Just trust them. And by trust I mean trust them to make their own decisions, not to make the decisions you would have them make.

I am frantic that they now speak of dying for Tibet. I email Tsundue, I text message him. I’m writing a frantic play to him. He doesn’t answer me. I text message everyone of them whose cell phone number i have. Everybody is ignoring me. I think they consider me an out of touch airhead crystal totting do gooder. I don’t care. They can villify me. They can reject me wholesale. I don’t care if they will just live. Just live for Tibet.

I just want them to live. I want them to raise their voices for Tibet - not die out in the middle of nowhere where the only people to take notice - and celebrate — will be the Red Chinese.

I’m trying to understand how self immolation can be good. (I fear that now - that some of my friends whom I know the Indian authorities will not allow to go any further will decide that is how they can make the world hear.)

This morning I read your tribute from 98 to Thupten Ngodup. Please make me understand how it is that that beautiful man did not die in vain.

Please help me to understand how these precious young radicals will serve the cause of Tibet if they die in a world that is completely indifferent to them. The only way my friends and family in the US even know of their march is because I email everyone. There is no reporting going on about them. The only news coverage they are getting anywhere is in the Times of India - rarely! Am I wrong?

You Tibetans are so optimistic. So beautifully and trajically optimistic. You thought George Bush’s giving His Holiness the congressional medal meant something. You thought Nancy Pelosi’s coming here was a good sign. I believe if Nancy Pelosi had the power she would do soemthing. But she does not. The suits of the world with their fat wallets are ruling everywhere and, if it will enrich their private coffers, they’ll kowtow to the Chinese until the Chinese have crushed us all.

I want us to have a real theatre here. Is that stupid and shallow? I want them all to start putting into words what has been in their silent hearts for 50 long years. I want them to begin to speak and maybe just maybe the world will hear. But if they die, their silence will stir no one.

I want to help. I want to serve Tibetans. And I don’t know how. I never longed to serve anybody before.

I’m not a Buddhist. I came to India for my personal spiritual practice and fell backwards into McLeod last year when I found it so hot on the plains that I had to come north.

I know I’m writing off the subject matter of this tragic letter posted here. But I can find nobody who can make me understand. And you seem so clear about what must be done that I’m reaching out to you.

Please help me to understand. Please help me to grow strong in my desire to serve you not fall into this crater of despair I feel that all is so hopeless for you precious people.

I’ve begged them all to come back here. I want them to raise their voices. I want the world to hear them. They ignore me.

i don’t drink orange juice. I’m no new ager. I’m certainly not a fucking jesus freak. (poor jesus what’s been done in his name.) I’m a self-centered old american ex-hippie actor who was finally forced by her own suffering to begin a search within.

somehow destiny chance i don’t know what ended me up here where I have been so moved by the young people to whom i’ve taught english and communication skills and for whom i’ve edited their english translations from the tibetan that i’ve come to love them so much that i would do anything i could to help them.

i hope my message gets to you. i hope you find me worthy of a reply.

with real sincerity and deepest respect,
daya for Tibet

After reading this heart breaking account about Tibetans in Tibet,I am being Tibetan must say that we need to change our approach to find the solution in Tibet. Tibetan goverment has been practising non-violent and religious approach for the last 50 or 60 years to the Chinese Communist Regime who doesn’t even believe in religion.(This is more than stupidity) we should approach a new way by not mixing Politic and Religion together. There were many reasons for losing our country to China but the one important reason would be confronting Communist Regime under the guidlines of Tibetan Phylosophy,so called Religiion-politic approach.
Young generation of Tibetans must understand that this are the seperate principle. Througout the world history there is not a single country has gain freedom based on this approach. Tibetan Goverment in Exile has been using H.H. The Dalai Lama’s name and fame to gain control of the Tibetan people to pursue this approach for over 50 years even though H.H.The Dalai Lama has given full rights and responsibilities to the Tibetans to form a Democratic goverment to express rights and grievance. I don’t understand why Tibetan Govt in exile still use the same old tactics which is nothing more than waiting patiently for the Communist Regime to call them for the fruitless meeting,and back up the same old non-violent approach after the meeting. Some may speculate that if Tibetans may pursue more violent approach(I’m not saying killing people), Tibetans may be called terrorist. So what, if we are called Terrorist. we will going to terrorise the Chinese Communist Regime who himself believe in terrozing their own chinese people including Tibetans. we should regain our motherland,Tibet violently or non-violently so that we can save our Tibetans brothers and sisters from repression and tortures of Communist Regime We must choose methods that Chinese Communist Regime understand and acknowledge. I don’t see any fruitful result of Non-Violence approach in the international Platform, but i do see the riots and disturbance brings up Tibet issue on the international platform every now and then.

Give Me Blood,I Promise you Freedom

Bod Gyalo

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Thanks a lot again. I will pray for all the Tibetans in Lhasa.

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