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Recently, the self-immolation of monks in Tibetan-populated area of Sichuan Province has shocked not only the masses but also the Buddhists, as nobody would have believed that these practitioners and disseminators of boundlessly benefiting from Buddhist doctrines have cast away their vows "to cultivate endless merits for all sentient beings" and ended up in such a way of avijja, brutality and extremism.
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Renowned religion expert Li Decheng, director of the Religion Department of China Tibetology Research Center wrote an article specifically elaborating his view on the self-immolation occurrence with an insightful observation of the principal Buddhist commandments.
In the article published on CNN, Li Decheng pointed out that the suicidal behavior is in defiance of the precious life, seriously violating the core gist of Buddhism and wantonly trampling the principal Buddhist doctrines.
"According to Buddhist teachings, all disciples must stick to the doctrines to cultivate their own mind and to accomplish perfection, during which they have to keep the vows of mercy, act as Bodhisattva preachers, and abide by the precepts."
Precepts are prioritized among the three principles. The basic rule for Buddhists is to uphold the five precepts: no killing, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no lying, and no intoxicant.
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"According to Buddhist teachings, all disciples must stick to the doctrines to cultivate their own mind and to accomplish perfection, during which they have to keep the vows of mercy, act as Bodhisattva preachers, and abide by the precepts."
Precepts are prioritized among the three principles. The basic rule for Buddhists is to uphold the five precepts: no killing, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no lying, and no intoxicant.
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Among the five commandments, no killing is the ultimate commandment, which must be observed and is infrangible.
"After the self-immolation incidents occurred, some malicious individuals disregarded the fundamental commandment of Buddhism, saying that the self-immolation did not violate the tenets of Buddhism as the motivation for the acts is not selfish at all."
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"Leave the motivation alone, and let's look at the scriptures of Buddhism which exactly state that killing for any reason whatsoever is not allowed. Any killing is a betrayal to the key commandment of Buddhism and a crime."
Whether one is voluntarily or taken in to commit suicide, the conduct itself has seriously violated the fundamental commandment, and it is a criminal act.
However, when the miseries happened, some people ignored the fundamental commandment,
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dubbing the act as a "noble one for the utmost kindness"; some even claimed that "the self-immolation was a religious behavior to show sacrifice for the Bodhisattva and that happed in the past."
Since Buddhism was founded, the precept against life killing has been substantially accepted by all believers. But what is unbelievable is that those malicious speakers beat the drum for such irrational acts as self-immolations.
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And this, on the other hand clearly has exposed the vicious scheme of the backstage manipulators.
Besides, according to Buddhist commandments, it also has committed Pārājika-dharma to kill oneself for believing in instigations and slanders. In short, Buddhist doctrines teach that Pārājika is committed when someone believes in "no good deeds, no value of life" or "good deeds lead to ascension".
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No killing is the fundamental Buddhist commandment, which not only strongly opposes and firmly forbids killing, including abetting killing, encouraging killing, and disregarding killing,etc, but also actively advocates people to abandon killing and to save lives. Any form of killing is a serious violation against essential commandments of Buddhism and commits ultimate guilt. To save life is boundless benevolence.
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In the world today, it is a common value to cherish life and oppose suicide. Especially for any religious followers, suicide is a symbol of evil, definitely prohibited in any country on earth. And it is common sense and consensus of all countries to fight against religious extremism and violent terrorist activities in religious disguise.
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Therefore, the instigated self-immolation of monks and nuns ruthlessly go against the Buddhist teachings, which should be resolutely forsaken and lashed. Only by upholding the Buddhist commandments will this religion of all benevolence develop sound and benefit more sentient beings, including Sangha themselves.
Thanks for uploading! It was on BBC today but I missed it. We are afraid of making films like this anymore. Nobody wants to displease the powerful China. But we have to keep spreading awareness of what is going on in Tibet. It is only when we give up that China has won.
Learn about Petition Thresholds Signatures needed by November 11, 2011 to reach goal of 25,000
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calls upon the People's Republic of China to put an end to its repression in Tibet as demonstrated by the ongoing unrest
I am writing this letter to draw your kind attention to the tense situation in Tibet due to the Chinese authorities’ increased restriction in the wake of a series of self-immolation by Tibetans in Ngaba Tibetan region...
@kithchan2 many countries experience inner war before they got stability, like US, UK ect, china is one of those,,,,if he was as evil as Hitler it will be nice, people like you already disapear and the world especially china have a better and more peaceful life....
What a great movie. And today, Tibet is a raped and violated nation, where the people are treated like slaves and animals, with absolutely no dignity. And the world just watches.
there is no point leaving pro tibet comments and supports in any forum without seeing these chilli chickens ( desendents of downs syndrome parents /chinese hackers ) swarming in with fake ids and facts which are historically incorrect...
and please stop the who invade who kinds bull crap. the English, french and the Spanish invaded north america, and took the land from the Indians. lets see them return the land back to Indians again. honestly, "free tibet" is only a slogan which came from a whole bunch of hypocrites who like to manipulate this world. we need to stop conflicts, prevent wars and love ourselves and others.
Tibetologist Melvyn Goldstein wrote in 1971 that "Tibet was characterized by a form of institutionalized inequality that can be called pervasive serfdom". Serfs lived a miserable life.
Things may not have been easy for peasant farmers in Tibet in 1948, but Tibetans were much better off in 1948 than they are in 2011 living as SLAVES under the State TERRORIST Government of China
@HumanRightsVideosT YEAH, please. every country has it's own history and infamous leadership. why does the world give china such a hard time to resolve it's own business. please look at the mirror urself before judge the falut of others. PLUS, although Mao made some irreversible and regrettable decisions, he is the one who stand up and lead chinese people to fight the invasions of other countries. He is the one who scream at the world, "enough is ENOUGH"!!!
@HumanRightsVideosT Honestly, i just went to you channel page, all i see is hatred. i beg you, Please stop everything you do, and just take a deep breath. this world is too beautiful to be missed out, and to be blinded by the history.
i just came from Tibet about 1 month ago, all i see there is a very well preserved, beautifully cultured and peaceful city. Tibetant people are so nice and happy. i adore the condition that they r living in right now. If there is a war or any conflict occurred in tibet, guess what, the victims r not the politicians. its the people. So why not just let it pass, and hope for its best and really practice what so called "human rights"......
Tibetans are NOT free to speak out in Tibet. But in free countries they can. Please watch a nuns first hand account of torture in Tibet on this video
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Torture in Tibet: A Buddhist Nun Tells Her Story (3:05 minutes)
watch?v=mhrgb1PHodU
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where 15 teenage nuns were imprisoned, tortured and 14 of the 15 died. The sole survivor tells her story. Just watch the first 75 seconds, as the story is not very pleasant after that.
@HumanRightsVideosT well, so does the chinese,they r not free to speak out either. but it's there business, the country is running just fine the way it is. if the government doesn't change, there will be a time for them to change. but if others, and i do mean OTHERS trying to interfere the chineses' own business, don't you think it's kinda unnecessary? plus have you ever seen any country trying to interfere united states business? i don't think so.
@FalunGongIsAmazing yeah. at least she die for a purpose. if you walk in one of those neighbohood in detroit at night. guess what, u will get shot for NO reaon. if ylu trying to fight about it. go ahead, but in case you haven't noticed already, NO country is a free country, and no place is freakin perfect. sometimes you just have to deal with. it's called LIFE.
I guess you come from the US. The US is barely democratic and isn't a proper democracy, its over run by the NRA and lobby groups.
I often say the US is the WILD West that will NEVER be tamed.
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New Zealand is a free country with PROPORTIONAL Voting and a voter turnout of well over 80%.
NZ isn't perfect but if the driving age was increased from 16 to 18 or more and the drinking age was increased from 18 to 21 NZ would be a whole lot better. Young clowns make trouble in NZ.
The Tsem Tulku Organization runs wwwdorjeshugdencom, they are also the ones dropping DS pamphlets all over Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. People who leave the organization or otherwise find out their secret are subject to abuse and death threats. Kechara House is a dangerous cult that has betrayed His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Community, and most of all, Gaden Shartse Monastery. Please circulate this information far and wide.
The CCP has spread lies about Falun Gong. I've tried Falun Gong and found its amazing, but not easy for me. I've met a number of Falun Gong practitioners and found they are good people.
dOES ANYONE KNOW (sorry) why the Chinese wont let the Honorable Dalai Lama back to Llhasa? Or whatevet happened to Llhasa? Please excuse me if I may have mispelled anything. How could the chinese break up such a peaceful city? He is still in India I assume? I Heinrich Harrer still alive? His friend?
@AllieCat356@AllieCat356 In 1933, at age 21, Heinrich Harrer joined SA street thugs who raped and murdered people Austria in order to promote Hitler. You won't see that in this movie. Harrer voluntarily joined Hitler's Death Squads (The SS) and became an officer. After Harrer joined SS, Hitler then sent himand other SS officers on a mission to Tibet to enlist the aid of the Lamas in the Nazi cause.
@AllieCat356@AllieCat356 Im not sure whether Harrer still lives. BTW, Dalai Lama was also friends with Bruno Beger who performed inhuman medical experiments (along with Mengele) on inmates at Auschwitz and then gassed them. He was convicted of mass murder at Auschwitz. Miguel Serrano was a head of the Nazi Party in Chile, he promoted antisemitism and books purporting that Hitler was a God. He and Dalai Lama met regularly.
@shallowlife MR. SHALLOWLIFE --------> ITS FUNNY U CALL US ~FILTHY~ AMERICANS WHEN ALL WE DO IS LET PEOPLE, INCLUDING UR PEOPLE IN HERE, AND WELFARE IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO U WHEN OUR OWN VETERANS CANNOT EVEN BUY THEIR MEDICINE OR ARE HOMELESS! YOU ALL WANT TO BE HERE, AND U TAKE AWAY FROM US. IF U HATE BRAD PITT, WHY U WATCHING THIS? EVEN THOUGH HIS ACCENT SUCKS HERE.
@AllieCat356 YOu dont let anyone like me in there. I dont even want to go there.
Welfare is also avaible in Germany, and its much much better than in America. So I dont see why any German would want to go there. You are ridiculous, get your facts straighten out.
Maybe some Muslims or Arabs want to go to America, but definitely not the majority of the German people.
Ps. typing it all in Capitals makes you somewhat look like a fool
@shallowlife Haha hun, i never seen any amish as I am from Boston. as far as the hillbillies, I never seen one of those either. Where in the heck did you go? The upper mid west? Come to Boston. we will show u a great time., or NEW YORK OR MIAMI FLORIDA, SOUTH BEACH Great places. oh sorry i hit the caps button, didnt mean to. God bless honey! Love Allie do u really have a shallow life?
About 1-hr-20-min into the film, it showed the communist china's flag & official name but both were wrong. Both shown in the movie belonged to non-existent ROC( short-lived Republic of China, founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen,demised when CKS fled China to occupy Taiwan). Flag shown in movie is red-blue-white, but the ch. flag is all red w/ a few yellow stars.Country name (in Ch characters) showed in movie says "Republic of China (4 Ch characters) yet should be "People's Rep. of China"(7 Ch chrctrs).
@3rdAutisticCuckoo Do you know what happened when the Dalai Lama reigned? 95% of the population were serfs and slaves for the 5% aristocracy. The Dalai Lama got human skin and human hands as presents for his birthday, and life expectancy was 30 years.
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Woohoo well now they're *all* serfs and slaves.
Human skin and hands might seem squeamish to you, but it's a different culture. They still have funerals where the bodies get chopped up and fed to the birds - so what?
30 years life expectancy? More like 36. *You* try living at 4000 metres with no iodine. And Cultural Revolution China was hardly the Garden of Eden. It might have been tough in Tibet, but it's no reason it had to be obliterated by an invading foreign power.
@3rdAutisticCuckoo Foreign invading power? you should know Tibet has been part of China for hundreds of years. about 1200 years ago, China captured it's capital, however lost it later on. About 800 years ago, Tibet was part of China again under the Yuan, then when Yuan fell, it soon became part of the Ming. Then the Ming fell, and it became part of the Qing. When the Qing fell, Chinese warlords shattered China, and Tibet was under a dictatorship by ''his holiness'' before reunifying yet again.
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Just because it's been part of China for hundreds of years, it doesn't mean Tibet belongs to China. As you said, it was invaded by the Chinese many times. I agree that the living conditions for the majority of Tibetan In the Llama's years were not the best, and very oppressive. However, there were part of their culture. China did not improve their life style. The railroads were built for the Chinese to have easier access, not for the Tibetans.
@pad1258 The Chinese did not improve the Tibetan life because after the Chinese got there, Tibetan population grew in the millions, life expectancy rose from 39 years to 70+ and slaves, making up 95% of the Tibetan population during Dalai Lama's reigns were allotted lands and autonomous rights. Very good logic.
There were no slaves in Tibet in 1948. If you can get into on of the 900+ Labour Camps in China in 2011 you will find SLAVES working 14+ hours a day 7 days a week for no pay.
People die as a result of being in Labour Camps so they really should be called Concentration Camps.
Have you heard of LIVE Organ Harvesting in China ??
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Chinese did nothing but kill the Tibetans trying to destroy their culture. They will stop at nothing for power, like many other Countries, unfortunately.
@pad1258 Perhaps you didn't listen to what I said. How are they power hungry? they are taking back what is theirs. Tibet was part of the Ming, Yuan, Qing, and the Early republic. It was even briefly part of the Tang dynasty! (1400 years ago, but very briefly). I seriously don't know why people always are so quick to say ''China just kills Tibetans'' That is political propoganda from America. And as for their culture, China has many cultures. No culture owns all of China. They dnt try to dstry it
@3rdAutisticCuckoo The altitude may make it hard to live in, but they were there for thousands of years. And if that is a major reason, then why is it that nowadays the life expectancy is double from what it was 80 years ago? and when i said 30, you said 36. Rofl. That's barely a difference, and when people use numbers like 10, 20, 30, 40, they usually mean within that age range.
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Hey does the Chinese Ministry of Propaganda pay you 50 cents for *each* post you make here, or just the first? I'm guessing it's for each, or you'd be wasting your time here. When I see a Tibetan as prominent figures in the Chinese government I might start believing that China had the interests of the Tibetans at heart.
@3rdAutisticCuckoo Lol. And you think every Chinese hates their country? You think I only do this for pay? pathetic. By saying that, you are saying theres no such thing as nationalism or truth. I am here to give truth that USA has covered up because of their fucking post-cold war, cold war with China. Are you paid by the CIA? or are you just an ignorant dumbfuck who can only see things 1 sidedly.
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Nationalism (ie regarding your country as superior to all others) is a BAD thing (remember Japan and what it did to China?). Genuine *patrotism* is fine, but that's when you love your country like you love your family. You love your family because they're your people, not because they're better than all others.
Don't worry, the US has had more than enough nationalism posing as patriotism lately. And I've said so many times all over the net. BTW I'm Australian, not American.
@SHUTUPNOOB654 By all means be patriotic, but don't be nationalistic. And BTW, I spent 3 months in Southwest China in 2007. My father recently visited Shanghai, Guang Dong and other parts of the Eastern coastal areas, and my sister's father-in-law visits China regularly for business reasons. There are many great things about China and its Chinese, but understanding of other cultures and the wider world is not one of them. Not surprising when your media and internet is controlled by The Party.
@3rdAutisticCuckoo I don't even rememeber why we are arguing anymore. But I have one thing to say. All governments have their flaws. All of them make mistakes. And as for this movie, it's all propaganda. Nice knowing you. This has gone far to off topic, and has gone to long. No hard feelings, it was nice knowing you.
@3rdAutisticCuckoo It's just an argument... I'm tired of keeping it alive and, either way, we can't change anything. Think that you won all you want.. It really has no significance.
@souther watched a guy walk past me with a shaved head wearing a long orange robe with a red sash on the subway in toronto not too long ago. wish I could've talked to him.
To see some of what happened after one of the 2008 Tibet riots you can watch
Chinese Authorities Brutal Treatment of Tibetans - New Video
watch?v=PqjC9Wa3sxE
but be warned it is a hard core human rights video which shows Tibetans being beaten on the ground (which is not easy to watch) and other pretty shocking stuff.
Anyone who thinks the communist party regime is tolerant in Tibet or China needs to know that if a Tibetan says "FREE Tibet" in public they will be beaten, put in prison and TORTURED.
Thousands of Chinese have been TORTURED to DEATH in China since 1999.
@HumanRightsVideosT China is basically Communist/Capitalist, Capitalism is quite common with that sort of stuff especially the Americans allowing dictators like Batista to make the poor people suffer in Cuba
When Cuba was in the hands of the Spanish the people thrived and were happy happy island people...right? Here is a clue, it is the nature of the human being for the strong to dominate the weak. Why point to America when all powerful countries do the same thing? Question: In your opinion was Castro the savior of the Cuban people that brought joy and comfort to the masses or just another dictator like Batista that was sucking Russian dicks instead of American dicks?
@1138thz Cuba and most of the Carribean was not thriving with the indigenous population cause most of them were murdered, died from diseases and committed suicide. And that really depends on people's opinions because their isn't one politician without blood on their hands
On that we can agree. But the pre Columbian civilizations were annihilating and enslaving each other long before The Europeans arrived. It seems that Euro and the Amer traded diseases; the Euros got syphilis in return for the mumps, measles and smallpox. Yes, in the end it was the relationship with Swine and Bovine diseases that conquered the Americas for Europe. A Good documentary is: 'Guns, Steel and Germs." And I agree, politicians of all cultures are parasites.
is the movie the same as the book cause we have to read the book for smmer reading and i wanted to watch the movie before i read so it made more sense
No not exactly. In the film, Harrer(Brad Pitt) is portrayed as extremely reluctant to associate himself with the Nazi Party, referring to himself as "Austrian" several times and calling the war shameful. However, in real life Harrer joined the Schutzstaffel (SS) and Nazi Party.
Harrer in the film is hailed as a 'German hero', and replies "Thank you, but I'm Austrian". The real Harrer says nothing about any such remark.
A major theme of the film is Heinrich Harrer's change from an arrogant, self-obsessed man, to one enlightened by Tibetan culture - yet in his book Harrer has no such evolution of character. The book also makes no mention of a Tibetan wife for Aufschnaiter, nor of a final break with Ngawang Jigme.
The film makes his son a key theme, but in the book Harrer does not mention his family. He had in fact been married and divorced, as the film shows. But his ex-wife's new husband was killed in the war and Harrer's son was raised by his ex-wife's mother. Harrer in his autobiography gives details of his contact with his son, but nothing to support what the film shows. In the book Harrer says there was little to tie him to home as one of the reasons for staying in Tibet and not returning to Europe.
The pre-invasion visit of Chinese Communist negotiators to Lhasa, arriving at an airfield constructed by Tibetans, and their departure for China after a brief conference with their Tibetan counterparts—including the desecration of the sand mandala as well as the "religion is poison" remark--- as depicted in the film, do not occur in the book or in any of the numerous histories that have been written about the matter. Nor was there an airport in Tibet to land on.
The whole sequence of negotiations and the installation of the Dalai Lama as ruler are out of sequence. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama was enthroned as the temporal leader of Tibet on 17 November 1950. A delegation was sent to Beijing and agreed on the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet. Meanwhile, the Dalai Lama left Lhasa and took refuge on the border with India and Sikkim. The Dalai Lama disliked the agreement, but worked with it.
The film shows barbarism by the Chinese Army against Tibetans, including civilians. Harrer actually says:
"In 1910 the invading Chinese had plundered and burned when they came to Lhasa, and the inhabitants were paralyzed with fear that these outrages would be repeated. Nevertheless it is fair to say that during the present war the Chinese troops had showed themselves disciplined and tolerant. And Tibetans who had been captured and then released were saying how well they had been treated."
that is very funny. they speak english and try to speak with german/austrian accent. i speak german. it´s awkward. they should have spoken german and subtitelt it. doesn´t make any sense this way.
Subtitled American movies are more common now, but even as recently as this film, they were not popular. It was assumed that audiences didn't like reading subtitles and didn't mind the lack of authenticity. But now it doesn't even matter if anyone speaks the language (cf. The Passion of the Christ).
Check out Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) for a creative approach to the use of English in a similarly unrealistic context. I think it's very well done, and regardless, it is an excellent film.
At 2:30 the music box was playing Claire DeLune by French composer Claude DeBussy.
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HumanRightsVideosT 3 weeks ago
Brad Pitt is banned from entering china cos he starred in this movie - Fact!
May Tibet, her land and people be free!
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Recently, the self-immolation of monks in Tibetan-populated area of Sichuan Province has shocked not only the masses but also the Buddhists, as nobody would have believed that these practitioners and disseminators of boundlessly benefiting from Buddhist doctrines have cast away their vows "to cultivate endless merits for all sentient beings" and ended up in such a way of avijja, brutality and extremism.
GordonShigley 1 month ago in playlist seven years in tibet
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Renowned religion expert Li Decheng, director of the Religion Department of China Tibetology Research Center wrote an article specifically elaborating his view on the self-immolation occurrence with an insightful observation of the principal Buddhist commandments.
In the article published on CNN, Li Decheng pointed out that the suicidal behavior is in defiance of the precious life, seriously violating the core gist of Buddhism and wantonly trampling the principal Buddhist doctrines.
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"According to Buddhist teachings, all disciples must stick to the doctrines to cultivate their own mind and to accomplish perfection, during which they have to keep the vows of mercy, act as Bodhisattva preachers, and abide by the precepts."
Precepts are prioritized among the three principles. The basic rule for Buddhists is to uphold the five precepts: no killing, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no lying, and no intoxicant.
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"According to Buddhist teachings, all disciples must stick to the doctrines to cultivate their own mind and to accomplish perfection, during which they have to keep the vows of mercy, act as Bodhisattva preachers, and abide by the precepts."
Precepts are prioritized among the three principles. The basic rule for Buddhists is to uphold the five precepts: no killing, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no lying, and no intoxicant.
GordonShigley 1 month ago in playlist seven years in tibet
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Among the five commandments, no killing is the ultimate commandment, which must be observed and is infrangible.
"After the self-immolation incidents occurred, some malicious individuals disregarded the fundamental commandment of Buddhism, saying that the self-immolation did not violate the tenets of Buddhism as the motivation for the acts is not selfish at all."
GordonShigley 1 month ago in playlist seven years in tibet
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"Leave the motivation alone, and let's look at the scriptures of Buddhism which exactly state that killing for any reason whatsoever is not allowed. Any killing is a betrayal to the key commandment of Buddhism and a crime."
Whether one is voluntarily or taken in to commit suicide, the conduct itself has seriously violated the fundamental commandment, and it is a criminal act.
However, when the miseries happened, some people ignored the fundamental commandment,
GordonShigley 1 month ago in playlist seven years in tibet
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dubbing the act as a "noble one for the utmost kindness"; some even claimed that "the self-immolation was a religious behavior to show sacrifice for the Bodhisattva and that happed in the past."
Since Buddhism was founded, the precept against life killing has been substantially accepted by all believers. But what is unbelievable is that those malicious speakers beat the drum for such irrational acts as self-immolations.
GordonShigley 1 month ago in playlist seven years in tibet
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And this, on the other hand clearly has exposed the vicious scheme of the backstage manipulators.
Besides, according to Buddhist commandments, it also has committed Pārājika-dharma to kill oneself for believing in instigations and slanders. In short, Buddhist doctrines teach that Pārājika is committed when someone believes in "no good deeds, no value of life" or "good deeds lead to ascension".
GordonShigley 1 month ago in playlist seven years in tibet
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No killing is the fundamental Buddhist commandment, which not only strongly opposes and firmly forbids killing, including abetting killing, encouraging killing, and disregarding killing,etc, but also actively advocates people to abandon killing and to save lives. Any form of killing is a serious violation against essential commandments of Buddhism and commits ultimate guilt. To save life is boundless benevolence.
GordonShigley 1 month ago in playlist seven years in tibet
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In the world today, it is a common value to cherish life and oppose suicide. Especially for any religious followers, suicide is a symbol of evil, definitely prohibited in any country on earth. And it is common sense and consensus of all countries to fight against religious extremism and violent terrorist activities in religious disguise.
GordonShigley 1 month ago in playlist seven years in tibet
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Therefore, the instigated self-immolation of monks and nuns ruthlessly go against the Buddhist teachings, which should be resolutely forsaken and lashed. Only by upholding the Buddhist commandments will this religion of all benevolence develop sound and benefit more sentient beings, including Sangha themselves.
GordonShigley 1 month ago in playlist seven years in tibet
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The Song popular in Qinghai - Dalai Lama's Home
watch?v=Jvv_5WsVimM
lycopene1 2 months ago
Thanks for uploading! It was on BBC today but I missed it. We are afraid of making films like this anymore. Nobody wants to displease the powerful China. But we have to keep spreading awareness of what is going on in Tibet. It is only when we give up that China has won.
AuroraGreenleaf 3 months ago
@ AuroraGreenleaf
If you search on
TIBET - sephjoey
on youtube you will find a 6 part documentary recently uploaded by sephjoey about Tibet. 2 of the 3 parts I've watched so far were excellent.
HumanRightsVideosT 2 months ago 3
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Learn about Petition Thresholds Signatures needed by November 11, 2011 to reach goal of 25,000
we petition the obama administration to:
calls upon the People's Republic of China to put an end to its repression in Tibet as demonstrated by the ongoing unrest
I am writing this letter to draw your kind attention to the tense situation in Tibet due to the Chinese authorities’ increased restriction in the wake of a series of self-immolation by Tibetans in Ngaba Tibetan region...
marymimosa 3 months ago
@Glovefullavasoline ... which is form of democratic government. It is the way the leadership is chosen that defines it as a democracy.
adminsource 3 months ago
Mao was a evil devil!!!! He destroyed China and killed millions of people. He was as evil as Hitler!
kithchan2 4 months ago 3
@ kithchan2
Hilter got dealt to by the major powers around the world in fairly short order.
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Governments in many countries are pandering to the most evil Regime on the planet in 2011.
HumanRightsVideosT 4 months ago
@kithchan2 many countries experience inner war before they got stability, like US, UK ect, china is one of those,,,,if he was as evil as Hitler it will be nice, people like you already disapear and the world especially china have a better and more peaceful life....
xiaofengpan99 2 months ago
What a great movie. And today, Tibet is a raped and violated nation, where the people are treated like slaves and animals, with absolutely no dignity. And the world just watches.
celinabluewick 4 months ago 3
It's wonderful made - like he is dreaming from the tibet mountains by looking at the austrians mountains!
mnfotografer 6 months ago
there is no point leaving pro tibet comments and supports in any forum without seeing these chilli chickens ( desendents of downs syndrome parents /chinese hackers ) swarming in with fake ids and facts which are historically incorrect...
tentopgyal 6 months ago in playlist seven years in tibet
am i the only one watching this for david thewlis?
adivertisement 6 months ago
and please stop the who invade who kinds bull crap. the English, french and the Spanish invaded north america, and took the land from the Indians. lets see them return the land back to Indians again. honestly, "free tibet" is only a slogan which came from a whole bunch of hypocrites who like to manipulate this world. we need to stop conflicts, prevent wars and love ourselves and others.
swatch716 6 months ago
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The government of China is wiping out Tibetan Buddhism and Falun Gong.
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Free Tibet and China from GENOCIDE
FalunGongIsAmazing 6 months ago
Tibetologist Melvyn Goldstein wrote in 1971 that "Tibet was characterized by a form of institutionalized inequality that can be called pervasive serfdom". Serfs lived a miserable life.
herschelwang 7 months ago in playlist 西藏七年
@ herschelwang
Things may not have been easy for peasant farmers in Tibet in 1948, but Tibetans were much better off in 1948 than they are in 2011 living as SLAVES under the State TERRORIST Government of China
FalunGongIsAmazing 6 months ago
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Chinese knows the media in China sucks; however the west believes everything from their media is PERFECT.
That is the difference.
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UBERforJUSTICE 7 months ago in playlist seven years in tibet
fuck urself
CHINA rock！
UBERforJUSTICE 7 months ago in playlist seven years in tibet
fuck china
gereltod007 8 months ago
"Inside Tibet"
watch?v=cBgP9CXnm7E
has amazing colour footage of Tibet in the early 1940s. Don't be put off by the black and white at the start.
HumanRightsVideosT 8 months ago 8
Tibet experienced its first-ever FAMINE between 1959-'63 under Mao's Great Leap Forward campaign.
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This was a mad mammoth plan that ended in full-scale economic disaster, killing at least 36 million people in China and Tibet.
HumanRightsVideosT 10 months ago 12
@HumanRightsVideosT YEAH, please. every country has it's own history and infamous leadership. why does the world give china such a hard time to resolve it's own business. please look at the mirror urself before judge the falut of others. PLUS, although Mao made some irreversible and regrettable decisions, he is the one who stand up and lead chinese people to fight the invasions of other countries. He is the one who scream at the world, "enough is ENOUGH"!!!
swatch716 6 months ago
@HumanRightsVideosT Honestly, i just went to you channel page, all i see is hatred. i beg you, Please stop everything you do, and just take a deep breath. this world is too beautiful to be missed out, and to be blinded by the history.
swatch716 6 months ago
i just came from Tibet about 1 month ago, all i see there is a very well preserved, beautifully cultured and peaceful city. Tibetant people are so nice and happy. i adore the condition that they r living in right now. If there is a war or any conflict occurred in tibet, guess what, the victims r not the politicians. its the people. So why not just let it pass, and hope for its best and really practice what so called "human rights"......
swatch716 6 months ago
@ swatch716
Do you know that Tibet is the largest prison in the world ?
Tibetans can't get on a plane and travel the world the way non-Falun Gong Chinese can.
HumanRightsVideosT 6 months ago 2
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@ swatch716
Tibetans are NOT free to speak out in Tibet. But in free countries they can. Please watch a nuns first hand account of torture in Tibet on this video
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Torture in Tibet: A Buddhist Nun Tells Her Story (3:05 minutes)
watch?v=mhrgb1PHodU
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where 15 teenage nuns were imprisoned, tortured and 14 of the 15 died. The sole survivor tells her story. Just watch the first 75 seconds, as the story is not very pleasant after that.
HumanRightsVideosT 6 months ago 3
@HumanRightsVideosT well, so does the chinese,they r not free to speak out either. but it's there business, the country is running just fine the way it is. if the government doesn't change, there will be a time for them to change. but if others, and i do mean OTHERS trying to interfere the chineses' own business, don't you think it's kinda unnecessary? plus have you ever seen any country trying to interfere united states business? i don't think so.
swatch716 6 months ago
@ swatch716
If you think human rights are OK in the Peoples Republic of China. I suggest you watch
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Tibet: Murder In The Snow Trailer (its only 88 seconds long)
@ watch?v=LYN-mzRLABg
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and ask yourself
Why is a 17 year old nun being shot in the back as she is trying to escape Tibet over the mountains to get to India ???
FalunGongIsAmazing 6 months ago 2
@FalunGongIsAmazing yeah. at least she die for a purpose. if you walk in one of those neighbohood in detroit at night. guess what, u will get shot for NO reaon. if ylu trying to fight about it. go ahead, but in case you haven't noticed already, NO country is a free country, and no place is freakin perfect. sometimes you just have to deal with. it's called LIFE.
swatch716 6 months ago
@ swatch
I guess you come from the US. The US is barely democratic and isn't a proper democracy, its over run by the NRA and lobby groups.
I often say the US is the WILD West that will NEVER be tamed.
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New Zealand is a free country with PROPORTIONAL Voting and a voter turnout of well over 80%.
NZ isn't perfect but if the driving age was increased from 16 to 18 or more and the drinking age was increased from 18 to 21 NZ would be a whole lot better. Young clowns make trouble in NZ.
Come to NZ !!!
FalunGongIsAmazing 6 months ago
I've been reading the book, and I finished reading it yesterday. I'm so excited about the movie :)
karlanickita 10 months ago
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ivivism 10 months ago
just fell off the couch LOL .... ahhhhh brad :)
ckhafagiuk 11 months ago
OH GOD SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT ACCENTS
Noodles37UK 11 months ago
you guys need free Hawaii if you think free Tibet is right...
linmeng123456 11 months ago
@linmeng123456
China needs to be free from the CCP as well. Do you know that Falun Gong is good ?
The CCP won't tell you that.
HumanRightsVideosT 11 months ago
@HumanRightsVideosT
As a liberalism I don not like CCP。As a reasonable man I don not like Falun Gong .
linmeng123456 11 months ago
@linmeng123456
The CCP has spread lies about Falun Gong. I've tried Falun Gong and found its amazing, but not easy for me. I've met a number of Falun Gong practitioners and found they are good people.
HumanRightsVideosT 11 months ago
the music box sounds like clair de lune debussey????
Tangerinez77 1 year ago
@Tangerinez77 It is! and a great tune too.
standforthmysoul 1 year ago
I am from Germany Heinrich Harrer is seen as a national hero here even with his Nazi background...he did zo much for the the country
jockster33 1 year ago
EIN HELD MIT BRAUNEN FLECKEN
jockster33 1 year ago
Best film brad pitt made :)
cjenkins73 1 year ago
wow 108 likes! very auspicious! Tashi deleh!
seekingnibbana4 1 year ago
dOES ANYONE KNOW (sorry) why the Chinese wont let the Honorable Dalai Lama back to Llhasa? Or whatevet happened to Llhasa? Please excuse me if I may have mispelled anything. How could the chinese break up such a peaceful city? He is still in India I assume? I Heinrich Harrer still alive? His friend?
AllieCat356 1 year ago
@AllieCat356 @AllieCat356 In 1933, at age 21, Heinrich Harrer joined SA street thugs who raped and murdered people Austria in order to promote Hitler. You won't see that in this movie. Harrer voluntarily joined Hitler's Death Squads (The SS) and became an officer. After Harrer joined SS, Hitler then sent himand other SS officers on a mission to Tibet to enlist the aid of the Lamas in the Nazi cause.
ruzbehan 10 months ago
@AllieCat356 @AllieCat356 Im not sure whether Harrer still lives. BTW, Dalai Lama was also friends with Bruno Beger who performed inhuman medical experiments (along with Mengele) on inmates at Auschwitz and then gassed them. He was convicted of mass murder at Auschwitz. Miguel Serrano was a head of the Nazi Party in Chile, he promoted antisemitism and books purporting that Hitler was a God. He and Dalai Lama met regularly.
ruzbehan 10 months ago
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GusTube00 1 year ago
who is the kid
if it wasnt the dalma he would be kill by dalma
ihavesomerice 1 year ago
Filthy Nazis AND Commies in one film! XD
Nonamearisto 1 year ago
@Nonamearisto Well said. Both of them were a pain in the arse of people who just wanted to get on with their lives.
Noodles37UK 1 year ago
@Nonamearisto And a filthy American Actor too xD!!
shallowlife 1 year ago
@shallowlife MR. SHALLOWLIFE --------> ITS FUNNY U CALL US ~FILTHY~ AMERICANS WHEN ALL WE DO IS LET PEOPLE, INCLUDING UR PEOPLE IN HERE, AND WELFARE IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO U WHEN OUR OWN VETERANS CANNOT EVEN BUY THEIR MEDICINE OR ARE HOMELESS! YOU ALL WANT TO BE HERE, AND U TAKE AWAY FROM US. IF U HATE BRAD PITT, WHY U WATCHING THIS? EVEN THOUGH HIS ACCENT SUCKS HERE.
AllieCat356 1 year ago
@AllieCat356 YOu dont let anyone like me in there. I dont even want to go there.
Welfare is also avaible in Germany, and its much much better than in America. So I dont see why any German would want to go there. You are ridiculous, get your facts straighten out.
Maybe some Muslims or Arabs want to go to America, but definitely not the majority of the German people.
Ps. typing it all in Capitals makes you somewhat look like a fool
shallowlife 1 year ago
@AllieCat356 Also I have been to America three times, and Amish people with a scarf on their head and wird hill billies did not impress me at all.
shallowlife 1 year ago
@shallowlife Haha hun, i never seen any amish as I am from Boston. as far as the hillbillies, I never seen one of those either. Where in the heck did you go? The upper mid west? Come to Boston. we will show u a great time., or NEW YORK OR MIAMI FLORIDA, SOUTH BEACH Great places. oh sorry i hit the caps button, didnt mean to. God bless honey! Love Allie do u really have a shallow life?
AllieCat356 1 year ago
@AllieCat356
Of course there are nice places there. But every country in the world has nice places. Just dont bitch around and everything will be fine.
No I dont, its more of an artist thing.
shallowlife 1 year ago
The full movie!
Awesome!!!
leosin03 1 year ago
Just talk about the movie, lots of stuff about the Buddha in there, all I care about here... and I like the song when he opens up the music box.
raleighgranprix 1 year ago
Bull shit propoganda film to separate and bring violence to Tibet.
SHUTUPNOOB654 1 year ago
About 1-hr-20-min into the film, it showed the communist china's flag & official name but both were wrong. Both shown in the movie belonged to non-existent ROC( short-lived Republic of China, founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen,demised when CKS fled China to occupy Taiwan). Flag shown in movie is red-blue-white, but the ch. flag is all red w/ a few yellow stars.Country name (in Ch characters) showed in movie says "Republic of China (4 Ch characters) yet should be "People's Rep. of China"(7 Ch chrctrs).
BlissLoveInc 1 year ago
I don't know how much of Brad Pitt's horrible Austrian accent I can stand.
chrisnasif 1 year ago
Say NO to free Tibet, Great Chinese nation IS agains Tibet,'cause Tibetian are the most corupted nation!
Esaul666 1 year ago
@Esaul666 Well it sure is corrupted now.
3rdAutisticCuckoo 1 year ago
@3rdAutisticCuckoo Do you know what happened when the Dalai Lama reigned? 95% of the population were serfs and slaves for the 5% aristocracy. The Dalai Lama got human skin and human hands as presents for his birthday, and life expectancy was 30 years.
SHUTUPNOOB654 1 year ago
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Woohoo well now they're *all* serfs and slaves.
Human skin and hands might seem squeamish to you, but it's a different culture. They still have funerals where the bodies get chopped up and fed to the birds - so what?
30 years life expectancy? More like 36. *You* try living at 4000 metres with no iodine. And Cultural Revolution China was hardly the Garden of Eden. It might have been tough in Tibet, but it's no reason it had to be obliterated by an invading foreign power.
3rdAutisticCuckoo 10 months ago
@3rdAutisticCuckoo Foreign invading power? you should know Tibet has been part of China for hundreds of years. about 1200 years ago, China captured it's capital, however lost it later on. About 800 years ago, Tibet was part of China again under the Yuan, then when Yuan fell, it soon became part of the Ming. Then the Ming fell, and it became part of the Qing. When the Qing fell, Chinese warlords shattered China, and Tibet was under a dictatorship by ''his holiness'' before reunifying yet again.
SHUTUPNOOB654 10 months ago
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Just because it's been part of China for hundreds of years, it doesn't mean Tibet belongs to China. As you said, it was invaded by the Chinese many times. I agree that the living conditions for the majority of Tibetan In the Llama's years were not the best, and very oppressive. However, there were part of their culture. China did not improve their life style. The railroads were built for the Chinese to have easier access, not for the Tibetans.
pad1258 10 months ago
@pad1258 The Chinese did not improve the Tibetan life because after the Chinese got there, Tibetan population grew in the millions, life expectancy rose from 39 years to 70+ and slaves, making up 95% of the Tibetan population during Dalai Lama's reigns were allotted lands and autonomous rights. Very good logic.
Ravensteinzh 10 months ago
@Ravensteinzh He should teach people. He's very smart.
SHUTUPNOOB654 10 months ago
@Ravensteinzh
There were no slaves in Tibet in 1948. If you can get into on of the 900+ Labour Camps in China in 2011 you will find SLAVES working 14+ hours a day 7 days a week for no pay.
People die as a result of being in Labour Camps so they really should be called Concentration Camps.
Have you heard of LIVE Organ Harvesting in China ??
HumanRightsVideosT 10 months ago 4
@pad1258
Between 821 and 1949 Mongols and Manchus invaded Tibet (and china), but Chinese never invaded Tibet during that time.
The communist party distorts history. The fact is China was the first country to recognise Tibet in the Sino-Tibetan friendship Treaty of 821/823
HumanRightsVideosT 10 months ago 4
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Chinese did nothing but kill the Tibetans trying to destroy their culture. They will stop at nothing for power, like many other Countries, unfortunately.
pad1258 10 months ago
@pad1258 if uk can keep north ireland so can china keep tibet.
Yamatopetro 10 months ago
@pad1258 Perhaps you didn't listen to what I said. How are they power hungry? they are taking back what is theirs. Tibet was part of the Ming, Yuan, Qing, and the Early republic. It was even briefly part of the Tang dynasty! (1400 years ago, but very briefly). I seriously don't know why people always are so quick to say ''China just kills Tibetans'' That is political propoganda from America. And as for their culture, China has many cultures. No culture owns all of China. They dnt try to dstry it
SHUTUPNOOB654 10 months ago
@3rdAutisticCuckoo The altitude may make it hard to live in, but they were there for thousands of years. And if that is a major reason, then why is it that nowadays the life expectancy is double from what it was 80 years ago? and when i said 30, you said 36. Rofl. That's barely a difference, and when people use numbers like 10, 20, 30, 40, they usually mean within that age range.
SHUTUPNOOB654 10 months ago
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Hey does the Chinese Ministry of Propaganda pay you 50 cents for *each* post you make here, or just the first? I'm guessing it's for each, or you'd be wasting your time here. When I see a Tibetan as prominent figures in the Chinese government I might start believing that China had the interests of the Tibetans at heart.
3rdAutisticCuckoo 10 months ago
@3rdAutisticCuckoo Lol. And you think every Chinese hates their country? You think I only do this for pay? pathetic. By saying that, you are saying theres no such thing as nationalism or truth. I am here to give truth that USA has covered up because of their fucking post-cold war, cold war with China. Are you paid by the CIA? or are you just an ignorant dumbfuck who can only see things 1 sidedly.
SHUTUPNOOB654 10 months ago
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Nationalism (ie regarding your country as superior to all others) is a BAD thing (remember Japan and what it did to China?). Genuine *patrotism* is fine, but that's when you love your country like you love your family. You love your family because they're your people, not because they're better than all others.
Don't worry, the US has had more than enough nationalism posing as patriotism lately. And I've said so many times all over the net. BTW I'm Australian, not American.
3rdAutisticCuckoo 10 months ago
@3rdAutisticCuckoo sigh, sorry for the gramatical mistake, i meant patriotism AND nationalism...
SHUTUPNOOB654 9 months ago
@SHUTUPNOOB654 By all means be patriotic, but don't be nationalistic. And BTW, I spent 3 months in Southwest China in 2007. My father recently visited Shanghai, Guang Dong and other parts of the Eastern coastal areas, and my sister's father-in-law visits China regularly for business reasons. There are many great things about China and its Chinese, but understanding of other cultures and the wider world is not one of them. Not surprising when your media and internet is controlled by The Party.
3rdAutisticCuckoo 9 months ago
@3rdAutisticCuckoo I don't even rememeber why we are arguing anymore. But I have one thing to say. All governments have their flaws. All of them make mistakes. And as for this movie, it's all propaganda. Nice knowing you. This has gone far to off topic, and has gone to long. No hard feelings, it was nice knowing you.
SHUTUPNOOB654 9 months ago
@SHUTUPNOOB654 Whoohoo! I win! ;-)
3rdAutisticCuckoo 9 months ago
@3rdAutisticCuckoo It's just an argument... I'm tired of keeping it alive and, either way, we can't change anything. Think that you won all you want.. It really has no significance.
SHUTUPNOOB654 9 months ago
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3rdAutisticCuckoo 9 months ago
@Esaul666 why are TIbetian the most corrupted nation?
7wingeddragon 1 year ago
im acutally Tibetan soo and 12 years old so i was wondering about this movieee.
xD
wondergirllover876 1 year ago
I love this movie so much.
mobius1aic 1 year ago
Great movie - more power to the people of tibet
vincegill2 1 year ago
has anyone been to tibet?
souther 1 year ago
@souther watched a guy walk past me with a shaved head wearing a long orange robe with a red sash on the subway in toronto not too long ago. wish I could've talked to him.
XweezerXrulesX 1 year ago
...that train station it's in LA PLATA!! =D ...I'm living there...
thurysta 2 years ago
ty for upload
feymuz 2 years ago
His shirt kinda looks like the shirt Pitt wore in The Devil's Own...
I love this movie, thanks for posting!
SugarCookie627 2 years ago
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kimberlynsantos15 2 years ago
i want that music box so bad. *sigh*
MasterSua 2 years ago
@MasterSua I sold one similar on Ebay for £10 gbp before xmas.
flute4hire 2 years ago
i dnt tink brad pitt is a gut actor but gut in dis1 tho..gr8 movie...btw 2:23 oooo dats so sweet i wish i woz a kid :0)
DU0ZA 2 years ago
Its funny to her them speak with german accent. Cause I am german
JaCkmArc0 2 years ago
wasnt the guy austrian nazi?
flute4hire 2 years ago
yes but austrians speak german
JaCkmArc0 2 years ago
ye he was but in the book he use to refer to himself as german alot of the time
shanghaibobtown 2 years ago
austria was part of germany during ww2
flute4hire 2 years ago
Yes it was part of greater Germany
shanghaibobtown 2 years ago
hey that's debussy...
kagoon0709 2 years ago
找了好久
starlifht 2 years ago
goddammit this movie is fucking brilliant
dsilver010010 2 years ago
the music in the beginning is wonderful. Is there a special name for it?
jolly234567889 2 years ago
Tibetan ceremonial music works as a general term.
nexusdawn 2 years ago
what
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impoverished
ACCENT!
noSKILLS
wokensoulsounds07 2 years ago
To see some of what happened after one of the 2008 Tibet riots you can watch
Chinese Authorities Brutal Treatment of Tibetans - New Video
watch?v=PqjC9Wa3sxE
but be warned it is a hard core human rights video which shows Tibetans being beaten on the ground (which is not easy to watch) and other pretty shocking stuff.
ChinaKillsTibetans 2 years ago
If you want to see an important Tibet video check out
Torture in Tibet: A Buddhist Nun Tells Her Story
watch?v=mhrgb1PHodU
which shows how BAD things are in Tibet.
FREE China and Tibet
ChinaKillsTibetans 2 years ago
Anyone who thinks the communist party regime is tolerant in Tibet or China needs to know that if a Tibetan says "FREE Tibet" in public they will be beaten, put in prison and TORTURED.
Thousands of Chinese have been TORTURED to DEATH in China since 1999.
HumanRightsVideosT 2 years ago 8
@HumanRightsVideosT Couldn't agree more. Left wing doesn't necessarily mean "good guy" and look at Joe Stalin.
Noodles37UK 1 year ago
@HumanRightsVideosT China is basically Communist/Capitalist, Capitalism is quite common with that sort of stuff especially the Americans allowing dictators like Batista to make the poor people suffer in Cuba
uncleruckus714 1 year ago 2
@uncleruckus714
When Cuba was in the hands of the Spanish the people thrived and were happy happy island people...right? Here is a clue, it is the nature of the human being for the strong to dominate the weak. Why point to America when all powerful countries do the same thing? Question: In your opinion was Castro the savior of the Cuban people that brought joy and comfort to the masses or just another dictator like Batista that was sucking Russian dicks instead of American dicks?
1138thz 11 months ago
@1138thz Cuba and most of the Carribean was not thriving with the indigenous population cause most of them were murdered, died from diseases and committed suicide. And that really depends on people's opinions because their isn't one politician without blood on their hands
uncleruckus714 11 months ago
@uncleruckus714
On that we can agree. But the pre Columbian civilizations were annihilating and enslaving each other long before The Europeans arrived. It seems that Euro and the Amer traded diseases; the Euros got syphilis in return for the mumps, measles and smallpox. Yes, in the end it was the relationship with Swine and Bovine diseases that conquered the Americas for Europe. A Good documentary is: 'Guns, Steel and Germs." And I agree, politicians of all cultures are parasites.
1138thz 11 months ago
@HumanRightsVideosT however Tibet should be free from Chinese occupation
uncleruckus714 1 year ago
@HumanRightsVideosT dalai lama said hes a marxist......so what the hell does he have against china your movement is discredited
shawnzi24 8 months ago
@ shawnzi24
Do you have a source for that ?
HH Dalai Lama says he's a simple monk.
HumanRightsVideosT 8 months ago
lmao , brad pitt is just an awful actor
amm00008 2 years ago
Brad Pitt is one of the best actors out there,
Count how many unreal films he has been and how many different Characters he has played,
Sure he has made a couple of bad movies but what actor hasn't,
He gets a lot of flack,
But so did Peter O'Toole,
Watch a few of his movies,
He is good actor!
ezk10003 2 years ago
C'est un film que je vient de voir il n'y a pas très longtemps.C'est vraiment un film super! Beaucoup d'aventure aussi! Rien a dire...film super!
TheChacha3007 2 years ago
omg!pitt is practicaly a baby here,hehe!
steveharrismetalgod 2 years ago
What is the ISBN for the book, please?
YorkshirePunk02 2 years ago
PS: Pitt was listed as third in an Empire list of the all-time worst film accents.
007cannonball 2 years ago
oh yeah I think he sucks when it comes to accents.... Leonard DiCaprio too, but they're both great actors!
italianjen29 2 years ago 9
@italianjen29 Yeah well, he is not the brightest ever, but I agree he is a good actor...
blondecat666 1 year ago
@italianjen29
What a load. Brad Pitt sucks but DiCaprio's Rhodesian accent was damn near perfect in Blood Diamond....say it ain't so.
1138thz 11 months ago
is the movie the same as the book cause we have to read the book for smmer reading and i wanted to watch the movie before i read so it made more sense
msdancelover1 2 years ago
No not exactly. In the film, Harrer(Brad Pitt) is portrayed as extremely reluctant to associate himself with the Nazi Party, referring to himself as "Austrian" several times and calling the war shameful. However, in real life Harrer joined the Schutzstaffel (SS) and Nazi Party.
Harrer in the film is hailed as a 'German hero', and replies "Thank you, but I'm Austrian". The real Harrer says nothing about any such remark.
007cannonball 2 years ago 2
Actor bias isn't it.
Theronguardaaah 2 years ago
A major theme of the film is Heinrich Harrer's change from an arrogant, self-obsessed man, to one enlightened by Tibetan culture - yet in his book Harrer has no such evolution of character. The book also makes no mention of a Tibetan wife for Aufschnaiter, nor of a final break with Ngawang Jigme.
007cannonball 2 years ago 2
The film makes his son a key theme, but in the book Harrer does not mention his family. He had in fact been married and divorced, as the film shows. But his ex-wife's new husband was killed in the war and Harrer's son was raised by his ex-wife's mother. Harrer in his autobiography gives details of his contact with his son, but nothing to support what the film shows. In the book Harrer says there was little to tie him to home as one of the reasons for staying in Tibet and not returning to Europe.
007cannonball 2 years ago
The pre-invasion visit of Chinese Communist negotiators to Lhasa, arriving at an airfield constructed by Tibetans, and their departure for China after a brief conference with their Tibetan counterparts—including the desecration of the sand mandala as well as the "religion is poison" remark--- as depicted in the film, do not occur in the book or in any of the numerous histories that have been written about the matter. Nor was there an airport in Tibet to land on.
007cannonball 2 years ago
The whole sequence of negotiations and the installation of the Dalai Lama as ruler are out of sequence. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama was enthroned as the temporal leader of Tibet on 17 November 1950. A delegation was sent to Beijing and agreed on the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet. Meanwhile, the Dalai Lama left Lhasa and took refuge on the border with India and Sikkim. The Dalai Lama disliked the agreement, but worked with it.
007cannonball 2 years ago
The film shows barbarism by the Chinese Army against Tibetans, including civilians. Harrer actually says:
"In 1910 the invading Chinese had plundered and burned when they came to Lhasa, and the inhabitants were paralyzed with fear that these outrages would be repeated. Nevertheless it is fair to say that during the present war the Chinese troops had showed themselves disciplined and tolerant. And Tibetans who had been captured and then released were saying how well they had been treated."
007cannonball 2 years ago
thanks
msdancelover1 2 years ago
thank you for uploading, I love this movie!
ljuzu 2 years ago
ugh, that character Brad Pitt is playing is such a prick to his wife.
JazminSafadi 2 years ago
that is very funny. they speak english and try to speak with german/austrian accent. i speak german. it´s awkward. they should have spoken german and subtitelt it. doesn´t make any sense this way.
motosikletto 2 years ago
Subtitled American movies are more common now, but even as recently as this film, they were not popular. It was assumed that audiences didn't like reading subtitles and didn't mind the lack of authenticity. But now it doesn't even matter if anyone speaks the language (cf. The Passion of the Christ).
Check out Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) for a creative approach to the use of English in a similarly unrealistic context. I think it's very well done, and regardless, it is an excellent film.
MagnesianPhoenix 2 years ago
For a brief biography of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet, go to this page
dalailama. com/page.105.htm
(take out the space)
HumanRightsVideosT 2 years ago 3
Whats the name of the song the the music box is playing
CoolerThanFanManne 2 years ago
Clair de lune from Debussy
lecokase 2 years ago
clair de lune from Debussy
lecokase 2 years ago
this movie sucks there's only one battle scene!!!! Terminator is a lot better !!!! and the bald guy is a queer
Imabeth 2 years ago
This is a history movie. Its not a BS fiction action movie.
HumanRightsVideosT 2 years ago
real life there was a big ass battle where thousands of people died
Imabeth 2 years ago
hundreds of thousands of Tibetans have died since 1949
HumanRightsVideosT 2 years ago
why?
BigDumbJerk 2 years ago