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Popular Tibetan singer Tsewang Norbu dies of self-immolation protest

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Post by suifbwish »

sixQuarks wrote: post #8
hackernewds wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it should be. and then you watch these monks with absolute mental control just sitting in the fire meditating until they're ash

This is one of the most fascinating things. It is close to a real life miracle in my opinion. To not even move when you’re experiencing that level of pain, it’s awe inspiring

They have the ability to turn off their pain entirely so it’s less of a miracle than if they were experiencing it.

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Post by soco »

werewolf wrote: post #9

I believe many "Czechoslovaks" feel with Tibet and also Ukraine these days. For those interested in history of "living torches" fighting for freedom: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Palach

In communist Romania, 2 March 1988... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liviu_Cornel_Babe%C8%99

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Post by wefarrell »

I'd encourage people to read the letter that Thich Nhat Hanh sent Martin Luther King on the self immolation of Vietnamese monks: https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/letters/in-sea...

That letter started a correspondence between the two that led to MLK speaking out against the war in Vietnam.

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Post by Santosh83 »

zozbot234 wrote: post #7
infocollector wrote: post #3

I do wish the world would be more sympathetic to Ukraine and Tibet than it is currently ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet ).

It's a big mess. The major rivers of India and China all originate in Tibet, so having that whole area be under the control of either one of these two actors is a recipe for ongoing stability concerns in the region.

Tibet has never been under the control of India as far as I know. It was an ethnically independent region in the past and now comes under the govt of China. So major Himalayan rivers originating in Tibet is a big gain for China and a strategic problem for India, considering China has already built several huge upstream damns across these rivers which irrigate much of N India.
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