[Buddha-l] Second Tibetan Monk Burns Himself to Death in Protest

[Dan Lusthaus]

Joanna alerts me that the link I sent was to the same article she posted.

Here (hopefully) is the one to the Op-Ed by Lobsang Sangay

http://tinyurl.com/3ux3bc2

Here's the full url, just in case:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/opinion/the-myth-of-socialist-paradise-in-tibet.html?hp

Dan

----- Original Message ----- 

> Lobsang Sangay, who was sworn in last week as the kalon tripa, or prime
> minister, of the Tibetan government in exile, is apparently using the monk
> Tsewang Norbu's self-immolation (the second this year) as an occasion to
> offer an official comment signaling his approach to China, and he has used
> the NYT's Op-Ed page to do so.
>
> If you are curious what sort of voice he is bringing to the stage,
> http://tinyurl.com/3dt9you
>
> Dan