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(11 Mar 2009)
1. Mid of the Dalai Lama seated on his ceremonial chair reading scriptures
2. Wide of Tibetan monks and nuns attending the teachings
3. Mid of monks preparing a ceremonial offering
4. Mid of Dalai Lama smiling on his chair with monks sitting in front of him
5. Wide of seated monks receiving food
6. Mid of the Dalai Lama in yellow hat speaking in Tibetan
7. Mid of Tibetans attending the teachings
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile:
“The passion of the younger generation might be exhausted or they might become impatient. There might be a few stray cases here and there. People may show a kind of impatience but by and large they are very much patient and they are very much committed to non-violence and they have the belief that sooner or later the issue will be resolved.”
9. Mid of media at news conference
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile:
“But now the ball is in the PRC’s (People’s Republic of China) court. They have to take the initiative and we are very much hopeful that they will make the way appropriately in the foreseeable future. That is our hope.”
11. Mid of media at news conference
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile:
“Thinking of the PRC – by delaying the issue, it will die down, that is absolutely mistaking…a mistake on their part. So we have no hurry at this moment. So we will wait and continue our effort and the day will come when the issue will be resolved.”
13. Mid of media at news conference
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile:
“Instead of that we tell them that if they could remain inside Tibet and get private teaching and a private education that would be better instead of leaving the country because our population is already in tiny minority against the massive population transfer which is intentionally carried out by the PRC for the last 50 years. And yet, if the people who are already there leave the country, then Tibetan people will become more and more minority.”
15. Mid of media at news conference
STORYLINE:
A day after observing the 50th anniversary of their failed revolt against China, the self-proclaimed Tibetan Government-in-exile said on Wednesday that it was up to China to take the initiative to resolve the issue and appealed to Tibetans to remain inside Tibet as their population was already in a minority there.
The Dalai Lama, the revered spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists who fled to exile as the 1959 uprising collapsed, held a session of Buddhist teachings for his followers in Dharmsala, India, on Wednesday.
Thousands of Tibetan monks and nuns and a large number of foreigners were among the audience for the religious discourse.
Tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of riots inside Tibet against Chinese rule which led to a crackdown and, later that month, the Dalai Lama’s dramatic flight across the Himalayas and into exile in India.
China has overseen a “brutal crackdown” in Tibet since protests shook the Himalayan region last year, part of decades of Chinese oppression that have driven Tibetan culture to the verge of extinction, the Dalai Lama said on Tuesday.
Addressing a news conference on Wednesday, the prime minister of the self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile, Samdhong Rinpoche, said some young Tibetans were getting impatient but remained committed to non-violence.
He also urged Tibetans living in Tibet to stay there in order to secure a private education and also to stop Tibetans from falling into an even greater minority than at present.
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