Yogis Of Tibet - Documentary - The Truth in The Dharma

[Ava]

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I like the narrator's voice, and the script is concise and intelligent.

The Chinese takeover is just all too heartbreaking. I tried reading the Dalai Lama's autobiography before, Freedom in Exile, but if I recall correctly, I had nightmares every single night after reading it before going to bed. At any rate, I couldn't even stomach it.

There's footage of the young Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) smiling. That also gets me emotional. Pisces moon predictability here. 

Can't guarantee the accuracy of the story, since TV production tends to have a sensational agenda.

[Ava]

Wow...

The 13th Dalai Lama predicted before dying:

"Very soon in this land (with a harmonious blend of religion and politics) deceptive acts may occur from without and within. At that time, if we do not dare to protect our territory, our spiritual personalities including the Victorious Father and Son (Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama) may be exterminated without trace, the property and authority of our Lakangs (residences of reincarnated lamas) and monks may be taken away. Moreover, our political system, developed by the Three Great Dharma Kings (Tri Songtsen Gampo, Tri Songdetsen and Tri Ralpachen) will vanish without anything remaining. The property of all people, high and low, will be seized and the people forced to become slaves. All living beings will have to endure endless days of suffering and will be stricken with fear. Such a time will come."[60]

Only 20 years later, the Chinese invasion of Tibet brought many of these prophesies to reality. During the Chinese Great Leap Forward between 200,000 and 1,000,000 Tibetans died. Approximately 6,000 monasteries were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, destroying the vast majority of historic Tibetan architecture.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Dalai_Lama

It's weird that his face is blurry. Some faces seem blurry in that documentary and it's probably just the camera but my first reaction was wondering if they were already like half-ghost, partially dissolved.