TENZIN TSUNDUE`S VISIT

This is the second visit of Tenzin Tsundue to Pune, and as expected it was a very inspirational and he made us realize so many things that which we are ignorant of. There were around 15 Tibetans and 2 Indians in the meeting. We started our meeting with a introduction of everyone and then he started with the “His Holiness’s devolvement of powers to an elected leadership and Tibetan people’s responsibility” So, the most striking thing about his speech was his comparison of His Holiness the dalai lama caring the Tibetan people like a mother does to her son like the case in which the mom teaches her son cycling but the son is not confident enough to ride on his own and so insists his mom to help more but rejected for his earlier self reliant. This comparison made us realize that the decision taken by the His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the wise and the best for the Tibet.
After the meeting we bid our farewell and thank you notes to all and Tenzin Tsundue left on Moiyat`s bike waving his hand and made us realize that we are here for a purpose because we are born refugee.

4th April 2011

What prompted a monk to burn himself, knowing that when the burning wrath takes to his body, it will hurt like when a candle burns your finger but a thousand times more. First the clothes will rip off burning, then the hair will vanish like it wasn’t there to start with, the skin will melt and drip off leaving a trail and when people try and succeed putting off the flames, only a charred and smoky resemblance is all that will remain in the end. This is how heroes die these days.
Phuntsok Jarutsang, a monk from Tibet’s Amdo Ngaba immolated himself on the 16th March 2011, he was only 20 years old. The extreme Chinese military scrutiny and the violent crackdown of the region took yet another victim, this time of this brave monk who couldn’t take the “shut up and get on with the raw deal” treatment anymore, his is an example of courage of a different league, in fact the elite.
SFT, Pune on the 4th of April 2011 sat together and prayed for his well-being and chipped in the ‘SFT Fast For Freedom’ to show solidarity and cohesion to his sacrifice and the people in Tibet who still continue to suffer. We Tibetans believe if you dedicate your life for the good of greater interest, you will see your labor bear fruit in the next, we hope and whisper prayer for Pawo (martyr) Phuntsok Jarutsang and mourn the life of this willing victim.
Take notice people, in the scheme of things this is how a hero dies these days.
Tenzin Dharpo