[Buddha-l] Tibet uprisings

[Wong Weng Fai]

The Muslim separatists in Xinjiang never "gave peace a chance" but also 
seems to get no where with the CCP. Why will a Tibetan violent uprising 
make it?

W.F. Wong

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Curt Steinmetz wrote:

> Christopher Fynn wrote:
>> 
>> Younger generation rejects non-violent tradition:
>> <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/tibet.china2>
>> 
>
> I don't think that pacifism has ever been widely accepted among Tibetans. 
> Historically it has never been a tenet of Vajrayana - quite the opposite, in 
> fact.
>
> Because of the the authority that the Dalai Lama has, and also because of the 
> daunting prospect of directly taking on the Chinese, I think that Tibetans 
> were willing to, as the old song says, "give peace a chance". But not only 
> has HHDL's approach failed to yield any results, but he has also encouraged 
> the development of a more democratic political culture for Tibetans. I think 
> it is because of these two factors that many Tibetans, like those quoted in 
> the article linked above, are starting to say more loudly and more publicly 
> what they have been saying quietly and privately all along.
>
> If His Holiness listens to the Tibetan people he might even do what Nelson 
> Mandela did after the Sharpeville Massacre - and abandon "passive resistance" 
> as the only acceptable form of struggle. But even if he does not do that - I 
> doubt very much that the 15th Dalai Lama will be a pacifist.
>
> Curt Steinmetz
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