Empty original: Grandfather of reincarnated Tibetan lama dies after self-immolation
ICT (International Tibet campaign)
13 October 2012
The grandfather of a prominent young reincarnated Tibetan lama died today after setting himself on fire near a monastery in Kanlho (ch.: Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture) In Gansu province (Amdo Tibetan area). Tibetans gathered in prayer for him despite intense military reinforcement in the area after the self-immolation. This is self-immolation number 55 in Tibet since February 2009. Tamdin Dorje, who was at the beginning of his 50, it was from the Drong aldea that in the Kanlho municipality. He had three children and was the grandfather of a child 10 years who is recognized as one of the most important lamas of the historic Labrang Tashikyil monastery, Gungthang Rinpoche. Images received by Tibetans in exile from Tibet, show troops converging on the area, and the Tibetans taking the body of Tamdin Dorje for cremation. Tamdin Dorje set himself on fire in the same place as Dolkar Tso, mother of two children who immolated herself 7 of August, near a white stupa next to the Choeling monastery in Kanlho. A young Tibetan, Branch Gyatso de 27 years, He caught fire and died near another monastery in Tsoe (ch.: Hezuo) he 6 October, the third self-immolation this week, marking a continued increase in the frequency of self-immolations in Tibet. Today's self-immolation is likely to be taken with concern by the authorities due to the connection with the young lama recognized as the 7º Gungthang Rinpoche, Lobsang Geleg Tenpe Khenchen, who was born in 2002 in the village of Dzoege, east of Tsoe city, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in the southern part of Gansu province. Tamdin Dorje was the father of the young lama's mother. The boy's predecessor lama, the 6thº Gungthang Rinpoche Jigme Tenpe Wangchug (1926-2000) He was a highly influential lama, known as a great and popular Amdo scholar. He was imprisoned in 1958 during the period of the “Democratic Reform” by the communist authorities and after being released in 1979, He was very active as a leader of the religious revival in eastern Tibet, and the reconstruction of his Labrang monastery. His Kalachakra teachings in 1990, attracted tens of thousands of Tibetans. Four years after the death of Gungthang Rinpoche in 2000, His reincarnation was announced by the Chinese news agency, Xinhua, after the participation of the respected Tibetan lama, the 6thº Jamyang Zhepa. The Chinese Communist Party, one who promotes atheism, has imposed regulations on the control of selection, installation and education of reincarnated lamas, and is clearly seeking to control and appropriate the 7º Gungthang Rinpoche. After the self-immolation of the child's grandfather, Tibetans from around the area began gathering at Tsoe Monastery to pray after his death.-
