[The International Herald Tribune]
The impact of the suicides appears to be spreading. Last month the United States ambassador to China, Gary Locke, made his first visit to a Tibetan area of Sichuan Province and was photographed shaking hands with an 88-year-old monk, as my colleague Edward Wong reported.
What does the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader in exile, say about the self-immolations?
“I am quite certain that those who sacrificed their lives with sincere motivation, for Buddha dharma and for the well-being of the people, from the Buddhist or religious view points, is positive,” he told NBC in a recent interview.
“But if these acts are carried out with full anger and hatred, then it is wrong,” he said. “So it is difficult to judge. But it is really very sad, very very sad.”
View the whole article at: http://tibet.net/2012/10/26/tibets-horrifying-persistent-fire/
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