiknya untuk mencari sisi-sisi analisis yang bisa menjelaskan secara komprehensif akar sekaligus solusi permasalahan ini.</p>
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<link>http://sakyaeugene.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/digital-dharma-one-mans-mission-to-save-a-culture-trailer/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Digital Dharma is the chronicle of a cultural rescue. This feature-length HD documentary brings to l]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Digital Dharma is the chronicle of a cultural rescue. This feature-length HD documentary brings to light the magnitude of one mans 40-year inspirational journey to save the literary history of a disappearing culture and to preserve early lessons of mankinds consciousness.</p>
<p>H.E. Dagmo Kusho and E. Gene Smith discuss their first meeting in 1961 and te impact of Deshung Rinpoche on Gene&#8217;s Mission.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/e19LrcBpmOY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/e19LrcBpmOY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>In 1959 — Red Army soldiers invade Tibetan villages, destroying homes and temples. Fleeing refugees leave behind countless artifacts — the last evidence of an ancient culture.</p>
<p>In the shadow of the foreboding Himalayas, a small band stands on a ledge. Their lives, their families, and their history depend on a successful escape. Hidden securely in their packs is documentation of a culture that is heading for extinction. Carrying centuries of philosophy, religion, science and art, they cling to a precipice, inching toward the future.</p>
<p>Can one man, a Mormon from Utah, who would do everything possible to keep from going to war&#8230; start a quiet revolution against the obliteration of a culture not his own?</p>
<p>In 1959 — Red Army soldiers invade Tibetan villages, destroying homes and temples. Fleeing refugees leave behind countless artifacts — the last evidence of an ancient culture.</p>
<p>In the shadow of the foreboding Himalayas, a small band stands on a ledge. Their lives, their families, and their history depend on a successful escape. Hidden securely in their packs is documentation of a culture that is heading for extinction. Carrying centuries of philosophy, religion, science and art, they cling to a precipice, inching toward the future.</p>
<p>Can one man, a Mormon from Utah, who would do everything possible to keep from going to war&#8230; start a quiet revolution against the obliteration of a culture not his own?<br />
<em>Visit site:</em><br />
www.digitaldharma.com</p>
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<title><![CDATA[De rol van water in de Chinese bezetting van Tibet]]></title>
<link>http://henkdonkers.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/de-rol-van-water-in-de-chinese-bezetting-van-tibet/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gepubliceerd in Geografie (Jan 2010). De rol van water in de Chinese bezetting van Tibet. Geografie ]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://henkdonkers.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/de-rol-van-water-in-de-chinese-bezetting-van-tibet-geografie-jan-2010.pdf">De rol van water in de Chinese bezetting van Tibet. Geografie jan. 2010</a></p>
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<link>http://thehappyemo.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/new-page/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hey people! I just made a new page and it&#8217;s all about my best friend from school, Nina. She go]]></description>
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<p>Tibetan independence and gay marriage &#60;3,</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The NY Times 2009: A Year in Pictures]]></title>
<link>http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/the-ny-times-2009-a-year-in-pictures/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I am sitting here looking through images from the NY Times 2009: The Year in Pictures. And as I refl]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/tibet.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1669" title="tibet" src="http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/tibet.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="326" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/tehran.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1670" title="tehran" src="http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/tehran.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="304" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/afghanistan.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1675" title="afghanistan" src="http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/afghanistan.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="294" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/gaza.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1676" title="gaza" src="http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/gaza.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="285" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/healthcaer1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1677" title="healthcare" src="http://sheralyn.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/healthcaer1.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="326" /></a></p>
<p>I am sitting here looking through images from the NY Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/photo/2009-year-in-pictures/#/0">2009: The Year in Pictures</a>. And as I reflect on the year past, I am struggling to grasp the frailty of the human condition, how we can be capable of such extraordinary displays of brutality, greed and violence but yet, at the same time, be so capable of benevolence, kindness and bravery. These photos &#8211; deforestation in Mato Grosso, Tibetan monks mourning, Iranian protesters, bombings in Afghanistan, destruction in the Gaza strip, thousands lining up for free health care and many more &#8211; are gut-wrenching, they break my heart. And in the new year fast approaching, what choices will we make?</p>
<p>[All images credited to the <a href="http://nytimes.com">NY Times</a>. Please see <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/photo/2009-year-in-pictures/">2009: The Year in Pictures</a> and relevant articles]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Marches of Hindustan by David Fraser]]></title>
<link>http://oldbookimages.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/the-marches-of-hindustan-by-david-fraser/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://oldbookimages.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/the-marches-of-hindustan-by-david-fraser/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Title: The Marches of Hindustan, the Record of a Journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese T]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Title: The Marches of Hindustan, the Record of a Journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan, and Persia</p>
<p>Author: David Fraser</p>
<p>Year: 1907</p>
<p><a href="http://oldbookimages.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/the_wall_of_kashgar.png"><img style="display:inline;border:0;" title="the_wall_of_kashgar" src="http://oldbookimages.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/the_wall_of_kashgar_thumb.png?w=297&#038;h=217" border="0" alt="the_wall_of_kashgar" width="297" height="217" /></a></p>
<p>The Wall of Kashgar</p>
<p><a href="http://oldbookimages.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/devildancersatnar_ang56.png"><img style="display:inline;border:0;" title="devildancersatnar_ang56" src="http://oldbookimages.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/devildancersatnar_ang56_thumb.png?w=297&#038;h=240" border="0" alt="devildancersatnar_ang56" width="297" height="240" /></a></p>
<p>Devil Dancers at Nartang</p>
<p><a href="http://oldbookimages.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/people.png"><img style="display:inline;border:0;" title="people" src="http://oldbookimages.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/people_thumb.png?w=304&#038;h=218" border="0" alt="people" width="304" height="218" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://oldbookimages.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/oldrailwaymap.png"><img style="display:inline;border:0;" title="oldrailwaymap" src="http://oldbookimages.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/oldrailwaymap_thumb.png?w=322&#038;h=194" border="0" alt="oldrailwaymap" width="322" height="194" /></a></p>
<p>This book can be located on Google Books and the <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/marcheshindusta00frasgoog">Internet Archive.</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dalai Lama and the American Empire]]></title>
<link>http://shugdensociety.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/the-dalai-lama-and-the-american-empire/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://shugdensociety.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/the-dalai-lama-and-the-american-empire/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today, I came across Grant Lawrence&#8217;s blog and discovered that he has been occasionally writin]]></description>
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Today, I came across <a href="http://grantlawrence.blogspot.com/2009/12/other-side-of-dalai-lama-hypocrite-and.html">Grant Lawrence&#8217;s blog</a> and discovered that he has been occasionally writing about the Dalai Lama&#8217;s hypocrisy for several years. Grant Lawrence works as a school counselor and mental health counselor in Gallup New Mexico. I&#8217;ve posted a couple excerpts from his articles below.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tibetsun.com/elsewhere/2009/05/08/the-dalai-lama-a-good-showman-but-an-empty-robe/"><strong>The Dalai Lama: A good showman but an empty robe</strong></a></p>
<p>Audience member: “Can you give us an example of a leader we should look up to as a positive influence?”</p>
<p>Dalai Lama (after thinking for a few seconds): “President Bush. I met him personally and liked him very much. He was honest and straightforward, and that is very important. I may not have agreed with all his policies, but I thought he was very honest and a very good leader.”</p>
<p>The Dalai Lama has been shown to be something of a showman and a likely CIA stooge. He has previously gone on record supporting “just” wars like the one in Iraq and the War on Terror.</p>
<p>Unfortunately the Dalai Lama has put his own cause above the cause of humanity. The Dalai gets a great deal of US support (likely financial) for his continued discrediting of the Chinese government on the issues of Tibet. In 2007, Bush presented the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Medal of Freedom for his support of US policies around the world.</p>
<p>The people of Tibet and their treatment are an important issue. However, the people of Iraq, Afghanistan, and all of those countries suffering under the policies of Global Empire (globalisation) are no less important. &#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://grantlawrence.blogspot.com/2009/11/dalai-lama-hype-why.html"><strong>The Dalai Lama Hype: Why?</strong></a></p>
<p>The Dalai professes compassion and care for all beings but doesn&#8217;t care for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. He promotes the idea of just wars and that the US occupations of those countries are good and decent. He also has a special fondness for the war criminal Bush.</p>
<p>The Dalai Lama&#8217;s connections to the CIA should be known. He was saved and paid by the CIA after leaving Tibet.</p>
<p>The Dalai Lama has morphed into a type of New Age Televangelist for American Empire.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s all show. But when it comes to delivering the goods of real compassion and moral courage he&#8217;s too busy putting on that show. I believe it is no accident that the Dalai finds such adulation here in the West and he has a history of support from the CIA. &#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Seeking the Soul of Tibet with Giaseppe Tucci]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Seeking the Soul of Tibet with Giaseppe Tucci People&#8217;s Daily Online &#8230; Art and Archaeolog]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:xx-small;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&#38;q=http://chinatibet.people.com.cn/6847571.html&#38;ct=ga&#38;cd=XbSKjlGc0fw&#38;usg=AFQjCNEfGu3vuDUudFTbKKNie13ugOaORA" target="_blank">Seeking the Soul of Tibet with Giaseppe Tucci</a><br />
<span><span style="color:#666666;">People&#8217;s Daily Online</span><br />
<strong>&#8230;</strong> Art and <strong>Archaeology</strong> in Peking University and will last till February 18, 2010. <strong>&#8230;</strong> and was considered one of the founders of the field of <strong>Buddhist</strong> Studies.</span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[blogging]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[trying to sit and write down my feelings &#8230; had this missing.. feeling from my Yahoo 360 days. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>trying to sit and write down my feelings &#8230; had this missing.. feeling from my Yahoo 360 days. Was looking at my earlier posts from 2005, an amazing feeling mixed with sorrow and happiness mixed has encircled me. It kinda has taken over me.</p>
<p>Then sweety swetha little sister called me up, the second best thing to have happened in months. And know what she says she has been to Bylakuppe and I am again dragged into the sweet feeling of my Journalism days 2004-05 in Bangalore when I actually started to travel; and learn of the true india. Which untiul then wasnt love but infatuations towards travelling and photography.  The cauvery and the folklore in the area amazes me.</p>
<p>The Tibetan settlements and the amazing stories of Tibetan refugees in India sad but interesting.</p>
<p>Swetha says she loved the place, and amazingly she is travelling alone nowadays which is the best thing to happen to a youngster.</p>
<p>Swetha&#8217;s blog<br />
<a href="http://choco4amigos.blogspot.com/">http://choco4amigos.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>mounika&#8217;s blogs<br />
<a href="http://moi-to-you.blogspot.com/">http://moi-to-you.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mouna-aboutme.blogspot.com/">http://mouna-aboutme.blogspot.com/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dalai Lama supports the development of nuclear weapons]]></title>
<link>http://shugdensociety.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/the-dalai-lama-supports-the-development-of-nuclear-weapons/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Below are some excerpts from an article published by Salon Newsreal in 1998. These excerpts have bee]]></description>
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<p>Below are some excerpts from an article published by Salon Newsreal in 1998. These excerpts have been included in the book <a href="http://agreatdeception.org">A Great Deception</a> by the Western Shugden Society.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Dalai Lama has come out in support of the thermonuclear tests recently conducted by the Indian state, and has done so in the very language of the chauvinist parties who now control that state&#8217;s affairs. The &#8220;developed&#8221; countries, he says, must realize that India is a major contender and should not concern themselves with its internal affairs. This is a perfectly realpolitik statement, so crass and banal and opportunist that it would not deserve any comment if it came from another source. &#8230;</p>
<p>The greatest triumph that modern PR can offer is the transcendent success of having your words and actions judged by your reputation, rather than the other way about. The &#8220;spiritual leader&#8221; of Tibet has enjoyed this unassailable status for some time now, becoming a byword and synonym for saintly and ethereal values. Why this doesn&#8217;t put people on their guard I&#8217;ll never know. </p></blockquote>
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