All the delegates at the 5th International Rangzen Conference received a group audience and a photo opportunity with the Dalai Lama on the last day of the conference. It was a large group and I was kneeling close by his feet (he was standing) so most probably he didn’t see me. I understand he later asked why I was not there? That afternoon I received a phone call from the Private Office saying his Holiness wanted to see me.
I received my private audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at 10:30 in the morning of the 28th of May. My readers will be happy to know that he was glowing with good health. I on the other hand looked like death. I had a flu/fever throughout the conference and got no sleep the night before because of a persistent cough. He must have noticed my poor condition for the first thing he said on seeing me was “porto chak duga” (you’ve become old). I replied “Yes your Holiness and my knees aren’t doing great either, but I will complete my prostrations.”
When we sat down he asked me “You first came here in the sixties didn’t you?” I replied in the affirmative. He continued “You know, we managed to do a great thing then, together. In 1959 in Lhasa Tan Guan San had given orders that the rebels should be wiped out and his artillery had destroyed so many of our people at Norbulingka and Chakpori and else where. After I escaped the Chinese were convinced that we Tibetans were finished, and there was nothing that I and other Tibetan exiles could do. But we proved them wrong didn’t we?”
“Yes, we certainly did your Holiness.” I replied.
“We not only rebuilt our society and government but we managed to bring the Tibet issue before the world in a way that had never happened before – and we did it together.”
He reminisced on this topic for a while and then he said. “I want to talk to you about the Middle Way Policy (Umaylam) I don’t want to argue (tsopa gyapge men). I just want to explain it to you.” He went into a comprehensive explanation of how many world leaders agreed with him and supported his policy and how President Obama had even given him a letter stating that he fully supported Umaylam. He also explained to me how many Chinese from the PRC, especially intellectuals, had now come around to understanding the Umaylam policy and were supportive of it.
He rounded off his explanation with this statement that despite the progress of Umaylam, Tibetans must nonetheless continue their efforts to prove that Tibet was an independent nation before 1959. He went on to explain how important it was that we unearth historical evidence of Tibet’s independence and make it known not only to the world but even to the Chinese. He said that without that proof of Tibet’s independence the Umaylam policy would be like a beggar begging for food (pango tho longen). It was up to Tibetans to research and discover conclusive evidence and proof of Tibet’s independence, and publicize it to the world.
I interrupted him to explain that this was what Rangzen advocates and activists were tirelessly doing at every possible opportunity. I told him about the portable exhibition “Rangzen Terzod – The Great Knowledge Treasury of Tibetan Independence” (Maps, Treaties, Photographs, Artifacts, passports and documents authenticating Tibet’s Sovereign Independent Status) that members of the Tibetan National Congress (TNC) had set up before the United Nations in New York, to educate passing officials, visitors and others.
I also told him about the March 10 Memorial website I had set up with the help of many TNC volunteers, that provided through rare photographs, videos, mini-bios, time-lines, and a dynamic map of Lhasa, a full account of the protest demonstrations, the battles, and escape of the Dalai Lama. I told him about the “Rememberance Wall (pawo-pamo drendhen chakri)” where we had put together many biographies and photographs of all those who had participated in the Uprising. I mentioned in particular the Dalai Lama’s own private secretary of many years, Kungo Tara, who had not only taken over the defense of the Norbulingka Palace, but also attempted to relieve the beleaguered defenders of the Chakpori Mountain.
His Holiness became reflective at the mention of Kungo Tara. He then explained to me and to two officials Tsegyam la and another, by the door, that Tara was a very brave and loyal man but also a bit quirky. Tara personally dug a deep trench in the Norbulingka garden and instructed His Holiness on how he was to hide in it when the Chinese artillery barrage started. His Holiness laughed at the recollection. I also told His Holiness that on the “Rememberance Wall” we also had accounts and images of Tsarong Dasang Dadul, Dronyerchenmo Phala, Lobsang Yeshi and other officials who had worked to ensure his safety and his escape from Lhasa.
I told him how recently the Tibetan Nation Congress had celebrated in New York City the Centennial of the defeat of Chinese forces in Chamdo in April 29 1918 and the liberation of Eastern Tibet—an event that Khampas remembered as “The New Epoch of the Earth Horse” (kalpa sa-ta lo). His Holiness said that he remembered hearing of this historical event and asked me “Wasn’t you grandfather a general during this war?” Turning to his aides by the door he explained to them that Tethong Dapon was said to have special “enemy subduing” (Tib: dra-thoe) powers, and that when other generals failed Tethong Dapon was able to defeat the Chinese.
His Holiness then remembered the time when after the American withdrawal of support for the resistance we had discussed where we might locate weapons and support. He laughingly mentioned a harebrained scheme I had proposed to buy weapons from Afghanistan (which I honestly don’t recall) and he had a good laugh. But I reminded His Holiness how Gyari Rimpoche and I had managed to get French Intelligence to provide funding for our networks, and how I was sent to Paris by the Private Office. He remembered. He pointed at me at told his aides, “this fellow was our spy there!” He then said “None of these worked out in the end.” No Your Holiness” I admitted “by the end Lhamo Tsering la was arrested, Gyato Wangdu was killed by the Nepalese army and the whole resistance structure had fallen apart.
I think we may have talked for over fifty minutes of more, and his Holiness seemed to be enjoying himself. He even ventured into a theory of his, that based on the migration of the earliest humans out of Africa and their movement north to Europe and eastward to Asia, it seemed to him logical that humans had evolved in Tibet first and only later in China, which is further east. I told him of a recent study I had read in Scientific American that new genomic analyses by Chinese scientists had shown that Tibetans had existed on the plateau in the middle of the last Ice Age, 64,000 years ago, multiplying the earlier figure of 16,000 years as much as fourfold.
His Holiness also reflected how even such folk myths on the origins of the Tibetan people, as the story of the Monkey Bodhisattva and the Rock Ogress might have some basis in fact. I remembered an article in the journal Nature about a cousin of the Neanderthals, a Paleolithic-era species of the genus Homo, the Denisovans, who had mated with early Tibetans, and conferred on the Tibetan DNA make-up a special gene variant, which gives people of Tibetan ethnicity their unique ability to survive at extreme high altitudes – and I told His Holiness about it. He was even more pleased when I told him that a Tibetan, Dr. Tsewang Tashi was a co-author of one study led by the University of Utah, on this subject. His Holiness tasked me with following up on all such discoveries and letting him know about it.
Finally the audience came to an end. His Holiness said “We must take a photograph together. Where’s the photographer” He then rummaged inside the drawer of his desk and gave me a few packets of medicine. “These are “Precious Pills” (rinchen rilbu). These will help you not to become porto before your time. Stay in good health. Before receiving his blessing (chawang), I said that I had a special request for him – that all those struggling for Rangzen would receive his thumon – be in his heart and his prayers. He replied “Of course, most certainly” (yin-ta-yin), you all need not worry (semdrel che go maray).
I offered His Holiness my heartfelt thanks and left.
TIBETAN LANGUAGE AUDIO OF ABOVE POST:
What a great read.
Great that you two could meet. Face-to-face meetings are so much more profitable and meaningful than social media chats. Hope you are feeling better. Next time we’ll find time to play a few Bob Dylan songs!
Thank you for this beautiful account of your meeting HH. I feel like this might be a beginning of a shift in the our small community. Hope this will lead to a better communication amongst us. And my heartfelt gratitude for remembering past rangzenwas.
Feeling great to see you with H H. So pls let me translate this in to Tibetan for Tibetan readers.
A very emotional write up! Wish you good health, JN la. You are required by Tibet and Tibetan!
ལོ་རྒྱུས་དང་བདེན་དོན་ལ་སུས་ཀྱང་ཁྲམ་ལས་བྱེད་མི་ཐུབ། ལོ་རྒྱུས་དང་བདེན་པ་རྒྱལ་གྱུར་ཅིག
Beautiful article Jamyang Norbu la may god bless you with long healthy and happy life… we Tibetans need you…
Feeling so great to go through your writings and this one means a lot to Rangzenpas….stay strong and healthy as always….
Wow very beautiful Jamyang Rangzen la. Keep it up amd God bless you.Free Tibet.!
What a thrilling experience. Thanks for sharing the precious moment. I always believed that Rangzen advocates only compliment the MWA.
Such an emotional note! And those conversations were so beautiful…
སྐལ་དབང་བཟང་་་་་་་འཇམ་དབྱངས་ནོར་བུ་ལགས་
གསུང་དགོས་པ་གསུངས་འདུག ཞུས་དགོས་དགོས་ཞུས་ཤག ཧ་ཅང་ཡག་པོ་བྱུང་འདུག གུས་པའི་ངོས་ནས་འཇམ་དབྱངས་ནོར་བུ་མཆོག་ལ་དགའ་ས་ཤིག་ཡོད་པ་ནི་དེ་སྔོན་དཀའ་སྡུག་གི་ལོ་ཟླ་དེ་དག་ཏུ་ཆོད་སེམས་དང་སྙིང་སྟོབས་ཞུམ་པ་མེད་པར་བོད་རང་བཙན་འཐབ་རྩོད་ཀྱི་ལྟ་བ་གཙིགས་སུ་བཟུང་སྟེ་ཤར་བསྐྱོད་གནང་བ་འདི་ཡིན། སྐབས་དེ་དག་ཏུ་ཆེན་པོ་རྣམས་ཀྱི་ངོ་སྲུང་ནས་ལམ་དབུ་མ་ལ་ཁ་བསྟོད་ངོ་བསྟོད་དེ་འདྲ་་བྱས་ཡོད་ཚེ། ཁོང་ཡང་བཙན་བྱོལ་བའི་མཐོ་ས་དང་ཆེ་ས་ཞིག་ཏུ་སླེབས་ཡོད་པར་ཐེ་ཚོོམ་ཅི་ཡོད། འོན་ཀྱང་དེ་ལྟར་མ་གནང་བ་ནི་ཕོོ་རྒོད་པོའི་རང་རྟགས་མངོན་པ་རེད།
དེ་ནས་ཞུ་རྒྱུ་གཙོ་བོ་ནི་སྤྱིར་ན་དབུ་མ་དང་རང་བཙན་གཉིས་ཀ་ཐོབ་པར་ཧ་ཅང་དཀའ་ཞིང་། ལྷག་པར་དབུ་ལམ་དཀའ། གང་ལགས་ཤེ་ན། དབུ་ལམ་འདི་རྒྱ་མི་ལ་ཧ་ཅང་བསྟུན་དགོས། ང་ཚོའི་རེ་འདུན་འདི་འདྲ་ཞིག་ཡིན། འདི་འདྲ་ཞིག་ང་ཚོར་དགོས་ཞེས་བཤད་དགོས་རེད་མོད། དེ་སྔོན་ཡང་འདྲ་བྱས་པ་རེད། ཁོང་ཚོས་དེ་མི་ཡོང་ཞེས་ཐག་བཅད་ཟིན་པ་རེད། ད་ནི་མིང་དབུ་མ་འཁྱེར་ཏེ་དོན་དུ་མགོ་འབུལ་ལུས་འབུལ་འདྲ་བྱས་སོང་ན་མ་གཏོགས་ཧ་ཅང་བཀའ་མོ་རེད། རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་གནོན་ཤུགས་ཀྱང་ང་ཚོར་སྟོབས་ཤུགས་མེད་ན་མིང་ཙམ་རེད། མང་པོ་ཞིག་གིས་རྒྱ་ནག་གི་ནང་སྲིད་ལ་ལག་པ་འཆང་རྒྱུར་ཞེད་ནས་ཡོད་མོད།
དེ་དང་བསྡུར་ན་རང་བཙན་འདི་ཁོང་ཚོར་སྤྲོད་རོགས་གྱིས་ཟེར་རྒྱུ་མིན་པར་ང་ཚོས་ལེན་རྒྱུ་རེད། ལེན་རྒྱུ་ཡིན་སྟབས་ཁོང་ཚོའི་འདོད་པ་དང་བསྟུན་མི་དགོས། ཨ་རི་སོགས་ནུབ་ཕྱོགས་སྟོབས་ཤུགས་ལ་དགོས་པ་དེའང་རྒྱ་ནག་གཅིག་གྱུར་མ་རེད་ཁ་བྲལ་རེད། འོ་དེ་འདྲ་ཞིག་ཞུ་འདོད་བྱུང་།
བོད་དུ་མི་བྱུང་བའི་སྐོར་ནས་གཅིག་གསུངས་འདུག སྐུ་ཉིད་ནས་ཀྱང་དཔྱད་ཞིབ་རྩོམ་ཡིག་ཅིག་གཟིགས་ཡོད་ས་རེད། དེའི་སྐོར་ཉེ་ཆར་གུས་པས་ཀྱང་རྩོམ་ཐུང་ཞིག་བྲིས་ཡོད་པ་དེ། rharu.blogspot.com ནང་ཡོད་པ་དེལ་ཐུགས་ཁོམ་བྱུང་ན་་གཟིགས་ཙམ་གནང་རྗེས་ལམ་སྟོན་གནང་རོགས་ཞུ།
བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས།
Very touching and, indeed, a great feeling of jubilance. Its as simple as that. Jamyang la, Tashi Deleg.
It was a privilege to read your account of the audience with His Holiness
I am faculty at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras am trying to understand and research the process of democratization in exile politics for the past two years. I would be very grateful if I could meet you while you are in India.
I am in Delhi for the month of June and request an interview with you at your convenience in Delhi, if possible.
You can access my details on @sonikaguptaIIT on Twitter or at my departments website
https://csc.iitm.ac.in/drsonika-gupta
Look forward to a reply from you. Thank you!
Jamyangla, how marvelous! What greater recognition than this for your lifelong dedication to the cause of Rangzen!
Thank You JN la !! Highly appreciate your life long work for the cause of Tibet !
Please stay in health!
You deserve it more than anyone of us.
Thank you.
What a great joy to read! You have been advocating Rangzen entire your life, and I applaud you!
Am also happy that you got Rinchen Rilpo(Precious pills) from Kundun to subdue porto-cha-due(getting old – His Holiness own words). ‘
Stay strong as always and continue advocate us.
(Maybe, you should write biography about yourself – surprised when I read about “spy thing”)
Tashi Deleg, and take care!
Tashi – Toronto.
Such a powerful read! Thank you for your lifetime of unrelenting diligence for the Tibetan cause, and for being a true inspiration.
Heart-warming meeting, well deserved audience which must send a strong message to entire Tibetans that pursuing Middle Way Approach policy must not constitute negation of Tibet’s past glorious history as an Independent country and that the right to cherish and dream for restoration of Independence shall never cease to pulsate and throb in the heart of every Tibetan national as their birth right ! It is hoped that His Holiness’s act of infinite kindness must have healed the wounds and bruises you have sustained from our people for adamantly fighting and rooting for Rangzen all your life paying huge personal price ! The blessing and comforting words of kindness from His Holiness would not have come at more appropriate time when you are aging and your morale and spirit are at the lowest level as you so bravely stood your ground and continue to wage Rangzen war with almost singular or with fewer supporting hands in today’s changing international political arena. This heavenly audience must have supplied you infinite energy and fully recharged your fighting spirit to carry forward your Rangzen agenda and struggle with doubled determination. power and force in the coming days and will have desired positive impact upon our national freedom movement and shall have definitive beneficial impact on Tibetan national cause both in immediate and in the long time !
The first time I read your article, I cried. It has been a long time coming, for the many many years of your dedication to the cause and for His Holiness to welcome you so openly like the enlightened spirit he is. It does not matter which path one choses, Rangzen or MW. The point is that it must serve the Tibetan nation and its people.
I thoroughly enjoyed your writing.
༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་དང་གཟིམ་ཆུང་མཇལ་ཁ།
༢༠༡༨ ཟླ་བ་ ༠༥ ཚེས ༣༠ བོད་ཀྱི་བང་ཆེན། ༢༩༧ ཀློག་གྲངས།
-འཇམ་དབྱངས་ནོར་བུས་བྲིས།
-སྐལ་བཟང་དོན་གྲུབ་ཀྱིས་བོད་བསྒྱུར་བྱས།
རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་བོད་རང་བཙན་ཚོགས་ཆེན་གྱི་ཚོགས་ཞུགས་པ་ཚང་མ་ལ། ཚོགས་ཆེན་གྱི་ཉིན་མཐའ་མར་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་དང་མཇལ་ཁ་དང་སྐུ་པར་བསྒྲོན་པའི་གོ་སྐབས་ཐོབ་ཡོད་པ་རེད། མཇལ་བཅར་གྱི་ཚོགས་མི་མང་པོ་ཡོད་པས། སྐུ་པར་བསྒྲོན་སྐབས་ང་རང་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གི་ཞབས་ཀྱི་འགྲམ་དུ་པུས་མོ་བཙུགས་ནས་བསྡད་ཡོད་པས། ཕལ་ཆེར་ཁོང་གིས་ང་གཟིགས་མེད་པ་ཡོད། རྗེས་སུ་ཁོང་གིས་ང་ག་རེ་བྱས་ནས་སླེབས་མེད་སྐོར་བཀའ་འདྲི་གནང་བ་ཤེས་སོང་། ཉིན་མ་དེའི་ཉིན་གུང་རྒྱབ་ལ། སྐུ་སྒེར་ཡིག་ཚང་ནས་ང་ལ་ཞལ་པར་འབྱོར་ནས་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་ལ་མཇལ་ཁ་ཡོད་ཤོག་གསུངས་སོང་།
ཟླ་༥ པའི་ཚེས་༢༨ ཉིན་གྱི་ཞོགས་པའི་ཆུ་ཚོད་༡༠།༣༠ ལ་ང་ལ་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་གཟིམ་ཆུང་མཇལ་ཁ་གནང་བྱུང་། ངའི་རྩོམ་ཡིག་འདི་ཀློག་མཁན་ཚོ་དགའ་དགོས་པ་ཞིག་པ་ཁོང་སྐུ་གཟུགས་བདེ་ཐང་གི་འོད་མདངས་འཕྲོ་བཞིན་འདུག འོན་ཀྱང་ང་རང་འཆི་རན་པ་དང་འདྲ་བར། ཚོགས་ཆེན་སྐབས་སུ་ཚ་བ་བསྟུད་མར་འབར་བཞིན་ཡོད་པ་དང་། ཉིན་སྔོན་མ་དེར་གློ་བསྟུད་མར་བརྒྱབ་ནས་གཉིད་ཀྱང་ཁུག་ཐུབ་མ་བྱུང་བས། ཁོང་གིས་ངའི་འཕྲོད་བསྟེན་གྱི་གནས་སྟངས་གཟིགས་ཡོད་ཚོད་རེད། ཁོང་གིས་ང་གཟིགས་མ་ཐག “ཁྱེད་རང་སྤོར་ཐོ་ཆགས་འདུག་ཨ་”ཞེས་གསུངས་བྱུང་བས། ངས་“ལགས་རེད་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག དེའི་ཐོག་ངས་པུས་མོ་གཉིས་པོ་ཡང་བདེ་པོ་མིན་འདུག་སྟེ། ཕྱག་ཚང་འཚར་རྒྱུ་ཡིན་”ཞུས་པ་ཡིན།
ང་གཉིས་མར་བསྡད་པ་དང་། ཁོང་གིས་“རང་འདི་ལ་ཕྱི་ལོ་དྲུག་ཅུའི་ནང་སླེབས་པ་མ་རེད་པེ།”ཞེས་བཀའ་འདྲི་གནང་བྱུང་བས། ངས་དེ་འདྲ་ཡིན་པ་གསལ་འདེབས་ཞུས་ཡིན། ཁོང་གིས་མུ་མཐུད་དུ་“རང་གིས་ཤེས་ཀྱི་ཡོད་པ། ང་ཚོས་མཉམ་དུ་དུས་སྐབས་དེར་རླབས་ཆེན་གྱི་བྱ་གཞག་མང་པོ་སྒྲུབ་ཐུབ་པ་རེད། ཕྱི་ལོ་༡༩༥༩ ལོར་ལྷ་སའི་ནང་། ཐེན་གྷོན་སན་(Tan Guan San) གྱིས་གྱེན་ལོག་པ་ཚང་མ་རྩ་མེད་བཏང་དགོས་པའི་བཀའ་བཏང་ཡོད་པ་དང་། ཁོའི་མེ་སྒྱོགས་ཀྱིས་ནོར་བུ་གླིང་ཁ་དང་ལྕགས་པོ་རིར། ང་ཚོ་བོད་མི་མང་པོ་ཞིག་བསད་ཡོད་པ་རེད། ང་བྲོས་བྱོལ་དུ་ཕྱིན་རྗེས་རྒྱ་ནག་གིས་བོད་མི་རིགས་དེ་ཚར་བ་ཡིན་པ་དང་། ང་དང་བཙན་བྱོལ་བོད་མི་ཚོར་བྱེད་རྒྱུ་གང་ཡང་མེད་པའི་ཡིད་ཆེས་སླེབས་ཡོད་པ་རེད་དེ། ང་ཚོས་ཁོ་ཚོ་ནོར་བ་ཡིན་པ་ར་སྤྲོད་བྱས་རེད། མ་རེད་དམ།” “༧གོང་ས་མཆོག ང་ཚོས་དེ་འདྲ་བྱས་པ་ཏན་ཏན་རེད་”ཅེས་ངས་ལན་འདེབས་ཞུས། ཁོང་གིས་“ང་ཚོས་བཙན་བྱོལ་སྤྱི་ཚོགས་དང་གཞུང་གསར་འཛུགས་བྱས་པ་ཙམ་མིན་པར། བོད་དོན་དེ་རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་སྡིངས་ཆའི་ཐོག་ཏུ་སྔར་བྱུང་མྱོང་མེད་པའི་ཁྱབ་བསྒྲགས་ཆེན་པོ་བྱེད་ཐུབ་པ་རེད། དེ་ང་ཚོས་མཉམ་དུ་བྱས་པ་རེད།”
གནད་དོན་དེའི་ཐོག་ཕྱིར་དྲན་ཏོག་ཙམ་གནང་རྗེས་ཁོང་གིས་“ངས་རང་ལ་དབུ་མའི་ལམ་གྱི་ཐོག་ལ་སྐད་ཆ་བཤད་འདོད་ཡོད། རྩོད་པ་རྒྱག་གི་མིན། འགྲེལ་བཤད་རང་རྒྱག་འདོད་ཡོད་”ཅེས་གསུངས་ནས། རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་འགོ་ཁྲིད་གང་འདྲ་མང་པོ་ཞིག་གིས་ཁོང་དང་མོས་མཐུན་གྱིས་ཁོང་གི་སྲིད་བྱུས་ལ་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་བྱེད་ཀྱི་ཡོད་པ་དང་། ཨ་རིའི་སྲིད་འཛིན་ཟུར་པ་ཨོ་བྷ་མས་ཁོང་ལ་དབུ་མའི་ལམ་ལ་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་གཙང་མ་ཡོད་པའི་ཡི་གེ་ཕུལ་ཚུལ་སྐོར་འགྲེལ་བཤད་རྒྱས་པོ་གནང་སོང་། དེ་བཞིན་ཁོང་གིས་རྒྱ་ནག་ནང་དུ་རྒྱ་རིགས་གང་འདྲ་མང་པོ་དང་། ལྷག་པར་དུ་ཤེས་ཡོན་པ་མང་པོ་ཞིག་དབུ་མའི་ལམ་གོ་རྟོགས་གསལ་པོ་བྱུང་ནས་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་བྱེད་ཀྱི་ཡོད་སྐོར་འགྲེལ་བཤད་གནང་བྱུང་།
ཁོང་གིས་འགྲེལ་བཤད་ཀྱི་མཇུག་ཏུ། དབུ་མའི་ལམ་གྱི་ཐོག་ནས་ང་ཚོས་ལས་ཀ་བྱེད་ཐུབ་ཀྱི་ཡོད་ནའང་། བོད་མི་ཚོས་ཕྱི་ལོ་༡༩༥༩ ལོའི་ཡར་སྔོན་དུ་བོད་དེ་རང་བཙན་གཙང་མའི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཅིག་ཡིན་པ་ར་སྤྲོད་བྱེད་ཐབས་སུ་འབད་བརྩོན་མུ་མཐུད་གནང་དགོས་པ་དང་། བོད་དེ་རང་བཙན་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཡིན་པའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་ཀྱི་ཁུངས་སྐྱེལ་དཔང་རྟགས་བཙལ་ནས་ར་སྤྲོད་བྱེད་དགོས། དེའི་སྐོར་འཛམ་གླིང་མི་མང་ཙམ་མ་ཡིན་པར་རྒྱ་རིགས་ཚོར་ཡང་ཤེས་སུ་འཇུག་རྒྱུ་གལ་ཆེན་ཡིན་སྐོར་འགྲེལ་བཤད་གནང་སོང་། ཁོང་གིས་བོད་དེ་རང་བཙན་གཙང་མ་ཡིན་པའི་དཔང་རྟགས་མེད་ཚེ། དབུ་མའི་ལམ་དེ་ནི་སྤྲང་པོ་ལྟོ་སློང་མཁན་འདྲ་བོ་ཆགས་རྒྱུ་ཡིན་པ། བོད་རང་བཙན་གཙང་མ་ཡིན་པའི་ཐོག་ཉམས་ཞིབ་བྱས་ཏེ། ཐག་ཆོད་པོ་དང་ངེས་གཏན་གྱི་དཔང་རྟགས་རྙེད་ཐུབ་པ་བྱས་ཏེ་རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་མདུན་དུ་ཁྱབ་བསྒྲགས་བྱེད་རྒྱུ་བོད་མིའི་ལས་འགན་ཡིན་པ་གསུངས་བྱུང་།
ངས་ཁོང་གི་བཀའ་མོལ་བར་མཚམས་སུ། རང་བཙན་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་བ་དང་ལས་འགུལ་བ་ཚོས་ཧུར་ཐག་བྱེད་བཞིན་ཡོད་པ་དང་། བོད་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རང་བཙན་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་རང་བཙན་གཏེར་མཛོད་(རྙེད་པར་དཀའ་བའི་པར་དང་ཡིག་ཆ། ཆིངས་ཡིག ཕྱི་བསྐྱོད་ལག་ཁྱེར་སོགས་ཀྱི་)ཅེས་པའི་སྟབས་བདེའི་འགྲེམས་སྟོན། ནིའུ་ཡོག་ཏུ་ཡོད་པའི་མཉམ་འབྲེལ་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཀྱི་མདུན་དུ་བཤམས་ནས། ཡར་མར་འགྲོ་མཁན་གྱི་ལས་བྱེད་མི་སྣ་དང་། ལྟ་སྐོར་བྱེད་མཁན་དང་གཞན་རྣམས་ལ་བོད་རང་བཙན་ཡིན་པའི་གོ་རྟོགས་སྤེལ་སྐོར་འགྲེལ་བཤད་ཞུས་པ་ཡིན།
དེ་བཞིན་ང་དང་བོད་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རང་བཙན་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱི་དང་བླངས་པ་ཁག་ཅིག་གིས་མཉམ་དུ་བཟོས་པའི་གསུམ་བཅུའི་དུས་དྲན་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་དྲ་རྒྱ་དང་། དེའི་ཐོག་རྙེད་པར་དཀའ་བའི་པར་དང་བརྙན་ཐུང་། ལོ་རྒྱུས་ཐུང་ཐུང་། དུས་རིམ། ལྷ་སའི་ས་ཁྲ་ཞིབ་ཚགས་པོ། མི་མང་གྱེན་ལངས་སྐོར་གྱི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་ཆ་ཚང་བ། དམག་འཁྲུག ༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གི་བཙན་བྱོལ་ཕེབས་སྐོར་སོགས་འཁོད་ཡོད་སྐོར་འགྲེལ་བཤད་དང་། དེ་བཞིན་དཔའ་བོ་དཔའ་མོའི་དྲན་རྟེན་ལྕགས་རི་ཞེས་པའི་ཐོག་ཏུ་གྱེན་ལངས་ནང་དུ་མཉམ་ཞུགས་བྱེད་མཁན་མང་པོ་ཞིག་གི་པར་དང་ལོ་རྒྱུས་བཀོད་ཡོད་པ་དང་། ངས་དམིགས་སུ་བཀར་ནས་ལོ་མང་རིང་གི་སྐུ་སྒེར་དྲུང་ཆེ་སྐུ་ངོ་རྟ་ར་མཚན་འདོན་བྱས་ཡིན། ཁོང་གིས་ནོར་བུ་གླིང་ཁར་སྲུང་སྐྱོབ་ཀྱི་འགན་བླངས་པ་མ་ཟད། དགྲ་བོའི་དྲག་རྒོལ་ཚབས་ཆེན་འོག་ཏུ་ལྷག་པའི་ལྕགས་པོ་རིའི་སྲུང་སྐྱོབ་པ་རྣམས་ཐར་ཐབས་ཀྱང་གནང་རེད།
སྐུ་ངོ་རྟ་ར་མཚན་འདོན་བྱས་སྐབས་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་དྲན་གསོ་ཐོག་ནས། ང་དང་ཚེ་རྒྱམ་ལགས་དང་ལས་བྱེད་གཞན་པ་ཞིག་ལ། རྟ་ར་ནི་བློ་ཁོག་ཆེན་པོ་དང་ལ་རྒྱ་ཅན་ཞིག་ཡིན་ཡང་ཁྱད་མཚར་པོ་ཡོད་པ། རྟ་རས་ནོར་བུ་གླིང་ཁའི་སྐྱེད་ཚལ་དུ་ས་དོང་གཏིང་རིང་པོ་ཞིག་དྲུས་ནས། རྒྱ་མིའི་མེ་སྒྱོགས་བརྒྱབ་འགོ་བཙུགས་དུས་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་ས་དོང་དེའི་ནང་གང་འདྲ་ཡིབ་དགོས་མིན་འགྲེལ་བཤད་གནང་སྐོར་གསུངས་ནས། གནས་ཚུལ་དེ་ཕྱིར་དྲན་བྱས་སྐབས་ཁོང་བཞད་མོ་ཤོར་སོང་། ངས་ཁོང་ལ་དཔའ་བོ་དཔའ་མོའི་དྲན་རྟེན་ལྕགས་རིའི་ཐོག་ཏུ་ཚ་རོང་ཟླ་བཟང་དགྲ་འདུལ་དང་། མགྲོན་གཉེར་ཆེན་མོ་ཕ་ལྷ། བློ་བཟང་ཡེ་ཤེས་དང་། དེ་མིན་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གི་བདེ་འཇགས་དང་ལྷ་ས་ནས་བཙན་བྱོལ་དུ་ཕེབས་པ་ལམ་ལྷོངས་ཡོང་ཆེད་དཀའ་ལས་རྒྱག་མཁན་གྱི་ལས་བྱེད་གཞན་རྣམས་ཀྱི་པར་དང་ལོ་རྒྱུས་ཀྱང་བཀོད་ཡོད་སྐོར་འགྲེལ་བཤད་ཞུས་པ་ཡིན།
ངས་ཁོང་ལ་ཉེ་ཆར་བོད་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རང་བཙན་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ནིའུ་ཡོག་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་དུ། ཕྱི་ལོ་༡༩༡༨ ལོའི་ཟླ་༤ པའི་ཚེས་༢༩ ཉིན་ཆབ་མདོར་བོད་དམག་གིས་རྒྱ་དམག་ཕམ་ཉེས་བཏང་(ཁམས་པ་ཚོས་དུས་སྐབས་དེར་ས་རྟའི་སྐལ་བ་ཞེས་རྗེས་དྲན་བྱེད་ཀྱི་ཡོད་)ནས་ལོ་༡༠༠ འཁོར་བའི་དུས་དྲན་སྲུང་བརྩི་བྱས་སྐོར་འགྲེལ་བཤད་ཞུས་པ་ཡིན། ༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་ལོ་རྒྱུས་ཀྱི་གནད་དོན་དེ་ཐོས་མྱོང་བ་དྲན་བྱུང་གསུངས་ནས། “རང་གི་སྤོ་སྤོ་དམག་འཁྲུག་དེའི་སྐབས་དམག་དཔོན་ཞིག་མིན་ནམ་”ཞེས་དྲིས་ནས། ལས་བྱེད་གཉིས་པོ་དེར་ཞལ་བསྐོར་ནས་མདའ་དཔོན་བཀྲས་མཐོང་ལ་དགྲ་བོ་འདུལ་བའི་དམིགས་བསལ་ནུས་པ་ཡོད་སྐོར་གྲགས་མྱོང་བ་དང་། (ངས་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་ཚིག་ཏན་ཏན་གང་གསུངས་པ་དྲན་གྱི་མི་འདུག ) དམག་དཔོན་གཞན་རྣམས་ཀྱིས་ཁ་གཏད་གཅོག་མ་ཐུབ་སར་མདའ་དཔོན་བཀྲས་མཐོང་གིས་རྒྱ་མི་ཕམ་ཉེས་བཏང་ཐུབ་སྐོར་གསུངས་སོང་།
དེ་ནས་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་ཨ་རིས་རྒྱ་ནག་དང་འཐབ་བཞིན་པའི་གློ་སྒྲིག་འཛུགས་ཀྱི་བོད་དམག་ལ་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་ཕྱིར་འཐེན་བྱས་སྐབས། ང་ཚོས་མཚོན་ཆ་དང་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་གང་ནས་བཙལ་དགོས་སྐོར་གྲོས་བསྡུར་བྱས་པ་ཕྱིར་དྲན་གནང་ཏེ། སྐབས་དེར་ཁྱེད་རང་གིས་དཔྱད་པ་མ་བཏང་པའི་སྒོ་ནས་ཨབ་གྷ་ནི་སེ་ཐན་ནས་མཚོན་ཆ་ཉོ་བའི་གྲོས་འཆར་བཏོན་སོང་ཞེས་བཞད་མོ་ཆེན་པོ་ཤོར་བཞིན་གསུངས་བྱུང་།(དྲང་པོ་བཤད་ན་ངས་གནད་དོན་དེ་དྲན་གྱི་མི་འདུག ) ངས་ཁོང་ལ་སྐབས་དེར་རྒྱ་རི་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་དང་ངེད་གཉིས་ཀྱིས་ཧྥ་རན་སིའི་གསང་བའི་ལས་ཁང་ནས་ང་ཚོར་དཔལ་འབྱོར་མཐུན་རྐྱེན་ཐོབ་པ་གང་འདྲ་བྱས་པ་དང་། སྐུ་སྒེར་ཡིག་ཚང་གིས་ང་པཱེ་རི་སིར་གང་འདྲ་བཏང་བའི་སྐོར་ལ་དྲན་སྐུལ་ཞུས་པས། ཁོང་གིས་ལས་བྱེད་གཉིས་པོར་ “མི་འདི་དེ་གར་ང་ཚོའི་གསང་མྱུལ་བ་བྱས་པ་རེད་”ཅེས་དང་། དེ་ནས་ཁོང་གིས་མཐའ་མ་དེར་དེ་ཚོ་གང་ཡང་གྲུབ་འབྲས་ཐོན་མ་སོང་ཞེས་གསུངས་བྱུང་བས། ངས་ཁས་ལེན་ཞུས་པ་ཡིན། “མཐའ་མ་དེར་ལྷ་མོ་ཚེ་རིང་ལགས་འཇུ་བཟུང་བྱས། རྒན་དབང་འདུས་བྲོས་བྱོལ་ཕྱིན། རྒྱ་ནག་འགོག་རྒོལ་གྱི་སྒྲིག་འཛུགས་ཀྱི་སྒྲོམ་གཞི་ཆ་ཚང་འཐོར་ཞིག་སོང་བ་རེད།”
ངས་བསམ་པར་ངེད་གཉིས་བཀའ་མོལ་སྐར་མ་༥༠ ལས་མང་བ་གནང་བ་དང་། ༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་ཐུགས་སྤྲོ་བོ་གནང་གི་ཡོད་པ་ཚོར་བྱུང་། དེ་མ་ཚད་ཁོང་གིས་ཨ་ཧྥི་རི་ཀ་ནས་མིའི་རིགས་ཐོག་མར་གནས་སྤོ་བྱས་ཏེ། ཁོ་ཚོའི་བྱང་ཏུ་ཡུ་རོབ་དང་ཤར་ཕྱོགས་སུ་ཨེ་ཤི་ཡ་སོགས་ཀྱི་འགྲུལ་བཞུད་ལ་གཞིར་བཞག་ན། བོད་དེ་རྒྱ་ནག་ལས་ཤར་གྱི་ཕྱོགས་ལ་གནས་ཡོད་པས། རྒྱ་ནག་ལས་བོད་ལ་མིའི་རིགས་སྔ་བ་བྱུང་བ་དངོས་ཡོད་གནས་ཚུལ་དང་མཐུན་གྱི་ཡོད་པའི་དགོངས་ཚུལ་སྐོར་གསུངས་བྱུང་། ངས་ཁོང་ལ་ཉེ་ཆར་ཨ་རིའི་ཚན་རིག་ཅེས་པའི་དུས་དེབ་ནང་དུ་ཐོན་པའི་ཉམས་ཞིབ་གྲུབ་དོན་ཞིག་ནང་། བོད་མི་རྣམས་མཐོ་སྒང་དུ་འཁྱག་རོམས་དུས་རབས་ཀྱི་དུས་དཀྱིལ་ནང་འཚོ་ཡོད་པ་བསྟན་ཡོད་པས། དེ་སྔོན་བོད་མི་རིགས་དེ་ལོ་༡༦༠༠༠ སྔོན་ནས་འཚོ་བཞིན་ཡོད་པའི་བཤད་ཚུལ་དེ་ལས། ལྡབ་བཞི་འཕར་ནས་ལོ་ངོ་༦༤༠༠༠སྔོན་ནས་འཚོ་བཞིན་ཡོད་པ་བསྟན་ཡོད་སྐོར་འགྲེལ་བཤད་ཞུས་ཡིན།
༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་བོད་མིའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་བཤད་ཚུལ་དུ་བོད་མི་རྣམས་ཕ་སྤྲེའུ་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་པ་དང་མ་བྲག་སྲིན་མོ་ནས་བྱུང་ཚུལ་དེ་ལ་བདེན་པའི་གཞི་འཇོག་རྒྱུ་ཡོད་པ་ངེས་གཏན་ཡིན་སྐོར་གསུངས་བྱུང་བས། ངས་རང་བྱུང་ཞེས་པའི་དུས་དེབ་ནང་། རྡོའི་དུས་རབས་སྐབས་ཀྱི་མིའི་རིགས་(Denisovans) ཀྱིས་སྔ་མོའི་བོད་མི་རྣམས་དང་འདུས་ནས། དེང་གི་བོད་མི་རྣམས་ས་ཤིན་ཏུ་མཐོ་བའི་སར་འཚོ་ཐུབ་པའི་རིགས་རྒྱུན་ས་བོན་ཐོབ་སྐོར་བཀོད་པ་དྲན་ནས་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་ལ་དེའི་སྐོར་ཞུས་པ་དང་། བརྗོད་གཞི་དེའི་ཐོག་བོད་མི་འབུམ་རམས་པ་ཚེ་དབང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཀྱིས་ཉམས་ཞིབ་པ་གཞན་ཞིག་དང་མཉམ་དུ་ཉམས་ཞིབ་བྱས་སྐོར་ཞུས་སྐབས། ཁོང་དེ་བས་ཐུགས་དགྱེས་ནས། དེ་དང་འདྲ་བའི་ཉམས་ཞིབ་ཀྱི་གྲུབ་དོན་གསར་རྙེད་རྣམས་ལ་དོ་སྣང་བྱས་ཏེ་ཁོང་ལ་སྙན་སེང་ཞུ་བའི་བཀའ་མངགས་གནང་བྱུང་།
མཐའ་མར་མཇལ་ཁ་གྲུབ་མཚམས་སུ། ༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་ “ང་གཉིས་པར་ཞིག་རྒྱག་དགོས། པར་པ་གང་དུ་འདུག”ཅེས་གསུངས། ཁོང་གིས་ཅོག་ཙེའི་ནང་དུ་ང་ལ་སྨན་གྱི་ཤོག་སྒམ་ཁ་ཤས་གནང་ནས། “དེ་དག་རིན་ཆེན་རིལ་བུ་རེད། འདི་ཚོས་རང་དུས་ཚོད་མ་སླེབས་སྔོན་ནས་སྤོར་ཐོ་མི་ཆགས་པར་ཕན་གྱི་རེད། འཕྲོད་བསྟེན་ཡག་པོ་གྱིས་ཨ་” ཅེས་གསུངས་སོང་། ངས་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་ནས་ཕྱག་དབང་མ་ཞུས་སྔོན་དུ། ང་ལ་རེ་བ་དམིགས་བསལ་ཞིག་ཡོད་སྐོར་ཞུས་ནས། རང་བཙན་རྩོད་མཁན་ཚང་མར་ཐུགས་སྨོན་གནང་རོགས་ཞུས་པས། ༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་ “ཡིན་དང་ཡིན། ཁྱེད་རང་ཚོ་ཚང་མ་སེམས་ཁྲལ་བྱེད་དགོས་མ་རེད།”ཅེས་བཀའ་གནང་བྱུང་།
ངས་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་ལ་སེམས་གཏིང་ནས་བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་ཞུ་ནས་ཐོན་ཡོང་བ་ཡིན།། བོད་ཀྱི་བང་ཆེན་ལས་དྲངས།
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Dear Gen Jamyang Norbu la. For me this event is filling me with joyful tears 😂. To read and see the photo of you and his Holiness today..personally it is a great reconciliation that happened between Rangtzen and Umalam…
I recall myself going through a period of confusion, pain and inner explosion, when some in our communities take one side against the others who are also actively working for Tibetan unity with different methods . It was breaking me from inside at one time.. but today, this event fills me again with joy and more courage. My strength and belief is reconstructed…
thank you Gen lak .. སེར་ས་འོག་ཡོད་ཀྱང་ འོད་ནམས་འཁར་འཕྲོད་ཟེར་བའི་དཔེ་ལྟར་
Your passion and continues hard work is paying off today in my view …
A thousand words of thanks cann’t be enough for your contribution .. thank you. Thank you.. thank you ..Gen lak .. thank you with deep honor ..
ཐུགས་དཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་ ཆེེེ་་་ཆེ་་་་
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བཀྲིས་བདེ་ལེགས་རྩོམ་པ་པོ་འཇམ་དབྱངས་ནོར་བུ་ལགས། གུས་ཞབས་དང་ཡིད་རངས་ཡོད།
Jamyang Norbu la, what a beautiful and significant moment of your life. Life is reward in itself to those who steadfastly believe in their conviction. I truly salute to your service and monumental work for Tibetan cause. Tibet will never die because you are the best reflection of Tibetan spirit. Your picture with His Holiness has added one more treasure for Tibet.
Your Tibetan audio on the meeting with His Holiness is incomplete. Can we hear the complete audio please?
Wonderful to know you had this memorable audience with H.H. the Dalai Lama! It is good to know that he understands the struggle of the Rangzen and has blessed you and your fellow Rangzen supporters! Hope this will help encourage others to believe and support this Movement! Bho Gyal lo!
Our own double o seven! Who knew! Thank you!
@kunchok
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“ཡིན་ད་ཡིན། སེམས་ཁྲལ་བྱེད་དགོས་མ་རེད།” Very very good news. Congratulations. I remember once you were on a VOA program, telling that the situation was getting worse, but you were looking forward to having such an auspicious audience one day. So, today that day has come to you. You have proven your prophecy and you have realised your dream.
Congrates once again
གུས་པས་མཆན་ཞིག་བརྒྱབ་ཀྱང་མཐོང་སར་མི་འཇོག་པ་གང་ཡིན་ནམ། ལགས།
Dear former Director of TIPA and Tibet patriot Jamyang Norbu la
Tashi Delek! Hello! Congratulations! འཚམས་འདྲི་བཀྲིས་བདེ་ལེགས།
I have read your blog post with keen interest and also played the audio recordings! I am extremely touched by the free and frank conversation that transpired between His Holiness and you. Both His Holiness and you have recalled and shared some highly important information that could be considered confidential classified notes. I was an elected General Secretary of RTYC Leh early 90’s and stood for Rangzen. I worked for Rangzen then. Later I settled in Dharamsala and opted for Umaylam. Now after reading it I’ve decided to support both R&U! Best of luck JN! May you be healthy and live long for a United Tibet and Tibetans. Thank you for sharing it.
Tashi Delek Jamyang la! its like དུས་ཐོག་གི་འཆར་པ་ This occurred at the right time, when our society is not as united as it used to be. Keep doing what you’re doing and do also keep in touch with His Holiness. We, as a nation, must look to see what is best for our country and people.
I am overjoyed to read this. Congratulations JN! To keep the fact of Tibetan Independence in the past alive, fresh forever in our memories is very important, in whatever situation we live in the future. Along with the memory of past history, it is practically important to learn, practice and promote Tibetan Language, literature and Buddhist way of life which, I believe, are the sustenance for Tibetaness of Tibetans as separate from any other nation. Encourage others to keep Tibetan tradition alive for generations. Thanks for sharing your experience of exceptional audience of His Holiness.
Very happy for Jamyang Norbula. He deserve this and hope this re-energizes him. Jamyang Norbula, Lhasang Tseringla and Tenzin Tsundue la are the the steadfast supporters of Rangzen. Nothing against Umaylam. I respect their stand too.
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Heart-warming meeting, well deserved audience. I am very deeply happy and feeling great to see this 🙏🏽
Isn’t life full of ironies? JN experienced difficulty in getting an audience with H.H. during the bygone years. Now visiting Dharamshala from the remote Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, JN-la is blessed with an audience out of the blue, invigorating a moment of sentimental lollapalooza.
UmaRang; pun is intended.
It was really touching read and thank you so much for sharing.
Get well soon.
From Canada
Great Read!
Gen la,
I am so very happy to learn and see that His Holiness had literally asked for you and gave a private audience which I had been longing for over a decade now.
It brought me tears that you have asked His Holiness (Kyabchu thumon) to pray for all Rangzen activist. I would like to thank you for all you have done and will do for the cause and pray for your good health.
Jamyang Norbu la, Tashi Delek. I’m a great admirer of you. Perhaps you don’t know me, but I am honored to have on a number of occasions to join your table in hotel Tibet, may be in early 90s. I’m a Umay-lam supporter, but I think, your meeting with HIs Holiness and the discussions you had with him have presented to the general Tibetan public that you are a living asset for our cause. I’m very happy for you about this life-changing meeting.
I’m sorry but I need to know why my comment is taken off.
authentic salute for your reunion, the sacrifice of all the matyr who stand with jindak gonpo tashi will stay in our heart as firm as rock. i will and have remembered the blood and tears our forefather have shed. who can forget the cracking of the mountain, weeping of the river and the blues of the cuccoo. there will be change as well opportunities and we need a wisdom eye to watch the every move. well china is powerful, economically flourished nuclear big country but bigger it is lesser we miss cause nothing is bigger and stronger then the spirit of tibetan people. please all my brother and sister only thing we need is come together and shoot at once the opportunities
I was being moved by His Holiness Middle Path idea since 1990 when I decided to leave TYC membership but I liked Jamyang la sharing his most recent experience. Discussion about past reminiscence and searching more evidence of independent Tibet were valuable gift for this audience. Thanks for sharing and wish you able to bring concrete facts in future.
Your Legacy will stay in our heart forever!
Hello Jamyang la –
You have always been passionate about the Tibetan cause and I can understand His Holiness emphasising Middle Way Policy; you have always maintained a tough posture when it came to dealing with Chinese related issues.
We have found your writings full of insight and evocative; making us understand matters concerning Tibet and Tibetans in proper perspective.
Your personal audience with His Holiness is what you are over the moon about and we are happy for you. You amply deserved this special ‘jey-ga’
Your discussion with His Holiness brings out the important role that you have played and continue to hold sway being in the forefront of Rangzen. We get the impression Rangzen is a vibrant organisation and we do hope its activities would go a long way in furthering the cause of Tibet. We may not attain complete freedom but at least the Tibet issue will remain alive and that the world will get to understand Tibet’s past history in true light. It is evident that His Holiness has the confidence in you and that you can play a crucial role in this direction. We know you will deliver – real loud and clear.
To cut it short and not get carried away, keep up the good work and may you stay healthy and keep highlighting and educating the world of the cause and aspirations of the Tibetans
Just a way out thought – you would have been forefront runner for the post of Defence Minister if Tibet had been a free country. You might face stiff competition from ex-Mustang biggies but you would have made it on the strength of your intellectual capacity and tough posture. All said and done, that you are involved in the cause of Rangzen is worthy of our admiration. Tashi delek
Samdup R. Phuntsok
The meeting of HH Dalai Lama with the Rangzen Activists and subsequent audience granted to Jamyang NorbuLa is by far one of the most important and inspiring moment for many of us supporting the right of Tibet to regain her Independence.
It is also important for all Tibetans in fact, because in one moment, and during one meeting and one photo, it dispels decades of ostracism, criticisms, and harsh judgments that Rangzenpa where given.
It is the power of one photography, showing Tibet most beloved Leader with one of Tibet’s most knowledgeable person, which gives so much hope and renewed energy to all of us.
HH and JN meeting is not only important as such, because both are passionately working for Tibet’s future, but because it paves the way to a much needed and crucial necessity to a reconciliation between MWA and Rangzen followers.
By His act, HH shows that NO Tibetan is out of His sphere of Love and Compassion, He shows His sincere and practical will to implement Democracy within Tibetan Politics.
That is not to say that from tomorrow both tenants of Ways will hug and work together, but at least hope is now present that they will not work against each other.
From now, no one will dare, unless foolishly feeling superior to HH, to ostracize and condemn without mercy Rangzenpa to hell.
HH knows that future Fight for Freedom is now entering its most difficult period, with China dictatorship more powerful than ever, He knows that Tibetan Unity is crucial and prerequisite to any possible future for Tibet as a separate entity, whether Autonomous or Independent.
Asking JN to record and gather proofs of Tibet Independence is primordial, not only to give a legal basis for demand of Autonomy, but also to keep open the legal historical right-and possibility-for a future Independent Tibet.
My personal view is that MiddleWay is a WAY, and Rangzen a GOAL.
To consider a way as a goal was in my view a mistake, but present critical conditions in Tibet-which will deteriorate further-demanded probably such a concession, the only problem is that Tibetans don’t face British India, like Indians did before their independence, but the most ruthless and scruples denied corrupt regime, the Nazi China dictatorship.
Therefore my view is it is supremely important and relevant to keep and publicize proofs of Tibetan Independence, as requested His Holiness, but, going further, subsequently demand SELF-DETERMINATION for Tibetan People.
Self-determination is the common ground on which ALL tibetans can reunite while fighting for the Historical Rights of Tibet Fatherland.
Self-determination cannot but being unanimously accepted by all, both Rangzen and MWA tenants, being a basic Right of a People, it is been listed by International Instances (UN Resolution) as Tibetan inalienable Right. No other Country can legally or politically deny this Right to Tibetan People, therefore binding them to support Tibetan Cause.
In conclusion, I would like to thank Jamyang NorbuLa for his immense contribution to Tibetan Cause, often at personal cost, and for making us proud of Tibetan People, thank him for this photo-requested by His Holiness! who make us happy and full of hope.
TIBET WILL BE FREE!
Tephun and Namgyal says it all?
May this blissfully union of the Tibetan leader his rock solid Rangzen advocate be the ultimate harbinger of the much awaited truce between Rangzen and Umay Lama activists and jointly recharge efforts to achieve their temporary and ultimate goals/
The last paragraph brought tears in my eyes. So proud of this moment. Congratulations Jamyang la. What a great news.
@TENZIN NAMGYAL | MAY 31ST, 2018 | 4:43 AM
What a great comment!
Thank you for taking the time to writing such a thought provoking and elaborate comment.
Right to Self-determination- this surely sounds like a common rallying point for every Tibetan.
TCL
Felt nice reading this article… thank you Genla. You are amazing.
Absolutely good to know that you had private audience with His Holiness, It’s gives more pleasure to know that you had good discussion with his holiness. Wish you to have good health and don’t get (PORTO) old, Tibet and Tibetan people needs you.
Gen la you well deserve this.
Bod gyalo.
Wish you good health, JN la. You are required by Tibet and Tibetan
@ Tenzing Namgyal la,
I don’t think anyone could have said it better. Normally, I am not a pessimist but under the circumstance, I doubt the current MWA will acknowledge this very important message from His Holiness or will they accept, if not collaboration, co-existence with Rangzen supporters. The radical pro-China lobby among Tibetans is stronger and using His Holiness’s name will arm-twist most of the populace.
Jamyang Norbula – you could not have asked & received a better Gift.
You deserve All this (latent) felicitation finally.
What a great moment for the unity of the Tibetan people. It was a long time coming and I am glad it actually happened, especially at the end of the Rangzen Conference. Auspicious. We all know how much love and respect you have for His Holiness in private conversations but it is always nice to see it manifested in public.
Three cheers for Jamyang Norbu la,
Many Thanks for getting His Holliness’ blessing on Rangzen as an option.
Karma Dingyon
It takes time, but “the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice”. JN-la for so long ploughed a lonely furrow to the consternation of so many and the admiration of many more. His steadfast adherence to his ideals hane endeared him to the
His steadfast adherence to his ideals has endeared him to countless patriots. His Holiness in his prescience has blessed him and told him to carry on with his work. This alone, no doubt, vindicates his decades long struggle to keep alight the torch of Rangzen.
I was moved reading this article. This most probably is the beginning of a new era among the tibetan diaspora. Thanks to both for meeting each other and to Jamiang for sharing the conversation.
I have been moved reading this post. THis is probably the beginning of a new era among the tibetan diaspora. Thanks to both for meeting each other and to Jamyang for share the conversation… Absolutely very interesting. THX
I am an Indian aspiring to do my doctoral thesis on three Tibetan diasporic novels. I want to start with your famous novel “The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes”. While I started to read your novel I found three voices in your novel.One is of a western viewpoint that of Sherlock Holmes,other is of Huree Chandra,an Indian and the third one is of omniscient narrator’s that is of you to be very specific.What according to you are the diasporic elements in this novel? I have found that the great detective viewed Tibet as Shangri-La and the Indian( Hurree Chandra Mukherjee) had a trans-cultural complicated view of Tibet.What is your message that you wanted to portray in this novel.Looking forward to your valuable reply.It would be of immense help in developing my thoughts in order to substantiate my thesis.
Regards,
Nasrin
Sorry for getting the quote from Theodore Parker, nineteenth century American pastor and abolitionist, bit skewed in my last post. It should be, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”.
Jamnor la,
I think this is a discreet consolation to the nationalists who are logically follow altruism of Tibet’s independence by a small percentage of Tibetans embrace without fear and with reason for 6 millions in Tibet. Our majestic fight is dwindled by our own leader and his sycophants.
Wishes for your good health!
Tashi delek jamyang norbula Thank u for sharing ur precious moment with us .I love reading ur article
Great JN la. You are lucky to see HH the Dalai Lama HH privately. We Tibetans are borthers and sisters and HH the Dalai Lama is our father. Our enemy is the chinese communist Government. Wether we are for Middle Way or for Independence, we both want the best for Tibet. So we should live in harmony and wish both the best. As I say, our opponent is the chinese communist governement. I am for the Middle Way. But I am an admirer of those who are working for the independence. Take care of your health and never give up. Thanks
many congrats
Jamyang la. I am so happy for you. This face-to-face meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama itself ihas been a History in the making. It should shed nagging doubt in many who think you are anti-Dalai Lama. I have always admired your immutable stand for RANZEN and declared you are not an anti-Dalai Lama. This audience is one of the many proofs. Tibetan Rangzen history will cherish you for ever. Your great father Kungo Lhawang has also been instrumental in providing modern education to thousands of Tibetan refugee children like me. People seem to forget this too. What a great shame that even CST Kalimpong has failed to mention Kungo Lhawang la during it’s 50th anniversary. This is the kind of our people’s political foresight and wisdom. By the way, for me, “If it is something achievable, I want both Lam Uma and Rangzen. However, if either is not achievable, even than, I want both Lam Uma and Rangzen.” At any cost, Tibet’s issue and Tibetan people’s political aspiration must not become a Guru Devotion business. Let us all think seriously speaking! Seeking Tibetan National Aspiration is not same as seeking Nirvana and Buddhahood in Dharma. If we truly want our political aspirations to be fulfilled than We Tibetans must not forget our true history and learn to understand and know the truth about China then, now and future.
This is truly encouraging experience. First time I am seeing 100% positive comments and view on this blog. Vast majority of readers are deeply touched by this historical moment.
I hate Umaylaam people. They are always nagging and making life miserable for rangzen-wallas. Not fair at all. A member of parliament, and a prominant MP, Sharchok Khutta went so far as to wield Chinese national flag in the guise of umaylaam promotion.
Now, more and more umaylaam people are switching to rangzenwalla’s camp. I can’t wait for horrible umaylaam people to face a crushing defeat when Prof Lukar Jam wins 2021 sikyong election.
Each Tibetan family in diaspora will send one boy for Tibetan Freedom Army which will fight to overthrow CCP using military tactics advised by all-seeing Nechung Oracle.
Dear Sir
Thank you for a very enlightening read, at once inspiring and setting into relief a perspective on the Tibetans’ rightful fight for their homeland.
My interests are academic, though. Yet, academics is a platform for far-reaching and long-lasting changes in the world.
The internet is so full of websites and activities that it is sometimes difficult to regard something that can be academically used as references. That is why I am glad that I found your blog for a steadying and continued reading and understanding of the Tibetan claim for the motherland.I shall also begin to read your books to understand the different facets of the Tibetan struggle in the diaspora. I will certainly be happy to receive any suggestion from your end.
Best regards
Monalisha
I was waiting for this event so long and I couldn’t control my tears. I can not see loosing our great intellectual people with these shallow politics of one sided game. Thanks to His Holiness and Jamyang la for making ( Rangzen and Uma zingjuk unison )
Congratulation JN. I always know at heart you have a strong bonding with His Holiness and I am very much touched by your private interaction with His Holiness and thank you for sharing it with everyone.
Great article only JN can write. Thank you.
Dear Jamyang la, I personally do not agree with your position on the future of Tibetan people’s relationship vis-a-vis PRC. However, I have always wanted brave warriors like you and Lhasang Tsering who did nothing but stood for Tibet’s historical right to be respected and appreciated by the Tibetans. At this juncture where unfounded arrogance and confidence have turned Umaylam leaders increasingly vindictive, His Holiness’ kind gesture comes as the right antidote to counter the poisons being spread in his name. I am glad that you are being appreciated and your place in the history of Tibetan people’s struggle is being acknowledged by none other than our beloved Kundun. Please continue on with your steadfast, uncompromising fight for Tibet and her people.
Jamyang Norbu la, there was talk of Radio Free Asia banning you and your show from broadcasting. And this guy from Newyork, has issued a threat to Free Asia. Did you know what is the truth, have you investigated on that. Why cant you write one something that wants to silence you.