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Holding out hope for “One World One Dream”

Posted on Aug 10th, 2008 by Sean : Dharma Monkey Sean

I said I wasn’t going to do it, and I honestly thought I could resist. But in the end, like most of the rest of the world, I caved. I watched the Olympic Opening Ceremony.... More »

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And so it begins…

Posted on Aug 6th, 2008 by Sean : Dharma Monkey Sean

BEIJING - Foreign activists unfurled pro-Tibet banners at a key Olympics venue Wednesday and spoke out against China’s rights record in Tiananmen Square, in the first attempts to use the spotlight of the games to... More »

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Despite Tibet, the Olympics must go on

Posted on Aug 5th, 2008 by Sean : Dharma Monkey Sean

With the Summer Olympics now upon us, I’ve turned the question of Tibet over in my mind a hundred times, trying to reconcile the grievous actions taken there by the Chinese Communists with the fact... More »

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Buddha, dying

Posted on Mar 22nd, 2008 by Sean : Dharma Monkey Sean

I can remember a sermon nearly 30 years ago at Oakdale Baptist Church in my home town of Rock Hill, S.C. In it, the minister, Rev. Raymond Thompson, talked about how the crucifixion of Christ... More »

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Torn, in an unhealthy way

Posted on Mar 14th, 2008 by Sean : Dharma Monkey Sean

There is a part of me that is thankful for the Tibetans in Lhasa, Kathmandu, Dharamsala, the remote areas of Tibet and the other parts of the world who are so willing to take a... More »

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A new round of talks between HHDL and the Chinese

Posted on Jun 30th, 2007 by Sean : Dharma Monkey Sean

Clipped from my blog: http://www.dharmamonkey.com/wp The Taipai Times reports today that representatives of His Holiness are in Beijing for a sixth round of direct discussions with the Chinese government regarding the status of Tibet. Organizations... More »

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