Tsultrim Gyaltsen - " My Emperor Langdarma གླང་དར་མ་།་ " Tibetan Song

Singer: Tsultrim Gyalsten
Song: My Emperor Langdarma གླང་དར་མ་།་འུ་དུམ་བཙན་པོ . Langdarma was the last emperor of the unified Tibetan empire, who most likely reigned from 838 to 841 CE. Early sources named him Tri Darma meaning "King Darma"; "Lang" is a nickname meaning "ox". He was also called tsenpo (emperor) or lhase (divine son) Au Dunten. His domain extended beyond Tibet to include Dunhuang and neighboring Chinese regions.[1] By tradition Langdarma is held to be have been anti-Buddhist and a follower of the Bön religion. He is attributed with the assassination of his brother, King Ralpacan, in 838 CE and he is generally held to have persecuted Buddhists in Tibet. The Anti-Buddhism portrayal of this King has been questioned by several historians, most prominently Yamaguchi Zuiho. Langdarma is said to have had two sons, Yumten, by his first wife, and Ösung by his second wife. They apparently competed for power, the former ruling over the central kingdom of Ü, and the other ruling over the 'left wing' - probably the eastern territories.[2]One of Langdarma's grandsons, Skyid lde nyima gon (or Nyima gon) conquered Western Tibet in the late 10th century, although his army originally numbered only 300 men. Several towns and castles are said to have been founded by Nyima gon and apparently ordered the construction of the main sculptures at Shey. "In an inscription he says he had them made for the religious benefit of the Tsanpo (the dynastical name of his father and ancestors), and of all the people of Ngaris (Western Tibet). This shows that already in this generation Langdarma's opposition to Buddhism had disappeared."[4] Shey, just 15 km east of modern Leh, was the ancient seat of the Ladakhi kings (Wiki) .
modern scholars have questioned the traditional Tibetan story that the Tibetan emperor Lang Darma persecuted Buddhism and was consequently assassinated by a monk. The moderate critique suggests that the persecution was really just a withdrawal of patronage from the monasteries and a curtailment of the monks' involvement in political affairs. The extreme critique (put forward by the Japanese scholar Yamaguchi) is that this whole story is a "fiction": Lang Darma was a good Buddhist king, and was assassinated not by a monk, but by the anti-Buddhist faction at the Tibetan court (http://earlytibet.com/2008/03/13/did-lang-darma-persecute-buddhism/).
Lang Darma Destroys Buddhism - During the period when Lang Darma destroyed Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism suffered severe attack and persecution. When Buddhism was introduced into Tibet, it was resisted by the local Bon religion at the very beginning, and the struggle between the two sides lasted for more than 200 years. The famous King Tritsug Detsen Ralpachen gave his great support to the development of Buddhism in the early years of the 8th century, leading to strong indignation among aristocrats. They therefore actively planned to destroy Buddhism in Tibet. After the death of Tibetan King Trisong Detsen, his son Muni Tsangpo also advocated Buddhism and was poisoned by his mother in 798. His younger brother Khri Ide srong btsan assumed the throne, but this new ruler still respected Buddhism. Khri Ide srong btsan had five sons. His eldest son became a monk when he was young. After the death of King Khri Ide srong btsan, his fourth son Lang Darma strongly opposed Buddhism. Under the leadership of Lang Darma, the royal aristocrats opposed Buddhism first targeting the monachal eldest brother. They assaulted him saying that though as a monk, he did not follow the Buddhists' conventions, and thus banished him to a remote place. These aristocrats executed many other aristocrats that believed in Buddhism, staged a coup and finally made Lang Darma the ruler of Tibet in 838. The destruction of Buddhism by Lang Darma was the second Buddhism-banning campaign in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. It was even bigger in scale than the first one, and launched more violent attacks to Buddhism. Lang Darma first stopped the construction of monasteries, closed Buddhist temples and destroyed relevant facilities. Then, he burned sutras and suppressed Buddhist monks. Although the period of Lang Darma's destroying Buddhism didn't last long, it caused heavy damage to Buddhism, so the period of about 100 years after Lang Darma was called Buddhism Destructing Period.(http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_24634.ht­m) .

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[TruthShallPrevail4]

My Tibetan is sketchy, but I guess this song is in praise of Lang Dharma. Strange because most Tibetans consider him to be bad.

[ikhamo]

@TruthShallPrevail4

that is the general notion but you have to study indepth history to understand the situation better.

[purespirit9]

Hi precious, thanks for the beautiful song, i like it. After a long time i am finally on here again...great to see you still remember me lol luv ya my beautiful friend. Be good...ciao! ;)

[ikhamo]

@purespirit9

Yeah, been wondering where u been, thought maybe busy with the house :) Good to see u back again. Take care.

[ikhamo]

@ChinaGirl903

oh, I dont think its bad at all unlike most people say it is. i believe in the betterment of the future of the tibetans and the young tibetans. i believe they deserve the same development, education, and economic benefits just like we do in the west. so transportation is imperetive for tibet, we r not isolated from the outside world no more. there is a beautiful song about the new railway that was built, its called Road to Heaven or Heaven's Road. check it out here in YT.

[ChinaGirl903]

@ikhamo # that is a good thing..but dont you think it is bad to..meaning influx of han chinese to tibet.?? i was ill for some days but coped well after that..my daughters when a little older will go with mommy..they did not go when i went before.

[ikhamo]

@ChinaGirl903 Nowadays the transportations have improved with the advent of rail airports and highways. It will be easier faster travel for many who visit distan families and travel far on business. Your your kids might have problem with the high altitude though.

[ChinaGirl903]

@ikhamo ..may be one day you tibetans will remove the chinese names from your cities and villages..i was moved when i went to tibet...i saw people fake smiles i am not stuped i see under the mask of fear..but i also saw people happy and treat me with respect like i did them.I plan to vissit tibet every time i go home..i vissit my uncle in beijing then go tibet from there.My daughters will enjoy tibet..even that hard to breath at first..mean the climat

[ikhamo]

@ChinaGirl903

The British did that to India when they reigned there and the cities were named different. But now the Indians have changed back the names.

[ChinaGirl903]

@ikhamo Remember like your culture...chinese remove your names and put there names...same as Hmong to have suffered and still suffer....Miao is a chinese term for Hmong ~ i am chinese all hmong are the real chinese..