Tibet nun, 18, kills herself

Published: 12/02/2012 at 10:15 PM
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BEIJING : An 18-year-old Tibetan nun has set herself on fire in western China in the latest such protest against Beijing's handling of the vast ethnic Tibetan regions it rules, an overseas activist group said Sunday.

Free Tibet said in a statement that the nun had died after setting set herself ablaze Saturday. The young woman, identified as Tenzin Choedon, was a nun at the Mamae Nunnery in Sichuan province's Aba prefecture, the group said.It said Choedon shouted slogans of protest against the Chinese government before setting herself on fire at a junction close to the nunnery."Soldiers and police came immediately and took her away," Free Tibet said. "Soldiers then surrounded the nunnery...

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hawaiiman
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Discussion 3 : 13/02/2012 at 09:36 AM3
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D-2 Are you Buddhist? Curious. FYI in past lives Buddha sacrificed his life for the welfare of others. No better teaching than by what one does with ones own life. The articles description "the Dalai Lama, the Tibetans' spiritual leader who fled from the Himalayan region to India amid an abortive uprising against Chinese rule in 1959." Is a distorted view. HHDL was the head of government of Tibet as well as the leader of the Tibetan Buddhist faith. There was, rather than an uprising, an invasion by the PRC of Tibetan sovereignty. Without significant outside support, there was little chance that Tibet could repel the massive incursion.
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In a way I admire their amazing determination to the point of ending their life in a very painful way for their beliefs, but the government of the PRC could care less whether they live or die. It is an exercise in futility. At least they are doing it with no hopes of gain for themselves, though it is hardly in keeping with anything the Buddha ever taught.
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Discussion 1 : 12/02/2012 at 10:23 PM1
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The amazing commitment that it takes to light ones self on fire for what is right is something a UDD protester paid to sit idly for a corrupt politician will never understand ever .
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