it struck me the past 2 days reading through the discussion boards of many media regarding their report on the situation in tibet, how difficult it is to raise the ds issue without at all getting caught up in the politics. instead of ds being purely an issue of religious freedom, how does one raise awareness in the mainstream public when the central figure concerns the same persona who is also taking the centre stage for the current political events??
i feel the majority of tibetans within tibet are still in the feudal serf mentality. they have not the capacity to exercise their own right of discernment. while it's sad for me to stand by the sidelines n just be a spectator to the tibetan people in tibet being used like pawns, the choice of who is their leader can only come from them. i feel all the more, the tibetan intellectuals outside tibet have the onus to hold this lacuna for their people until their people can one day make their own informed choice.
in a bizarre way, with the pushing through of schism in the gelug community, the dalai lama is teaching the people that it's ok to break with tradition. so, will those who can, finally now feel impelled to step forward or allow almost surely the decimation of their people as the way of the red indians and the aboriginals of australia?
and yes, administrator, i do not undervalue the importance of yr words here in this website. but there is a missing step. i can't formulate in words what the missing part is. when my soul feels less tired and my mind feels clear enough to have an insight, i'll share it here.
