- Palden Gyatso
Palden Gyatso (born 1933 in Panam, Tibet) is a Buddhist monk who was born in Tibet in 1933. During the Chinese invasion in
Tibet he was arrested and he spent 33 years in Chinese prison. After his release in 1992 he went toDharamsala , (North India) in exile. Since then he is practicing his Buddhistic religion as a free monk.Life
Palden Gyatso was born in the Tibetan village of Panam in 1933. This place is located at Nyangchu river between
Gyantse andShigatse . In 1943 he entered Gadong monastery as a novice monk. During the Chinese invasion he was nominated as a fully ordained monk of theGelug school. Later he studied inDrepung monastery which is close toLhasa .After the
1959 Tibetan uprising , Palden Gyatso was arrested by Chinese officials. He spent the following 33 years in different Chinese prisons and labour camps. He was forced to participate in barbarous reeducation classes and was brutally tortured, leading to irreversible physical damage. During this time, he continued to abide by theDharma (Buddha's teachings).1992 Palden Gyatso was released. He escaped to
Dharamsala in India, the place of the Tibetan exile government. There he wrote his autobiography "Fire Under The Snow" in Tibetan, since translated into many other languages and the subject of a forthcoming film.During his following visits in America and Europe he became politically active as an opponent of the Chinese occupation in Tibet and as a witness of many years under Chinese confinement. In 1995 he was heard by the
United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.These days Palden Gyatso is living in
Dharamsala and following his Buddhist studies.Notes and references
See also
Internal links
List of Tibetan political prisoners
Literature
* "Fire Under The Snow," Palden Gyatso, The Harvill Press, 1997, London (ISBN 1 86046 509 9)
External links
*" [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/25/AR2006022501334.html 3 Tibetans Continue Hunger Strike,]
Washington Post ",February 26 ,2006 , Page E18
*Wartofsky, Alana; Jenkins, Mark; " [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/music/features/tibetmessage0615.htm Freedom, Justice and a Little Rap and Reggae,]Washington Post ",June 15 ,1998
*Moffett, Shannon " [http://www.stanforddaily.com/article/2000/5/2/monkReflectsOnTimeInPrisonPaldenGyatsoALongtimePrisonerOfChineseoccupyingGovernmentSpeaksAboutTheTortureHeEndured Monk reflects on time in prison,]The Stanford Daily ",May 2 ,2000
*Waller, Douglas " [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/03/31/time/weapons.html Weapons Of Torture,] "CNN ,March 31 ,1998
*Yangzom, Tsering " [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/31/walk_for_tibetan_freedom_passes_through_boston_area/ Walk for Tibetan freedom passes through Boston area] ,The Boston Globe ",July 31 ,2005
*Rosenthal, A. M. " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1D9153EF932A25757C0A963958260 On My Mind; You Are Palden Gyatso] ,The New York Times ",April 11 ,1995
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