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*wind blowing*

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In 1948, China came into Tibet from  the east side

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and later in 1959 China occupied all of Tibet.

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The Chinese were very sly because at first they were kind to Tibet

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and then slow ... they came to attack.

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There was no proper military, like, army in Tibet.

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And Tibet lost the war.

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Tibet and China ...  enemies and sometimes friends.

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... its history is weird.

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They want the ground because there are so many people in China.

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... because of the land.

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In Tibet there are so few Tibetans but it's a big place.

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Treasure underground and resources.

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Gold.

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Main source of the river in Asia.

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The Chinese ... little more advanced than Tibet.

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Selfish.

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... knowledge about how Tibet is rich in minerals.

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The Dalai Lama, our spiritual leader,  hehad to flee Tibet

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because of the illegal annexation of Tibet by the Chinese.

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Because of their greediness.

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Because the Dalai Lama fled Tibet, so many of his followers had to flee Tibet as well.

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and my grandfather along with my father also was one of the followers...

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... following His Holiness the Dalai Lama into exile in India.

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The children of Tibet living in exile

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who don't have proper food come to TCV.

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So, TCV is set up to preserve Tibetan language, culture and religion.

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*music*

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Someone may be rich and someone may be poor

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so that's why we are wearing the same uniforms

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it tells that everyone is the same and... equal.

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Someone may be rich and someone may be poor

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*music*

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I am a refugee. But I didn't suffer the fate of the early people of Tibet.

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It's all due to the kindness of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Because of his kindness we didn't suffer like the others.

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I am very thankful to him and also thankful to the people of India.

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They gave us a place to live and food to eat.

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If it was not for them the name of Tibet would be a mere memory

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And later no one would remember where Tibet is

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Its language, its religion, everything valuable to us.

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Only Red China would remember one thing,
that Tibetans are foolish and this is the place where they used to live.

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I came here when I was five.

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My mom sent me to study hard here.

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My parents knew that there was no freedom in Tibet.

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They had no idea about TCV, but they hope ... near the Dalai Lama.

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... because Chinese soldiers were on the mountainside and so
they leave suddenly in the night.

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I remembered we traveled by a kind of truck.

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I was put in one barrel... there are lots of barrels
empty ... some are filled with oils ...

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I was in the middle of one barrel and my brother is with me.

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I think he's hiding somewhere else.

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I don't think he will fit in a barrel, it's very small.

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We came to the border and fortunately we were not caught.

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It was a strange day.

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I don't remember everything, I just remember we were in the taxi.

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And me and my mom were ... hiding

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... in the taxi ... there was a gap ...

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... the driver would keep us in this gap ... in the back

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and my mom was like don't breathe just for a second and I was like ....

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If we don't have this school, you know,

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Dalai came here to make TCV school

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for the children who come from Tibet ...

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running from the Chines and come here

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so they have to learn something to defeat the Chinese.

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That's why they made the TCV school.

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In the school there are so many students and teachers.

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It is surrounded by so many forests and hills.

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And there are so many beautiful animals
... birds ... monkeys  ... dogs.

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*music*

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Tibetan culture and tradition is very old.
It has a deep root.

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And for us being rooted is very important.

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Otherwise what should we fight for.

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It's important for all the people to care about culture and for us ...

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... especially  more important because we have lost our country to Chinese.

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We are here in India as an exile and it's really important for us to maintain

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what has been ours like, language, culture and the flag and the anthems.

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The things that we can show to the world and so it becomes really important

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to take care of it ... not let it get vanished.

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I being a Tibetan is my identity.

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My language is my identity.

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So in order to preserve that it's very important to have a separate community

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of Tibetans where you can actually preserve it

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... TCV has been proof of preservation of culture.

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The culture out here and the environment out here is like WOW, so I love being at TCV.

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There is no condition or reason to not like TCV ...

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I was schooled here. Born and brought up here.

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My late father was a Tibetan teacher here.

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My mother, who's retired now, was a home parent, a home mother.

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The children here call them "Amala" which is like "Mother".

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Do you understand?

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... not just short, stunted, not just short.

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Not fully grown, especially due to malnutrition. Then the growth is "stunted".

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Then there is another word here ... "heir".

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It means a  successor especially someone who inherits, you can understand?

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An heir usually means a successor who inherits a huge amount of money or wealth.

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Most of the children here are boarders.

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They live here in the school for a good part of the year and a good part of their lives.

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They don't really have anybody here ...

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many of them from Tibet who don't even have anybody here in India.

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So for them it will be just like a parent.

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Some kids, their parents just came to visit ... that moment ... the hardest

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to see them come and visit their kids, and you are just standing there ...

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but somehow the home mothers ... know how we feel.

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I don't think I'm the only one who feels like that

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there  are a bunch of kids whose parents are in Tibet.

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My mom sent me to study hard here.

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... home mother took me to see my dad.

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I saw my dad for the first time ... after a long time.

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... I spent a week with him.

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He brought us lots of clothes ....

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... usually ... I don't really cry, you know.

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I think it's because my childhood was a little bit tough.

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He had to go back, of course.

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Before coming here he got permission because he told

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... Chinese officials that he had business in Nepal.

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That's how he came to India.

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And once he left .. I came to know he was sent to jail ...

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and after that I never heard from him.

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The husband of Amala we call "Apala".

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They don't act like staff only, they act like a real mama and dad.

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I like Amala ... whenever she gots stuff she gives to us
and she always be kind to us.

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... Amala won't be able to handle all of them all alone.

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... the bigger ones are given smaller kids to look after.

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They usually wash their clothes .. panties ...

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They sleep with them together sometimes.

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... much of the work, like cleaning their cupboards.

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I don't .... go to my home usually so I don't meet my mom,so I feel like she's my real mom.

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She always ... advises us ... study hard.

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So that we can become something in our future.

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I feel like she's a really, really good mother and I'm fortunate to have her.

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*music*

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*untranslated Tibetan*

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Her secret to become a good mom here is to be compassionate.

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and to be a calm person, peaceful mind.

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Because having a calm and peaceful mind and compassionate, will effect the environment.

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This is her secret.

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I miss her

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Dinner.  It's very tasty, after eating dinner I just forgot lunch and breakfast.

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The children wich are poor are getting good food.

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The main thing they are getting - love.

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We have to do kitchen duty.

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We have to make food for our home mates ... our home mother helps us make the food.

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The food is very nutritious.

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It's not like other food

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... food plus His Holiness's blessing.

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We are very lucky to eat

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... blessing of His Holiness and many more great people.

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*music*

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... there are baby rooms ... smaller homes for smaller kids

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and as we grow bigger they have hostels

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... when you come to hostel there ... are many girls from different homes

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and also we don't know each other but we try to be friends with them ....

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You hardly see somebody sitting alone and eating

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They are in groups ... sharing.

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We are very lucky to eat

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*music*

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Doing chores together makes our homemates bond important and more strong.

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Through that we understand each other

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and we become more friendly with them.

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Everything is instilled in the programs or daily routine.

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Our parents they always tell use ... respect the elders ... be kind to the younger ones

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So it's in the upbringing itself

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It's a way of life, the whole TCV, the way it's set up.

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The way we live here is based on others before self.

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Right from when they are very young they cooperate.

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They are assigned some small duties, they learn those things,

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cleaning duty.

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so that they feel a sense of belongingness.

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A sense of being a contributing member.

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So unconsciously they learn how to share.

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By playing a small role ... I am helping others.

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There is no specialist here.

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Everybody is doing something for the whole.

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... you become part of others ... part of whole.

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This is so beautiful ... because they are helping.

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And when they were very young, these children were being helped by the older ones.

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... washing machine is not very expensive here in India, everyone can afford it

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But we do not allow them ...

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Why? Because washing itself is so beautiful ...

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Let's wash together.

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*music*

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*debating in Tibetan*

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Take me as an example.
*in Tibetan*

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My parents and family are back in Tibet.
*in Tibetan*

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Nobody knew me when I came here, but I've always been close to people.
*in Tibetan*

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So, I started talking to people.
*in Tibetan*

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This is a good way, talking and listening, and what you should do with kids.
*in Tibetan*

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Talking and listening is all I can offer these kids. I can't bless them like the high Lamas.
*in Tibetan*

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*debating in Tibetan*

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That is called "Riglam" ...

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It's debating, trying to prove the other person wrong.s

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If I say one thing, they will think whether what I said was right or wrong.

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... when we said questions ...

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... the brain to develop without any books ...

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Only bookish knowledge is not enough.

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"Rig" means mind and "Lam" means path.

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We are making path to out minds.

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Meditation, it makes you reflect on your past days.

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In the past few days you  had some difficult days

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so once you're asked to meditate

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start selecting on your past days and what happened ... and what you're going to do next ...

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By reflecting you have the power to say this is right and this is wrong.

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If you think you dud some wring things more than the good things

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... you decide now what to do.

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Should I continue with a good thing or a bad thing?

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When we think about others and we do good for them.

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Then they can, good for us next time.

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When I help them I'm feeling happy.

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Small children ... when they fell

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I take them to the dispensary of the school.

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Each one of us are interdependent or interconnected in ... every aspect.

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In the holy books of Tibet ... it's written ... all people ... are connected.

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Therefore since we are all interconnected it's very important that we think about others.

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For you to be happy you need the other person's support in one way or the other way.

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... other person is happy, you are happy.

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Connected.

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Interdependent.

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Can't survive by yourself.

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We are in the earth.

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It's simple, it's not that tricky.

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interdependent means

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I'm wearing these clothes, it's not made by me.

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It's made by other people, I have to depend on other people.

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I just ate food, it's made by other people, I depend on food.

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I can take the example of me and my teacher

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we are very much dependent on each other.

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When I listen in class very well my teacher becomes more eager to teach us ...

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... when we start doing bad things in class and we start ...

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speaking back to the teachers .... they become angry ...

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... due to that reason, she won't be able to teach ...

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everything is dependent.

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... the text you have read is just an excerpt, a small piece.

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They don't realize, I feel

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the gravity of their situation.

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I don't blame them because w have been in exile for the last now sixty years.

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So, they are the third generation

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So, they re no different from other kids.

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It's useless if you shout at them ... if I shout at you how do you feel?

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Same feeling the child has.

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They know that I'm angry ... I calm down and tell them

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I was so angry five minutes back ...

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What I did? ...  I calmed down, now I'm ok.

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If they have a discipline problem for the very little ones, I don't take it as a problem.

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It's so beautiful that I want to hear this beautiful story ...

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and then I explain how important you are here in the school.

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How important you are to this world.

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Eventually, we ... talk and then try to find out the reason for him or her being sad.

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... we whether we can solve the problem.

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I respect them a lot and they respect me a lot

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... give respect and get respect, it's true ...

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at the end of the day say I want to see your work tomorrow

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at 9 am I want to see your math work ... English work ... your Tibetan work

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And they will come up with a smile.  Sir, I did it.

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First thing is compassion. Showing compassion is the first ...

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simple method that makes the other person ... feel better.

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We the Tibetans have a really big compassion in our hearts.

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It means ... helping others.

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*speaking Tibetan*

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Compassionate?  I think it means having mercy ... being kind others.

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I think that is the point.

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*speaking Tibetan*

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When I was new here I was like

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I don't know where to go or anything about ... school

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A girl came up to me and said her name is Tenchoe.

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She becomes friends with me, actually I was a little bit nervous at first

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and because of her I feel much less nervous.

00:33:23.334 --> 00:33:30.408
They do kind to us ... we do kind back to them.

00:33:30.408 --> 00:33:36.781
If it's there in the whole community ... whole world

00:33:36.781 --> 00:33:41.452
the whole problem of violence ... will not be there ...

00:33:41.452 --> 00:33:43.154
... will be very beautiful.

00:33:43.154 --> 00:33:48.059
That's when the compassion comes in ... love comes in.

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:54.198
The whole problem of violence ... fear

00:33:54.198 --> 00:34:00.204
of being killed ... robbed ... all these negative things would not be there.

00:34:00.204 --> 00:35:25.623
*music*

00:35:25.623 --> 00:35:31.829
If we do good, then the lucky will come to us.

00:35:31.829 --> 00:35:38.536
It's like fortune ... the happy will come back to you.

00:35:38.536 --> 00:35:43.107
Sometimes it's good, sometimes you did bad deeds and Karma gets you back.

00:35:43.107 --> 00:35:49.514
... Karma, if you do something bad in this life, in the next life you have to suffer ....

00:35:49.514 --> 00:35:54.919
If you kill someone, it brings you suffering.

00:35:54.919 --> 00:35:59.924
Sometimes it happens like after a long time.

00:36:10.801 --> 00:36:47.104
*Tibetan praying*

00:36:53.711 --> 00:36:57.215
... we consider this the inside ... this the outside

00:36:57.215 --> 00:37:02.019
actually ... both of them, outside ... our body is here.

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:07.391
Karma it means, in our language we call it "Leis".

00:37:07.391 --> 00:37:12.196
Leis ... is just the work or the job ... what you do.

00:37:12.196 --> 00:37:15.233
If I hit here, I'll get injured.

00:37:15.233 --> 00:37:18.536
... my action and reaction ...

00:37:18.536 --> 00:37:23.207
Liking yourself too much than others is bad.

00:37:23.207 --> 00:37:25.042
Then others will not like you.

00:37:25.042 --> 00:37:27.645
Thinks only for own.

00:37:27.645 --> 00:37:28.479
Selfish.

00:37:28.479 --> 00:37:31.082
Me, I, this is greedy.

00:37:31.082 --> 00:37:33.784
It is bad, I mean, BAD.

00:37:33.784 --> 00:37:48.099
*rain and singing*

00:37:49.867 --> 00:37:56.440
The Tibetans living in Tibet they don't ... basic human rights.

00:37:56.440 --> 00:38:01.912
... basic human rights you do not have freedom of speech and expression

00:38:01.912 --> 00:38:05.416
freedom to religion and culture and the list goes on.

00:38:07.284 --> 00:38:14.825
If a Tibetan ... didn't go against the Chines rule then the Chinese won't attack them,

00:38:14.825 --> 00:38:18.329
But if they go against the Chinese rule

00:38:18.329 --> 00:38:22.500
the Chinese government does what they want to do,

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:27.204
not the Chinese people, but the ... Chinese government ...

00:38:27.204 --> 00:38:30.775
they will put them in jail and punish them

00:38:30.775 --> 00:38:33.944
... they may die.

00:38:33.944 --> 00:38:41.118
They have the picture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

00:38:41.118 --> 00:38:47.892
And if the Chinese police see ....

00:38:47.892 --> 00:38:52.396
kill them or beat them badly.

00:38:52.396 --> 00:38:57.201
Most ... who speak Tibet  there ... at night

00:38:57.201 --> 00:38:59.570
and in the daytime speak Chinese.

00:38:59.570 --> 00:39:02.807
They just wanted us agree whatever they do.

00:39:02.807 --> 00:39:04.875
No freedom

00:39:04.875 --> 00:39:07.778
to learn about Tibetan language

00:39:07.778 --> 00:39:09.714
rights to culture and religion

00:39:09.714 --> 00:39:12.116
Tibetan cultural dancing is not allowed.

00:39:12.116 --> 00:39:17.588
... grandfather who built a school ...

00:39:17.588 --> 00:39:21.492
and was put in jail for more than ten years and now ... house arrest.

00:39:21.492 --> 00:40:03.968
*rain and singing*

00:40:03.968 --> 00:40:05.903
Then they get captured

00:40:05.903 --> 00:40:08.539
torture us very badly

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:13.744
prison, dragged to jail, cages, all time cage

00:40:13.744 --> 00:40:16.247
give them hard work for hours

00:40:16.247 --> 00:40:20.651
they put like machines on their fingers to electrocute them.

00:40:20.651 --> 00:40:25.956
The whole family has to face the consequences.

00:40:25.956 --> 00:40:27.691
Final solution.

00:40:27.691 --> 00:40:29.760
Our population ... growing lesser.

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:31.729
I think they will put me to death.

00:40:31.729 --> 00:40:36.567
Since 1959, thousands of Tibetans were dead.

00:40:36.567 --> 00:40:38.169
They were killed, actually.

00:40:38.169 --> 00:40:41.705
It's because of some people who are working in the government.

00:40:41.705 --> 00:40:44.909
The Chinese government, this is their policy.

00:40:44.909 --> 00:40:49.146
That makes me sad ... angry

00:40:49.146 --> 00:40:55.019
to the Chinese government, not the people, but the government itself.

00:40:55.019 --> 00:41:01.525
Self-immolation is giving your life to your country.

00:41:01.525 --> 00:41:05.696
Committing suicide by setting ones self on fire.

00:41:05.696 --> 00:41:13.737
They put oil on their body and they start it firing

00:41:13.737 --> 00:41:18.943
They will not die fast.

00:41:18.943 --> 00:41:22.947
They will go by claiming to the Chinese ...

00:41:22.947 --> 00:41:24.682
and then they will die.

00:41:24.682 --> 00:41:31.455
Self-immolation have been a method of protest of the Tibetan people

00:41:31.455 --> 00:41:37.127
that have raised quite an amount of awareness about the Tibetan situation.

00:41:37.127 --> 00:41:40.297
Hundreds of people did self-immolation ....

00:41:40.297 --> 00:41:46.537
Monks, nuns, some young boys, some old people, as well.

00:41:46.537 --> 00:41:50.407
Some demand the return of the Dalai Lama in Tibet.

00:41:50.407 --> 00:41:52.176
Some demands for freedom.

00:41:52.176 --> 00:41:57.047
Yeah, they just burn themselves alive.

00:41:57.047 --> 00:42:01.919
Whether or not that was the right thing to is up for debate

00:42:01.919 --> 00:42:05.756
but Tibetans have resorted to that.

00:42:05.756 --> 00:42:14.131
In order to tell the world that these things are going on inside Tibet.

00:42:19.036 --> 00:42:26.110
When I was small, when teachers said ...  the Chinese who beat us and tortured ...

00:42:26.110 --> 00:42:31.849
... we just feel angry ... and would talk about

00:42:31.849 --> 00:42:38.122
when we grow ... we would go ... have a war ... create a tank

00:42:38.122 --> 00:42:44.161
It's crazy thinking about that ... but when we were young ... so much anger inside us.

00:42:44.161 --> 00:42:50.401
Yes, little bit angry because there are so many Tibetans who are poor.

00:42:50.401 --> 00:42:53.037
Most of us are poor

00:42:53.037 --> 00:42:56.607
and they have occupied ... killed us. Killed our soldiers and people.

00:43:04.281 --> 00:43:07.851
I mostly hate them.

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:18.762
I'm angry a little bit because we can live together.

00:43:18.762 --> 00:43:22.499
They don't have to kill our people for the land.s

00:43:22.499 --> 00:43:26.236
They can talk to us.

00:43:26.236 --> 00:43:31.875
Asking us to live together ...

00:43:31.875 --> 00:43:38.916
It was another way but they choose the wrong way.

00:43:38.916 --> 00:43:43.954
When I was small most ... people said, Chinese bad,

00:43:43.954 --> 00:43:47.558
Chinese killed use, Chinese destroyed monasteries.

00:43:47.558 --> 00:43:50.394
At that time, I'm very angry.

00:43:50.394 --> 00:43:54.331
Why are they doing that in our country, why did they come here

00:43:54.331 --> 00:44:02.473
but now, I'm ... not that much angry.

00:44:02.473 --> 00:44:11.448
.... because of there greediness they are doing it ... because of there Karma ...

00:44:11.448 --> 00:45:01.865
*music*

00:45:01.865 --> 00:45:15.746
OTHERS BEFORE SELF

00:45:15.746 --> 00:45:19.316
First think to others, then self.

00:45:19.316 --> 00:45:22.453
Even the enemy is more precious than you.

00:45:22.453 --> 00:45:24.254
It means help others.

00:45:24.254 --> 00:45:28.225
Other men and other people and poor men.

00:45:28.225 --> 00:45:32.696
Being a Buddhist and being a follower of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

00:45:32.696 --> 00:45:37.801
... when you put others before you, you get the satisfaction

00:45:37.801 --> 00:45:42.506
... it's human nature to be nice, to be kind.

00:45:42.506 --> 00:45:47.311
If we did others before self we would help others and they would help you back.

00:45:47.311 --> 00:46:18.008
*music*

00:46:18.008 --> 00:46:23.981
I wish Dalai Lama ... long life, like 113 years.

00:46:23.981 --> 00:46:27.284
He teach do not fight, love your enemies.

00:46:27.284 --> 00:46:30.854
He always says to be kind to other people.

00:46:30.854 --> 00:46:35.859
Dalai Lama is ... just like God

00:46:35.859 --> 00:46:42.900
he always says that, in the tv, he always says he's not God ...

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:44.802
He's a man

00:46:44.802 --> 00:46:47.471
But he's just like God.

00:46:47.471 --> 00:46:50.407
Long live Dalai Lama.

00:46:50.407 --> 00:46:53.877
It's very worrisome for the Tibetans, us, because

00:46:53.877 --> 00:46:57.681
the Dalai Lama, one of our main religious leaders, has aged a lot.

00:46:57.681 --> 00:47:01.051
There will be a time one day he will be gone

00:47:01.051 --> 00:47:04.655
... it will be very difficult for us, the Tibetans in India.

00:47:04.655 --> 00:47:09.560
Due to the Dalai Lama, we get a lot of assistance from the international world.

00:47:09.560 --> 00:47:12.596
I think the Tibetans should study hard

00:47:12.596 --> 00:47:16.366
knowing what's their political situation.

00:47:16.366 --> 00:47:20.003
I will be glad to see Tibet become free again.

00:47:20.003 --> 00:47:25.542
Study hard and take back our country.

00:47:25.542 --> 00:47:30.447
One day I will become a great scientist and help Tibet to get its freedom.

00:47:30.447 --> 00:47:59.343
*music*

00:47:59.343 --> 00:48:02.779
I'm a Tibetan and I want to see my land

00:48:02.779 --> 00:48:05.515
I want to know how does it look like.

00:48:05.515 --> 00:48:07.584
My father came from Tibet

00:48:07.584 --> 00:48:10.721
The place where he lived, he used to tell me stories

00:48:10.721 --> 00:48:14.458
that it's very beautiful ... everywhere.

00:48:14.458 --> 00:48:15.959
I would like to see that.

00:48:25.469 --> 00:48:28.972
My parents have been coming from Tibet to here.

00:48:28.972 --> 00:48:31.108
They have only one wish

00:48:31.108 --> 00:48:34.244
that they could get back to Tibet and see their beautiful land.

00:48:34.244 --> 00:48:38.515
I have family over there and I really want to meet them.

00:48:38.515 --> 00:48:44.154
And I really want to talk to them, so many things.

00:48:44.154 --> 00:48:47.324
All the Tibetans want to stay together.

00:48:47.324 --> 00:48:51.395
It is our land. It is our country.

00:48:51.395 --> 00:48:56.934
We got our country back

00:48:56.934 --> 00:49:02.472
and the Chinese will go back to China

00:49:02.472 --> 00:49:06.510
and we get our freedom.

00:49:06.510 --> 00:49:12.849
If the Chinese don't give our country back

00:49:12.849 --> 00:49:18.055
then for us and the Indians to stay friends.s

00:49:18.055 --> 00:49:23.894
Every Tibetan hopefully ... get independence from the Chinese

00:49:23.894 --> 00:49:29.199
... it's hard to get full independence from the Chinese because

00:49:29.199 --> 00:49:34.938
it's bas to say they are greedy but they are ...

00:49:34.938 --> 00:49:39.076
We, all the Tibetans, are saying we can live together in Tibet.

00:49:39.076 --> 00:49:43.213
They can run their businesses and we can run our businesses ...

00:49:43.213 --> 00:49:46.316
But, the Chinese are not accepting ....

00:49:46.316 --> 00:49:53.290
That's the message the Dalai Lama is always concerned about

00:49:53.290 --> 00:49:59.329
and the government itself is run by the Tibetans but for the military purposes

00:49:59.329 --> 00:50:03.567
... the security of the border ... by the Chinese.

00:50:03.567 --> 00:50:09.439
This is the Middle Way Approach ...

00:50:09.439 --> 00:50:13.977
And we have freedom, basic freedoms.

00:50:13.977 --> 00:50:16.146
I don't think so.

00:50:16.146 --> 00:50:25.055
It's hard to get back our land.  I don't think so.

00:50:25.055 --> 00:50:35.032
It maybe happen about a hundred years later but I don't think so.

00:50:35.032 --> 00:50:40.704
It's been like only the fiftieth year for us.

00:50:40.704 --> 00:50:46.243
... compared to India they had to wait for 200 years.

00:50:46.243 --> 00:50:53.383
... no way we can get back to Tibet with ... violence ....

00:50:53.383 --> 00:50:56.520
with the help of nonviolence, we will.

00:50:56.520 --> 00:50:59.289
I want to see Tibet because

00:50:59.289 --> 00:51:02.793
in the pictures ... very interesting and amazing.

00:51:02.793 --> 00:51:05.896
Of course, it will happen.

00:51:05.896 --> 00:51:10.801
I have a strong, say, optimistic view regarding this.

00:51:10.801 --> 00:51:14.471
I just wish that wee will get the freedom back.

00:51:14.471 --> 00:51:18.675
We'll get the freedom back through peace and that's all.

00:51:18.675 --> 00:53:21.064
*music*

00:53:21.064 --> 00:53:22.098
Thank you.