14th Dalai Lama Loses Public Gavor in Tibet

NAMGYI & DORQUN

Recently, a survey was conducted among 100 Tibetan households in the Chengguan District of Lhasa. For security purposes, the surveyed remained anonymous and they answered questions all in Tibetan. All the surveyed returned the questionnaires, which had 24 questions concerning family economy, religious belief, the education of children and their future employment, political views, etc.
In answering the question: “What kind of person is the 14th Dalai Lama in your eyes,” 86 percent responded: “The Dalai Lama is a separatist or politician”; four percent said he was a “religious leader”, another four percent held him as “the God or Living Buddha”, while the remaining six percent gave no response.

Public View on the 14th Dalai Lama

Lhasa is the political, economic and cultural center of Tibet. The 100 households surveyed included a former manorial lord, former serfs and slaves, people who were born after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, and those who followed the 14th Dalai Lama to flee Tibet but later returned to settle down in Lhasa. The total number of people in the 100 households stood at 376, aged between 25 and 80, with the leading members mostly being religious.

"Our Living Buddha"

A 35-year-old woman said: “I have never seen the 14th Dalai Lama, and I don’t trust him. I just care whether my child can study in a Tibet middle school in China’s hinterland.”

A 73-year-old man said: “The 14th Dalai Lama was a savior in my mind in the past, and I yearned for his return. However, only the serf owners lived in the paradise, and we serfs and slaves lived in dire poverty. I am happy with my present life. I am disappointed about what the 14th Dalai Lama is doing abroad.”
The survey shows Tibet enjoys social stability, economic development and a better life. Here lies the major reason why the 14th Dalai Lama has lost his popularity among the Tibetans today.

The 14th Dalai Lama Is Not Spokesman of the Tibetans

In answering the question: “What has brought you most happiness since the peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951,” more than 90 percent said: “The harmonious, independent and free life enjoyed, with the smashing of the feudal serfdom and the emancipation of the serfs and slaves.”

Tibetan herders.

In the old society, serf owners who made up only 5 percent of the Tibetan population owned more than 95 percent of land, grass and animals. Serfs and slaves were mere tools, who could be sold and resold freely by their masters.
On March 10, 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama staged an armed rebellion with a view to protecting feudal serfdom. Kamqoin Pabalha Soinam Gyainco was the first to be killed by the rebels. He was a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Dongbazha, a businessman, was killed because he refused to join the rebels. His wife was raped. Sangnyi, a 9-year-old boy, was killed and his body was hung up in a tree. In August alone, the rebels carried out more than 70 killings.
When the Tibetans were suffering from this violence, where was the 14th Dalai Lama who claims to represent the interest of the Tibetans?

Herders use powerdriven butter separator today.

While living in exile, he leaves no stone unturned in trying to prevent the developed countries and the World Bank from granting loans to Tibet.

The 14th Dalai Lama: Block to Normal Social Order

In answering the question: “Are you satisfied or not satisfied with the Party’s policy for freedom of religious belief,” 87 percent of the surveyed said “satisfied,” 9 percent said “basically satisfied,” 1 percent answered “not satisfied”, and 3 percent didn’t reply.
According to Bome Qamba Lhozhub, vice-president of the Buddhist Association of China (BAC) and president of the BAC Tibet Branch, the Party’s policy for freedom of religious belief has been carried to the letter during the ongoing reform and opening period. Historically, most Tibetans hold religious beliefs and there are four sects of Tibetan Buddhism, the major religion in Tibet - namely, the Gelug, Sagya, Nyingma and Gagyu Sects.
“A flourishing Buddhism that helps build up Tibet is the common wish of Buddhists,’’ he said.

Watching Tibetan opera performance.

The Central Government and the people’s government of the Tibet Autonomous Region have, over the past few decades, invested more than 300 million Yuan to repair the Potala Palace and 1,787 monasteries and other religious activities including the Zhaibung, Sera, Gandain and Jokhang Monasteries. As a result, the number of monasteries and religious activities increased by 300 than the early days of the Democratic Reform in 1959. Resident monks and nuns now total 46,300.

Facts prove that the 14th Dalai Lama, self-styled leader of Tibetan Buddhism, has been engaging in political activities aimed at tearing Tibet away from the motherland for years. Tibetan Buddhism is a banner in his hand. What he did, and continues to do, ruins the reputation of Tibetan Buddhism and disturbs the normal order of Tibetan Buddhism.
The CPC follows the policy of freedom of religious belief. President Jiang Zemin once wrote the phrase, “Loving religion, getting united and making progress” and “defending the motherland in the interest of the people.”

A pilgrim.

However, the 14th Dalai Lama does his best to incite monks and nuns to make trouble with a view to turning monasteries into a base for “Tibetan independence.” When it was time to locate the soul boy candidates for the late 10th Panchen Erdeni according to set rules, he, then in India, announced he had already made the choice and tried to turn the Buddhist event into a political farce. He also met Japanese cult leaders five times after 1987 for “mutual help”. He went so far as to oppose a Buddhist statue that he and his predecessors had worshipped for centuries, and forced his followers to joint in the fight. Those who refused were suppressed.
Since the 14th Dalai Lama has done so much, how can he win the favor of Buddhists in Tibet?