Thubten Wangchen, member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile, with one of its headquarters in Europe, who in turn is director of the House of Tibet in Barcelona, Spain, place where you currently reside, will speak this weekend in Puerto Madryn will speak on meditation and non-violence.
Wangchen has a particular life story: I had only 5 years when the Chinese government invaded Tibet and his mother was murdered; He escaped with his father and went into exile in India., where he remained homeless for four years, in the city of Nepal.
After the Indian government decided to enroll all Tibetan children and young people who were in this situation in school., Wangchen was academically trained and, currently, travels the world calling for peace and non-violence, through a purely humanistic message.
Both on Saturday and also, on sunday, will give two talks on “The One and Beauty” (Paulina Escardó 158).
The first day, The theme will be “Importance and value of Meditation”, while the second day will be focused on “Culture and art of Buddhism”; Both will take place at 18 hours.
The inner values
In exclusive dialogue with the newspaper, Wangchen said that “we are all human, without distinction of race, color, culture, identity or religion; We are all brothers and we seek the same, happiness and not suffering” and described that “we must awaken our inner values, have a good heart, be good people and, after, try to help others as much as possible, being less selfish.
She further , pointed out, in reference to meditation as one of the axes of serenity of people, that “there is theory and practice, and if you don't know the first, the second is complicated; regardless of whether one is Buddhist or not, everyone can apply it; who seeks peace, can apply it”.
Invasion and exile
Asked about his personal history, He related “I was born in Tibet; my parents were tibetan. in 1959, China invaded the country, which we lost along with our independence. Even, I lost my mother when I was only five years old., the Chinese murdered her, and we all wanted to live, therefore, like many tibetans, thinking to escape from there to survive, since I was small and could not escape going up and down the Himalayas, my father carried me on his shoulders for several days; we arrived in Kathmandu (inside Nepal), India, and we were begging. we had nothing, we slept in the streets. Finally, when I had 9 years, The Dalai Lama warned the Indian government that street children were the future of Tibet, so education was very important; The government accepted and began searching for boys and girls street by street. (to educate them). I have been one of those children. They took us to school, They have been very kind and educated us well. I educated myself and received, and to the 16 "I was already a monk for years.".
“Nothing is impossible”
About the latter, He stressed that “I was very lucky to have been able to be with the Dalai Lama during 11 years, studying, learning; now we are relatively older and work responsibly, talking about what happened, what happens to him and what will happen, in the future, en el Tibet”.
Asked about the expectations of, at some point, to be able to return to his homeland, Wangchen expressed: “It seems difficult, but nothing is impossible. Therefore, We fight in this way to achieve more freedom and autonomy in Tibet. Currently, We tour different countries, talking to politicians and members of parliament, presidents and others; we want to try to explain the truth and then receive moral support for Tibet. It's my job. The world is aware of Tibet, The problem is that many politicians, even the UN itself, they make a silence about him, since behind is 'great China', an economic power, In addition to the fact that many people do not want to talk about human rights and the freedom of the people. However, we are working, always fighting peacefully, without violence, and we will never lose our hope.".
