On Jul 7, 4:02 am, rst0wxyz <rst0w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Those monks need to ****e gasoline on themselves and set themselves on
> fire to create an untenable situation for China.
You do not understand Buddhist principle against taking lives,
including one own's life.
>
> On Jul 6, 11:05 pm, tuna <tu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > From The Times
> > July 7, 2008
> > Tibetan monasteries empty as China jails monks to silence Olympic
> > protests
> > Tibetan monks have angered China by taking op****tunities to protest to
> > the media. The authorities have cracked down at least until the
> > Olympics
>
> > Tibetan monks have angered China by taking op****tunities to protest to
> > the media. The authorities have cracked down at least until the
> > Olympics
> > Jane Macartney in Beijing
>
> > Chinese authorities tightened security around Tibet's main monasteries
> > and banned visits to a sacred site on the edge of the capital, Lhasa,
> > for fear of a fresh outburst of unrest on the Dalai Lama's birthday.
>
> > Few monks remain, however, in the province's three most im****tant
> > monasteries. Many have disappeared, their whereabouts a mystery.
> > Chinese officials have deployed troops and paramilitary police around
> > the ancient religious institutions, suspecting these sprawling
> > hillside communities are at the heart of the unrest that has swept the
> > region since early March.
>
> > Dozens, possibly several hundred, have been arrested or are detained
> > and under investigation for their roles in the anti-Chinese
> > demonstrations and riots that hit Lhasa on March 14. This, however,
> > does not account for the empty halls in the three great monasteries,
> > Drepung, Sera and Ganden, that lie near the city. Several hundred
> > monks are believed to have been living in each of them before the
> > violence erupted.
>
> > Now Tibetan sources have revealed that most of the monks, more than
> > 1,000 in total, have been transferred to many prisons and detention
> > centres in and around the city of Golmud in neighbouring Qinghai
> > province. The detained monks are all young ethnic Tibetans from
> > surrounding regions who had made their way to Lhasa, their spiritual
> > capital, to study and pray in the most prestigious spiritual centres
> > on the Roof of the World.
> > Related Links
>
> > * Real crackdown will come after Olympics
>
> > * Tibet reopened to foreign tourists
>
> > Their detention is part of a policy to rid the monasteries of any
> > monks not registered as formal residents of the administrative region,
> > known as the Tibetan Autonomous Region.
>
> > Family members say that the monks have been told they will be
> > incarcerated in Golmud only until the end of the Olympic Games in
> > Beijing. The policy is part of a campaign by the Chinese Government to
> > ensure that the Games, opening on August 8 and lasting for two weeks,
> > pass off without a hitch and without protests from the restive
> > Tibetans, they told The Times.
>
> > =93After that they have been told that they will be allowed to leave,
> > because they are not guilty of a crime,=94 one man whose brother is
> > among the detained said. =93But they will be ordered to return to
their
> > home villages and will not be permitted to go back to the monasteries
> > in Lhasa.=94 There were no re****ts that any of those being held were
> > being mistreated, he added.
>
> > The monks' detention is, in effect, a decision by China to implement a
> > policy first promulgated in 1994 to limit the size of Tibet's
> > monasteries, because increasing religious freedoms were attracting
> > growing numbers.
>
> > Sera monastery, for example, is supposed to house no more than 400
> > monks but is believed to have grown to more than 1,000. In Drepung -
> > at its height the largest monastery in the world - has been allocated
> > a similar quota but has allowed as many as 900 monks to live in its
> > high-walled compounds. The monasteries have for years allowed young
> > boys well below the age of 18 to enter in direct contravention of the
> > rules but the authorities had turned a blind eye.
>
> > The abbots have encouraged the unofficial monks because they found
> > that those from other regions tended to be the most devoted and
> > diligent, Tibetan sources said.
>
> > Registered monks are given a monthly stipend that can sometimes be as
> > much as 5,000 yuan (=A3350) depending on the donations to a monastery
> > and entrance ticket sales. Many prefer to spend their days playing
> > video games and DVDs rather than reading the scriptures, they said.
> > They voiced concern that the monasteries could lose many of their best
> > Buddhist scholars if the monks were not allowed to return after the
> > Olympics.
>
> > Authorities have ordered all Tibetans without a Lhasa residence permit
> > to leave the city and to return to their homes. Re****ts are increasing
> > of the authorities targeting individuals whose dress, haircut or even
> > teeth - Tibetans from Sichuan and Qinghai favour gold fillings - mark
> > them out as coming from neighbouring regions.
>
> > Tibetan residents of Lhasa say that they prefer not to wear Tibetan
> > dress for fear they will be stopped and questioned on the street by
> > police or soldiers. Men say that they are growing their hair so as not
> > be mistaken for a monk and interrogated.
>
> > One man, from the Khamba group that lives in western Sichuan province
> > and is renowned for its warriors, told how he was arrested after the
> > March 14 riot because his long hair identified him as being from that
> > region.
>
> > The huge security operation has,however, failed to halt protests by
> > Tibetans demanding the return of the Dalai Lama and independence for
> > their homeland. On June 18 six took place in Ganze county alone.
>
> > One Tibetan source said: =93They know they are going to be arrested
but
> > people still go out and demonstrate. And then you can see the cats
> > come out and catch them like mice.=94
>
> > Ancient traditions
>
> > Drepung monastery
>
> > The largest of Tibetan monasteries, whose name means =93rice heap=94.
I=
ts
> > population numbered as many as 7,700 in the 1930s and sometimes up to
> > 10,000. Founded in 1416, it has long been been regarded as the most
> > academic monastery of the Gelukpa =96 or Yellow Hat =96 sect
>
> > Sera monastery
>
> > Its name means =93Enclosure of Roses=94. Also founded in the early
15th
> > century. Began as a scholarly institution but became known as the home
> > of warrior monks whose responsibility was to defend Tibet and its
> > Buddhist traditions
>
> > Ganden monastery
>
> > The oldest of the three great monasteries, its name means =93continent
> > of completely victorious happiness=94. It is 35 miles from Lhasa and
ha=
s
> > long been the smallest house. It suffered most during the 1966-76
> > Cultural Revolution, when it was dynamited by the Army and Red Guards
>
> > * Have your say
>
> > Most of the tourists won't know the history of the monasteries, or the
> > numbers of monks who were there. The news media have not focused on
> > the continued oppression of the Tibetan people, nor the arrests for
> > practicing their religious traditions.
>
> > Bayla, Boulder, USA
>
> > i hope this disgraceful government is never given the olympics again,
> > shame on them and shame on the olympic committee for filling their
> > pockets with money so these thugs and tyrants can get some
> > legitimacy... they have enslaved chinese people for decades it time
> > something was done to free them
>
> > william gibbons, chengdu, china
>
> > Will the tourists notice the reduction in monks?
>
> > Owen, SG,
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