a land of Tibet

Through My Eyes

With the demonstrations and work in the Grove I still haven't been able to work on the sculpture of Tara Drolma. I thought we could listen to another of the Tibetan songs. This is called the Tibetan uprising song.

The words mean:

Rise up! From decades of human life

Until our flesh has been torn to ribbons,

We have been oppressed by the enemy.

In the year 1959,

The patriotic people of Tibet were desperate; lost patience and having no other means,

Rose up for the sake of the truth.

The one who embraces Tibet,

The Great Protector; His Holiness

the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel,

Is the leader of all Tibetans both in Tibet and in exile.

The enemy hands, like butchers, are soaked in blood,

The imperialist China!

We will expel you out of Tibet.

Rise up all patriotic people.

Here is a map of where the protests have occurred up to now.

The incredible thing about the uprising anthem is that after all the terrible sufferings the Tibetan people had endured by 1959, their only statement is that they will expel their tormentors out of Tibet. Indeed, that was what the Thirteenth Dalai Lama did with the Manchu chinese government representatives that had been attempting to manipulate Tibetan affairs for many years by 1913. He did not harm them. He just told them to get out and go home through India which they did.

With immense courage Tibetans have taken on the greatest horrors that can be visited upon human beings. Yet they still prevail

and still protest forcefully but nonviolently. I believe, that if it continues, the apparent inaction of a significant nature by world leaders at the present will be remembered as one of the most shameful lapses in human history. As the olympic torch rose to Mt Everest Chomolangma today, the highest place on earth the Olympic ideal sank to it's lowest point in history with the appeasement of the Beijing regime by world leaders. There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one!

* courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for

the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje.

( please click here to return to my spinning for you!)


	Through My Eyes * With the demonstrations and work in the Grove I still haven't been able to work on the sculpture of Tara Drolma. I thought we could listen to another of the Tibetan songs. This is called the Tibetan uprising song. The words mean: Rise up! From decades of human life Until our flesh has been torn to ribbons, We have been oppressed by the enemy. In the year 1959, The patriotic people of Tibet were desperate; lost patience and having no other means, Rose up for the sake of the truth. The one who embraces Tibet, The Great Protector; His Holiness the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel, Is the leader of all Tibetans both in Tibet and in exile. The enemy hands, like butchers, are soaked in blood, The imperialist China! We will expel you out of Tibet. Rise up all patriotic people. Here is a map of where the protests have occurred up to now. The incredible thing about the uprising anthem is that after all the terrible sufferings the Tibetan people had endured by 1959, their only statement is that they will expel their tormentors out of Tibet. Indeed, that was what the Thirteenth Dalai Lama did with the Manchu chinese government representatives that had been attempting to manipulate Tibetan affairs for many years by 1913. He did not harm them. He just told them to get out and go home through India which they did. With immense courage Tibetans have taken on the greatest horrors that can be visited upon human beings. Yet they still prevail and still protest forcefully but nonviolently. I believe, that if it continues, the apparent inaction of a significant nature by world leaders at the present will be remembered as one of the most shameful lapses in human history. As the olympic torch rose to Mt Everest Chomolangma today, the highest place on earth the Olympic ideal sank to it's lowest point in history with the appeasement of the Beijing regime by world leaders. There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one! * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje. ( please click here to return to my spinning for you!)