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The True Face Of The Dalai Lama
by Kalovski at 4-2-8
http://www.rense.com/general81/faeeof.htm
[Part.8]
The Violence of the Lamas
In old Tibet, the upper classes preached mystical Buddhist nonviolence. But, like all ruling
classes in history, they practiced reactionary violence to maintain their rule.
The lamaist system of government came into being through bloody struggles. The early lamas
reportedly assassinated the last Tibetan king, Lang Darma, in the 10th century. Then they fought
centuries of civil wars, complete with mutual massacres of whole monasteries. In the 20th
century, the 13th Dalai Lama brought in British imperialist trainers to modernize his national
army. He even offered some of his troops to help the British fight World War I.
These historical facts alone prove that lamaist doctrines of "compassion" and "nonviolence" are
hypocrisy.
The former ruling class denies there was class struggle in old Tibet. A typical account by
Gyaltsen Gyaltag, a representative of the Dalai Lama in Europe, says: "Prior to 1950, the
Tibetans never experienced a famine, and social injustices never led to an uprising of the
people." It is true that there is little written record of class struggle. The reason is that
Lamaism prevented any real histories from being written down. Only disputes over religious dogma
were recorded.
But the mountains of Tibet were filled with bandit runaways, and each estate had its armed
fighters. This alone is proof that constantdefined Tibetan society and its power relations.
strugglesometimes open, sometimes hidden
Revolutionary historians have documented uprisings among Tibetan serfs in 1908, 1918, 1931, and
the 1940s. In one famous uprising, 150 families of serfs of northern Tibet's Thridug county rose
up in 1918, led by a woman, Hor Lhamo. They killed the county head, under the slogan: "Down with
officials! Abolish all ulag forced labor!"
Daily violence in old Tibet was aimed at the masses of people. Each master punished "his" serfs,
and organized armed gangs to enforce his rule. Squads of monks brutalized the people. They were
called "Iron Bars" because of the big metal rods they carried to batter people.
It was a crime to "step out of your place"like hunting fish or wild sheep that the lamaist
declared were "sacred." It was even a crime for a serf to appeal his master's decisions to some
other authority. When serfs ran away, the masters' gangs went to hunt them down. Each estate had
its own dungeons and torture chambers. Pepper was forced under the eyelids. Spikes were forced
under the fingernails. Serfs had their legs connected by short chains and were released to
wander hobbled for the rest of their lives.
Grunfeld writes: "Buddhist belief precludes the taking of life, so that whipping a person to the
edge of death and then releasing him to die elsewhere allowed Tibetan officials to justify the
death as 'an act of God.' Other brutal forms of punishment included the cutting off of hands at
the wrists, using red-hot irons to gouge out eyes; hanging by the thumbs; and crippling the
offender, sewing him into a bag, and throwing the bag in the river."
As signs of the lamas' power, traditional ceremonies used body parts of people who had died:
flutes made out of human thigh bones, bowls made out of skulls, drums made from human skin.
After the revolution, a rosary was found in the Dalai Lama's palace made from 108 different
skulls. After liberation, serfs widely reported that the lamas engaged in ritual human
sacrificeincluding burying serf children alive in monastery ground-breaking ceremonies. Former
serfs testified that at least 21 people were sacrificed by monks in 1948 in hopes of preventing
the victory of the Maoist revolution.
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Originally from http://www.bestcyrano.org/cyrano/?p=507
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@StormyWeather2012
Lol and you don't think the goods america buys from poor nations are made from child slaves? USA is ten times worse in that regard too because a far number of americans are wealthy and buy cheap goods than chinese people who do that.
CarolineOskarsson 2 weeks ago
A French writer's book put on sale recently has disclosed another side, including opportunism and tricks, of the Dalai Lama deified by some Western politicians and armchair pundits.
Maxime Vivas's new book "Not So 'Zen': The Hidden Side Of The Dalai Lama" hit the shelves of bookstores and online retailers Thursday, days after the Dalai Lama himself held a three-day public conference in the southern French city Toulouse.
TheSaImonfan 3 weeks ago
Facts and views in the 130-page French-language book refute the long-time self-beatification of the Dalai Lama.
"Based on the word of the Dalai Lama in his transcribed memoirs and also in his speeches during his trips abroad, Maxime Vivas highlights opportunism, omissions, tricks, and lies of a man and his kingdom," the publisher Max Milo Editions said in a press kit.
TheSaImonfan 3 weeks ago
"In a plea for secularism, the author raises the question of what would be a 'Free Tibet' led by a recalcitrant prophet in front of science and freedom of worship," the publisher said, while presenting a briefing of a feudal system decades ago under the Dalai Lama and the free primary education system in today's Tibet that is significantly bringing down the illiteracy rate.
TheSaImonfan 3 weeks ago
"The trend in France is mostly to edit mass books praising the Dalai Lama. Writing against the Dalai Lama or breaking his image is akin to smearing the portraits of Nelson Mandela or Mahatma Gandhi, the idols which we can't touch," Vivas told Xinhua.
Confusion-and-curiosity-driven, Vivas conducted a truth-seeking trip to Tibet in the summer of 2010 with several other French journalists.
TheSaImonfan 3 weeks ago
He found there is a modern Tibet prospering with free prayers in temples and monasteries and even on the streets, and Tibetan-written signs are everywhere.
"What I saw in Tibet is not like what I read from the French press and books," he said.
To clarify the contradiction of the real Tibet he witnessed and the one in the Dalai Lama's propaganda and most Western reports, Vivas read numerous documents, including studies of French parliamentarians, and researched opinions from various angles
TheSaImonfan 3 weeks ago
The book with the Dalai Lama's photo on the cover is now on the bookshelves of Fnac, the largest retailer of cultural and electronic products in France, and in the book category of U.S.-based Amazon.com, the world's largest online retailer.
TheSaImonfan 3 weeks ago
There have been many comments about the book on the Internet.
Some pointed out the double status of the Dalai Lama mixing political with religious faces.
"However the truth is, he is not actually the person he appears to be. His actions have not always been in accordance with his message of peace, tolerance and compassion..." a netizen named "Caz Namyaw" commented.
The book also has drawn attention from the French media including TV5, bfm radio and France info, among others.
TheSaImonfan 3 weeks ago
Showing footage of a regional TV channel's interview on the book, Vivas pointed out several illogical arguments posed by some French media, which he said questioned him on the basis of prejudgment rather than the content of his book.
Vivas also said he didn't believe in the Dalai Lama's March announcement of handing over political power because he since met U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in July.
TheSaImonfan 3 weeks ago
@StormyWeather2012 And it is an obvious double standard when India occupied the region of South Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh. I don't see why you guys aren't protesting for the independence of South Tibet. Maybe you guys are envious of China's development, and India does not pose much of a threat. Or maybe you guys just don't bother to read up and take whatever information that is presented you as face value. PS. I am not a Chinese
hellopanda369 3 weeks ago