Archive for April, 2010

The Tibet Connection: Your Radio Connection to Tibet

If you want to stay up-to-date on all things Tibet – you may want to tune in to Radio Tibet, AKA The Tibet Connection:

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(Click Picture for Video Clip of HH Dalai Lama speaking about The Tibet Connection)

“Such a program is very, very useful…I very much appreciate all the people?who organize and carry out this work.”

– HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA

A growing interest in the politics, philosophy and culture of Tibet plus a lack of Tibet-related programming led us, in May 2006, to launch a monthly one-hour radio program devoted to things Tibetan.??Each month, we feature news stories, interviews, documentaries and helpful insights. We seek out notable and intriguing guests and stories and provide an informative and engaging forum for discussion. We hope that our program helps listeners to understand the unique experience and legacy of Tibet and to provide a conduit between Tibet and the rest of the world…

Click here to visit The Tibet Connection.

 

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guests and stories and provide an informative and engaging forum for discussion. We hope that our program helps listeners to understand the unique experience and legacy of Tibet and to provide a conduit between Tibet and the rest of the world

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The Reincarnationist QA lives again!

Please welcome author Shiloh Walker, author of BROKEN.

THE QUESTIONS:

What is your most marked characteristic that you believe could be a hold over from a past life?

Whether it’s a hold over from a past life or not, my biggest character trait?  Stubbornness.  Sometimes it’s been a help to me – it keeps me from giving up, but sometimes, it’s a hurdle.

What is your principle defect that you believe may be inherited from a previous incarnation?

*G*  My stubbornness.

Which of your favorite heroes do you think you could have been and why?

Oh, man…I don’t know.  That’s something I’ve never really thought about….

What three people from history would you like to have over to dinner for a discussion about reincarnation?

Would love to talk with Laura Ingalls Wilder, Abraham Lincoln and Joan of Arc.

What do you think happens when we die?

I believe in heaven and hell, and in my personal heaven, there are going to be lots and lots of books waiting for me.  Imagine, all the reading time you can stand….

When you come back next time, who (or what!) would you like to be?

I couldn’t say.  My life right now is running pretty well, so I don’t know…couldn’t I just do this one again?

Shiloh Walker’s links:
http://www.shilohwalker.com
http://shilohwalker.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/shilohwalker
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shilohwalker

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The Politics of Reincarnation

The Politics of Reincarnation (from The Huffington Post)

by Christal Smith

(Originally published March 10, 2009)

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China’s occupation of Tibet and the fleeing of the Dalai Lama to India. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, then only 23 years old, fled through the Himalayas and has lived in exile since. He is revered as a deity by Tibetans and respected worldwide for his peaceful and nonviolent message.

Chinese media are framing the anniversary as “Serf Liberation Day” comfortable in knowing that the world stood by last year when demonstrations within Tibet around last March 10 were brutally suppressed.

Now at a time he that himself has called “the darkest period in Tibetan history,” the Dalai Lama is forced to confront the issue of his succession. The Beijing government has already indicated that it will attempt to designate his successor rather than wait for a young boy to be found by Tibetan elders and groomed for the role.

Pico Iyer has known the Dalai Lama since he himself was a young child. He traveled with him extensively and his latest book about the Dalai Lama, The Open Road, comes out in paperback today.

Q: Pico you wrote recently that the Dalai Lama is considering a “radical” approach regarding his successor. What would this be?

PI: I think His Holiness has always been a realist before anything else and really what we are seeing and hearing is that the events of the last year have shocked him even more than they’ve shocked the rest of us. He’s been used to cruelty and oppression and obstructionism from the Beijing government for the last 60 years but he never expected quite the degree of ruthlessness that he’s seen since the demonstrations last March and the way in which China has dropped this black curtain so that the whole of the world can’t know what’s happening in Tibet. What he has been saying, is that he’s done everything possible in terms of opening the door, [from] extending the hand of freedom, [to] making concessions, and bringing logic to the situation, and none of that has moved China at all. I think he’s almost given way to a little bit of exasperation and said “there’s nothing more I can do but let’s hope that China comes to its senses soon.”

So how is he opening a new chapter in Tibetan history?…

(For the complete article please click here. Also, you can hear this interview and other stories about March 10 on www.thetibetconnection.org.)

Image credit: Shepard Fairey


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