On May 4, 10:28=A0am, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Tibetologist: 14th Dalai Lama political figure bent on "Tibet
> independence"
> May 4, 2008http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90780/91342/6402793.html
>
> The 14th Dalai Lama, described as a "spiritual leader" by some Western
> media outlets, is actually a political figure who has never given up
> "Tibet independence," a Tibetologist said here Friday.
>
> "Painting him as a 'spiritual leader' is totally misleading," said
> Renzhen Luose, an ethnic Tibetan native of Yajiang County, Ganzi
> Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province who once served as
> director of the province's Institute of Tibetan Studies.
>
> The "Tibet Government-in-exile" amended its so-called draft
> "constitution" of 1963 in 1991, expressly stated Tibet as an
> "independent nation" where all matters must be approved by the Dalai
> Lama before they become effective, and on the Dalai Lama's official
> website, a so-called "draft for future political system" provides
> plans for "political construction" and "establi****ng ties with the
> United Nations," said the Tibetologist.
>
> All these prove that the 14th Dalai Lama's claim that he had never
> sought independence is a total lie, said the Tibetologist.
>
> In his autobiography, the 14th Dalai Lama himself has also described
> his role as mainly secular, as the leader of the "Tibet
> government-in-exile," Renzhen Luose said, adding that describing the
> 14th Dalai Lama only as a "spiritual leader," as has been the case
> with many Western media outlets, is mistaken and does not accord with
> reality.
>
> Renzhen Luose, who is a consul at the Chinese Consulate-General in New
> York, also discussed the relation****p between Tibetan Buddhism and
> Tibetan culture and whether the Dalai Lama is the only leader of
> Tibetan Buddhism during a two-hour meeting with re****ters from New
> York-based Chinese-language media organizations.
>
> He said Tibetan Buddhism has four major sects -- Gelug, Sakya, Kagyu
> and Nyingma -- and many sub-sects, and in the past, their influence
> changed as the Chinese central government's sup****t differed.
>
> In the late Qing Dynasty, Renzhen Luose said, the sect of Gelug, where
> the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama were institutionalized, achieved
> dominance with the sup****t of the central government and established a
> theocracy that integrates religion with government.
>
> During that period, despite efforts by the Gelug sect to crack down on
> other sects, the Dalai Lama had never had unified leader****p over
> Tibetan Buddhism, the Tibetologist added.
>
> Born and raised in a Tibetan region, Renzhen Luose said he has
> maintained contact with fellow Tibetan Chinese all along, visited
> nearly all areas with Tibetan communities and worked at different
> levels of grassroots governments. Long being a scholar of Tibetan
> history and culture, Renzhen Luose has published dozens of research
> papers on Tibetans' ethnic origins and on the origin and evolution of
> the Tibet question.
>
> "Having myself experienced and witnessed the changes in Tibet and
> other areas with Tibetan community, I believe I am more qualified than
> the Dalai Lama to comment on the current situation in Tibet," he said.
>
> Source: Xinhua
Um, I'm not sure Xinhua is the best source for understanding what the
Dalai Lama is all about...
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