His Holiness the Dalai Lama discusses Buddhism and Tibet

Spiritual leader discusses Buddhism and Tibet.
The 74-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate has come to Switzerland to hold talks and lectures on Buddhism and world peace. (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch, 04.August.2009)

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尋找共同點 —藏漢國際討論會在日內瓦開幕

達賴喇嘛尊者在藏漢國際討論會上的講話(全文)
2009/08/06

藏漢國際討論會

2009年8月6日 瑞士日內瓦

大會主席、主持人、各位漢藏代表、各位來賓,大家好!

首先向籌辦這次漢藏會議的「國際和解協會」和「瑞士西藏友好協會」表示由衷的感謝!

在過去一千多年的歷史中,漢藏兩個民族除了偶爾發生衝突以外,大部分時間,都以睦鄰同胞之情相處,並在宗教、文化、經濟、社會等方面的交流和共同發展中,成為世代相續的朋友。佛教傳入漢地早于藏區,因此,藏人深懷敬意地把中國的佛教信眾視為同門兄長。

動盪的二十世紀,中國政局也發生了巨大的變化。1949年,共產黨奪取政權後,隨即進軍西藏,武力佔領昌都,迫使1951年簽署了「十七條協定」,並借「和平解放西藏」之名,統治了所有藏區。

西藏方面始終真誠地按照「十七條協議」的規定,努力與中共合作,尋求生存空間。然而,1959年我和我的政府,以及八萬多藏人,還是被迫地離開了家園……這是一段人人皆知的悲情歷史。 Read the rest of this article »

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Finding Common Ground

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The Dalai Lama greets the media before a news conference at a Sino-Tibetan Conference entitled “Finding Common Ground” in Geneva August 6, 2009.
(source: Reuters Pictures)


ADDRESS BY HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA TO THE TIBETAN-CHINESE CONFERENCE
IN GENEVA ON AUGUST 6, 2009

I extend my greetings to the Chair of this conference, the organizers, the delegates who have come from many different places, and guests. I would specially like to commend the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Swiss Tibetan Friendship Association for organizing this wide-ranging conference of Chinese and Tibetans.

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