DOCUMENTAL/YOUTUBE: “The New Tibet”. Tibetan Monks Exile and Chinese Repression

DComplete ocumental in Spanish: "El Nuevo Tibet"



02:34 Since in the year 1959 The Chinese army invaded Tibet, Lhasa has undergone a great transformation from being a small feudal city, fabulous and forbidden, to a crude metropolis of concrete and glass. 

There are few Tibetans who manage to make their way in this totalitarian and oppressive society where human rights are a dead letter.. One of the most negative effects of this entire process is that Tibetans begin to doubt their own culture..



09:13 One of the bloodiest revolts took place in January 1989, when the Panchen Lama was found dead six days after publicly criticizing the mistakes made by the Chinese government. The prisoners suffered cruel torture and in forty years of repression one and a half million Tibetans have died as a direct consequence of the invasion.. 



13:24 On the outskirts of Kathmandu is the center of attention for exiles, a small building that cares for them physically and psychologically. From Kathmandu, The refugees are transferred to the different Tibetan settlements that are distributed throughout the Indian territory. Everyone's dream is to reach Dharamsala, little Lhasa, the home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Dharamsala is located 1.800 Altitude meters, in the first foothills of the Himalayas.



17:58 More than six thousand exiles reside in Dharamsala who have arrived looking for their stolen values ​​and who make up a third of the city's population.. Different religions and ethnic groups coexist harmoniously in this small space where Buddhism is the axis of daily existence, as traditionally happened in Tibet before the Chinese aggression. When they arrive in Dharamsala they are exultant with happiness, they feel free in exile, They can meet the Dalai Lama and see a future in their lives. 



24:28 An hour's walk from Dharamsala is the Senior Education Center, un lugar que nada tiene que ver con la "Ciudad de los muchachos tibetanos". 

This center has been created to provide basic education to young people over twenty years of age.. For three years they will learn a trade and they will try to convince them to return to Tibet again and develop their knowledge there..



28:50 Dharamsala is also the headquarters of the Tibetan government in exile represented in different ministries and from where the international campaign against the genocidal policy of the Beijing government is coordinated..

Tsewang Tethong is the Minister of Information and International Relations, one of the Dalai Lama's most influential men and the first Tibetan to study abroad. 



38:21 Under the direction of the great lama, Pilgrims prepare to begin their three-day journey to Leh Monastery. One of the most important monasteries is Tikse.. 

Buddhism is more than a religion, it is a philosophy or a path.. Its objective is to eradicate the inseparable pain of existence by detaching itself from terrestrial ties through moderation., of renunciation and meditation, In short, get nirvana.