The Speech of the previous Prime Minister of Tibet, Mr. Samdhong Rinpoche contd....
"A pure Buddhist culture remained in Tibet which has expressed in numerous Art and Literature. I think Tibet is the one richest, as far as spiritual canonical treatises and Buddhist literature is concerned. Tibet has a very short spell of cultural and spiritual history as I mentioned, 1300 years at the most, and having a small population, at any point of time, not more than 6 million, had produced enormous, the largest amount of literature in the world which was never in countries such as China or India, having a numerous number of population and having more than 5000 years of history.
Even then if we compare the amount of literature which was produced by China and by India and by Tibet, the amount of Tibetan literature is in no way less than the amount of presently available Indian literature or China’s literature. That means that Tibet has the richest accumulation of cultural heritage from India. Of course, we have also certain contribution from China, but China’s contribution was in the form of food preparation, cloth weaving or for certain extent agriculture. Apart from that, the entirety of spiritual heritage, the religion, the philosophy, the system of healing, the system of astrology, the system of art and sculpture, all these have been inherited from the Buddhist India.
Today you’ll find so many spiritual music instruments as you have witnessed this morning the chanting for the musical instruments, all of them have been inherited from Takshashila, Nalanda, or Vikramashila, Uddandpuri etc, etc, from India. Today you will not find this in India, but it is entirely preserved in Tibet. The butter sculpture, the image making, the Thangka painting, all these are based on the basis of Sanskrit literature which is called Chitra rachana that means the science of painting, the science of art. These are lost in Sanskrit originally in India, but its translation in Tibet version is still preserved in Tibet, and all these Thangka paintings, butter sculpture, sculpture of images, the mandalas, the sand colored mandalas, which completely disappeared from India but still these are preserved in Tibet without any distortion, without any deterioration , exactly in accordance with the specifications given in the treatises, in the root texts; are still available, the lineage, the oral transmission and the demonstration of the actual dream, all these are still preserved in Tibet. Therefore, Tibet has a very rich cultural heritage, spiritual heritage and which is very much relevant for the welfare of humanity even in the 21st century."
I concur what previous Prime Minister of Tibet, Mr. Samdhong Rinpoche said about the rich cultural and spiritual heritage of Tibet. Let us not forget Dorje Shugden practice is part of this rich Tibetan cultural and spiritual heritage. Let's not loose this immensely rich and beneficial heritage but preserve it by working hard to lift the ban. This heritage is not only beneficial to Tibetans but to the whole world at large for the 21st century and beyond. If all Tibetans are united to this cause, all can be won effortlessly and swiftly. Unity is a powerful weapon for Tibetans to achieve what they are fighting for even without lifting a weapon. CTA has to be smart in winning their cause. It is a big challenge no doubt but workable and a peaceful method within their capacity by lifting the ban and encouraging Dorje Shugden practice and becoming China's friends in a peace way to bring freedom for Tibetans. Dorje Shugden is China's sovereign protector and is the protector China will condone. So why oppose Dorje Shugden when Dorje Shugden can bring them freedom. I hope CTA will consider this move seriously.
