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Sunday, June 10, 2007

Ten

We saw "Ten Questions for the Dalai Lama" today.

I recommend it, its a documentary with visually appealing footage of India and Tibet. Also there are many scenes of Dharmasala, home of the Dalai Lama in India - the Tibetan government in exile

You will get a sense of the occupation of Tibet by the Chinese, in some ways I think its the best and clearest story about that takeover.

The Chinese are destroying the Tibetan culture piece by piece. The Tibetans are second class citizens in their own country with Chinese replacing Tibetan as the primary language.

The Dalai Lama as always is completely charming and wise. His answers are direct and inspirational. His main message is always non-violence. It remains the same.

One thing that the film once again brought to my attention was the theme of a free and open society with freedom of expression and speech. This is a fundamental basis for happiness in a society.

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