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[Opening with Tibetan music]

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[ The hard sound of wore-shippers
scrapping along the hard road ]

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[ Interpreter ] - Where are you from?

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- from the Riko monastery

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[ Int.] -How long have 
you been doing this?

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- For one year.

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[ Int. ] - Where are you going?
- To Lasha

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[ Int.] -But it is at least 
300 miles to Lasha.


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How long it will take you?

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[ Int] - About 3 months.

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[ Int.] - How many 
prostration you do a day?

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[ Int. ] - About 3000

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[ Int. ] - A day? 
- Less than 4 miles.

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[ Female Narrator ] -Prostrations 
are spiritual exercises.

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It cleanses people of egotism, 
greed, aggression and ignorance.

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[ Local voices of prayers ]

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[ Male Narrator ] -Tibetans 
make a pilgrimage to Lhasa

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just once in their lives.

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There they pray for their spiritual
leaders; who fled the Country in

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1959 in the face of Chinese
treats to destroy them.

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They honour and venerate Karnapa.
Gyalwang Karmapa.

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The head of a long established 
Kagyu line in Tibete.


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Older than the Sect of the Dalai Lama.

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Kamapa marched with more than
100 monks over the Himalayas into exile. 


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Untse? Karmapa's tutor, quickly
formed a new monastic community.

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And the ancient traditional teachings
of Tibetan Buddhism continued to florish.

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[ Many voices ]

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[ Fem. Narrator ]This place is called 
Rumtek, a monestary Sikkim which

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was then a little Buddhist kingdom,

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North of India, on the southern 
slopes of the Himalayas.

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The Rumtek monastery became the
new headquarters of Karmapa in exile.

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[ Male Narrator ] - Karmapa 
is the holder of the black crown; a

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symbol of his mastership. 
He is the living link of an

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undropping chain of enlighted

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beings back to the historical Buddha
Shakyamouni who lived in India


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in 700 BC. He is Buddha. Buddah
Shakyamouni, transmits his experiences

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to his people, who also became enlighted
and are able to help thei pupils or

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so to reach the stage of self liberation.

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In the 12th century, this chain 
of enlighten beings, led to

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the 1st Karmapa. Who then developed
the unique ability to predict exactly and

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in writing his own reincarnation. 
As did the 2nd Karmapa and

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the 3rd and so fourth up to him

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the present the 16th of reincarnation.

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of Karmapa. He died 1n 1991 at
the age of 57. His body was

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cremated at Rumetk monestary.
It was a State funeral. nd mourners

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gather from all corners of the earth.

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Karmapa has millions of followers.

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He left behind 4 number of 
representatives or interim regents.

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Sharma on the right, Tai Sitou
on the left, Jamgon and Gyaltsab,

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the youngest of the interim regents.

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Rainbows over the blue sky of Sikkim.
In Tibete a sure sign of an enlighten

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being has left its body. In Buddhism 
death is not the end.

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Karmapa died with the promise that
he would give a clear sign by which

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he could be recognised in his new life.

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But for a long time no 
more clues were found.

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Until eleven years later.

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[ Dalai Lama ] - I've got something new.
I've dreamed of the location, the area

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where the person is born... 
One valley is next...

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to the stones and lawns...
actually it looks high altitude...

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and then facing the South

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there are some streams...small beautiful
streams... and then there is a main...

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the picture. There is 
someone there...and it

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told me... actually without its form....
that someone...some source, you see,

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telling to me : ''This is the place! 
Where Karmapa was born.

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[ Fem. Narrator ] where 
could this place be?

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How could it be found?

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[ Tromp Music + ]

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[ Male narrator ] - Here in northern
India, is where Taï Sitou, one of

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Karmapas of 4 interim regents 
made an interesting disovery.

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[ Sound of a box being open ]

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[ Male narrator] - pressured by the faithful
that hope and expected Karmapa has

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left some clues behind, Sitou felt 
that he should open the talisman

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Karmapa had given him 10 months, 


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before his death with the words: 
''This will protect you and some

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day it will be useful.

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His Sanctity has given me this protection.
...pouch.... In early January 1981.

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And one day it was sneaking here...
I opened that and found an envelope.

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And the envelope had red ink letter
saying that this should be opened

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in the iron horse year. And then I
was very very happy.

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And then after the , after I offer the 
letter to Rumtek...it would be taken

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in March 1982.

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[ Male narrator ] - Traditionally such 
talisman are never opened;

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but since no one had

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found any indication of Karmapa's
rebirth, he decided to open it, afterall.

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[ someone ]- But the letter is still...
[ Taï Sitou ]- The letter is in Rumtek,

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yes. The envelope and 
the letter, both... It's in alter.

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[ Male narrator ] - here in the Rumtek 
monastery, in the late heathquarters of

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the late Karmapa, this most important
and holy document is protected by

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the secret police; those 
from outside and inside.

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Absolutely no one has access to it.

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Only Karmapa himself when 
he returns his new reencarnation

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has the right to break these seals.

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[ Sitou ] - But I have a copy here
of the sacred letter and

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this is in Tibetanian; 
so i read this:

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[ Translation of reading by Sitou ]
- Self awareness is always blessed.

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A diamong dirt has no centre or 
edge; from here to the North

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and East of the land of snow
is a country where divine

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thunders spontaneous blazes.

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In a good nomads place

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with a sign of a cow.

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"methode is Deundroub 
and wisdom is Lolaga."

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Born in the year one 
used for the earth.

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with miraculous far reaching
sound of the the white one.

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This system is known as karmapa.

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He is sustained by a lord Droupa.

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Being no sectarian he 
prevades in all directions.

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Staying close to some 
and distant from others

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he is the protector of all beings.

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[ Sitou ] -When I discovered these
I was very pleased. and actually it

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was a tremendous relief; it was

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exactly the blessing and also

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inspiration of the highest aspect.

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In which we have been waiting

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and we were finally blessed by it.

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So I was very very happy.

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[ Sound of a bell ]

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[ Narrator ] - This letter was 
interpreted by Gyaltsab on the left

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Jamgon, Sitou and Sharmapa
on the right, workinng together.

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They al came to a unanimous
conclusion which Gyaltsab

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reads to us.
[ Translator/narrator male ] - From here 
to the North in the East of the land

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of snow, we interpret here
as Rumtek, where Karmapa

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wrote the letter. And in the East 
of the land of snow means

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we have to look for him 
in east Tibet because

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land of snow is the 
Tibetan name for Tibet.

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Where dine thunders 
spontaneous blazes

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indicates a district in
Eastern Tibet.

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''Lha'' means divine 
and ''Thok'' means thunder.

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There is only one community
in Eastern Tibet named Lhathok.

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The letter describes the area
more precisely as a good nomad

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place with a sign of a cow.

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''Goood'' means a good fertile area

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this area must have a name 
which includes the syllabus ''KAh''

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meaning cow.

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The next line, the method is

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Deundroub and wisdom is Lolaga

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predicts the name of the parents.

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It refers to the Buddhist symbolism.

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The sun symbolises the masculine
principle of the method. And the

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moon symbolises the 
female principle of wisdom.

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Therefore the father must be

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named Deundoup, 
and the mother Lolaga.

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Born in the year of the one used
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the year of his birth.

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During the relevant period 
of the Tibetan calender there

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is in addition to snake, dragon,
hair and tiger, only one animal

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sign used for the earth, the ox, in 1985.

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The words the miraculous far 
reaching sound of the white one

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refer to the white conk shell that
we use in Tibet in religious music,

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which is always called the ''white one''.

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Sustained by Lord Droupa, refers to 
Sitou whom buddhist name of honour is

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Droupa. In his previous life,
Sitou had identified the last

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Karmapa and was chosen to 
exercise his function once again.

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With respect so much for the moment

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Jamgon, Karmapa's other Interim Regent


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[ Interviewer ] -What do you 
think personally of the letter?

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[ Jamgon ] - very precise

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[ Interviewer ] - do you think that the 
information which the letter contained

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and how you interpret it, will enable

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you to find the reincarnation of Karmapa?

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- Yes; we ought to say that. Yes, it is
very clear and very precise. And that

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is why we are all very confident

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about finding his Holiness... or Him...

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[ Narrator ] - Because of visa problems

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a copy of the letter is sent together
with the interpretation to Tsurphu's

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monastery in Tibet.

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Tsurphu, has been the seat of all
Karmapas for 800 years.

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[ The sound of the 
gong and the tromp ]

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[ Male Narrator ] - Drupon 
Déchen, the abbot of the

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monastery gives Lama Tomo

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the task of leading the search
with the letter as a guide.

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[ Translator ] - Take Ashang Letro with you,

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and travel to Kham, 
East Tibet and then follow

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the directions in the letter.

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The reincarnation of Karmapa, 
is something so unique; is like

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an offering cup 
made of a pure blue gems.

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Hopefully, after 12 years 
of waiting all our wishes are

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going to be fulfilled.

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The letter brings a blessing.

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For Tomo this is the greatest
task of his life. Only a handful

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of people know of his mission;

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because indications and conditions

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could be manipulated and
the search could therefore fail.

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As discreetly as possible
Tomo sets up on his long

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journey together with his
companions; 70 year old

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Ashang Letro, with the white hat,
Titi his attendant, a driver and Pato.

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[ Fem. Narrator ] - no one in tibet

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is allowed to travel without 
official permission. Therefore Pato

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in the black coat government officer,


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accompanies them.

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[ Music beat for the road ]

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[ Fem. Narrator ] - It is more than
1,600 km to Lathok, east of Tibet.

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And several military check points

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have to be passed.

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[ Music beat for the road including
a Tibetan song ]

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- Pato! ''You simply will say that
you are on a official inspection trip;

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and that you were kind 
enough to take us along.''

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- ''Tomo Lama will not tell anyone

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of what we are looking for; 
we will pretend to be pilgrims.''

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[ fem. Narrator ] - The job they 
have to do is very risky; because

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searching for reincarnation is
condemned as a superstition


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activity by the Chinese
and severely punished.

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Therefore they have to keep 
the reason for their journey

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strictly a secret. And if they 
really find Karmapa their

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hope is that Karmapa wil protect them.

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Karmaka is not like an ordinary 
reincarnation; He is a living Buddha.

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And the Chinese would 
provoke an upraise in Tibet

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if the chose to condemn him; 
as they did up to now with many others.

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[ Male Narrator ] - For 30 
years the Tibetans

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have been strictly forbidden for
practising their religion.

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In the meantime however 
very few selected monasteries

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were given permission to rebuild.

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The monasteries were centres of 
education for everyone.

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the country on the roof of the world

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is as big as west Europe or 
a quarter of the US.

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But onlly with 6,000.000 inhabitants.

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Since 1960, Beijing has been oppressing

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Tibet wit one half million soldiers.

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Colonising it for what there are now


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8,000,000 new Chinese settlers.

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[ Fem. Narrator ] - More than a 1,000.000

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Tibetans have been killed. 
The country has been looted.

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Tibet national resources are
plundered and nearly all of

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the wild animals have been wiped out.

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Before the Chinese started 
to build roads one could see

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great hordes of antelopes
wild donkeys and Yaks.

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Today only a few birds are left.

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[ Male narrator ] - Tibetans do not
kill animals just for fun or profit;

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it would be against their faith.

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The majority are nomads who
live with and not against nature.

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Tibetan sounds... traditional song
with English theme ''misery'' ]

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The Himalayan Valley can 
be so large that it takes

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all day to cross it.

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If the jeep has a breakdown 
there is no one who can help.

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It is so cold that in the morning

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one can drive over frozen rivers

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but by midday they've
thaw out again.

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These extremes of temperature
are repeated day after day.

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Tibetan sounds... traditional song
with English theme ''misery'' ]

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[Fem. Narrator ] - This is a search
where nothing can go wrong.

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The monks from Tsurphu bear
an enormous responsibility.

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If they're not able to find Karmapa

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they will disappoint millions 
of people whose faith in reincarnation

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as a law of nature, would be 
deeply shaken.

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[ Male Narrator ] - The search party now

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has to proceed on horse back,
because there are no roads

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into the district of Lhathok .

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They need 4 riding horses and
1 pack horse for at least 2 weeks.

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Horses are rear and not easy 
to get but with friendly words

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they quickly come to terms.

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[ Sound of dialogue and bell ringing ]

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Before drinking one always sacrifices

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a few drops to the angry spirits.

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[ Fem. Narrator ] - If the beer is 
made out of barley or salted

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butter tea which tastes like
a greasy grog.

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[ Sound of dialogue and bell ringing ]

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[ Male Narrator ] - The horses 
of the Himalayas are pretty small

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and pretty tough.

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[ Sound of dialogue and bell ringing ]

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[ Male Narrator ] - Without giving 
themselves away the men

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continue the search.

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Now the arduous part of the
journey begins. The day's ride

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to Lhathok over high passes
are too dangerous ravines


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[ Rhythmic tambourine sounds ]

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[ Male Narrator ] - The monks 
of Tsurphu have sent Pato on ahead

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to see if the coast is clear and 
to find accomodation in Lhathok.

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After thee days in the saddle

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Pato reaches Lhathok.

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Above the village at the C--- monastery

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which was completed 
destroyed by the invaders

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in 1966 and recently rebuilt.

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The Abbot Lama Palden welcomes
the camouflaged pilgrims fro Tsurphu.

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He spent 25 years in prison.

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Now once again he looks after the 
little boys sent to the monastery

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for education.

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[ Fem. Narrator ] - Could 
Karmapa only be among them?

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[ Male Interviwer ]- Lama Palden, do you



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have any unusual children?

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[ Translator ] - Recently many children
from the area have again begun

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to enter the monastery and although

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I am able to see if a child
has special skills and qualities

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I'm not able to see where they've
been in their previous lives.

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[ A Bhutanese Voice...]

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[ Fem. narrator ] - Tradition says that 
there had been earlier incarnation


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of karmapa who identified themselves

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with they're very first words: 
'' I am Karmapa''

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In the case of such a child however,

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his personal data always has to 
correspond exactly with the

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indications in the letter of prophecies.

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[ Voices of happy children ]

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[ Male narrator ] - Tomo and lodro
not only interviewed monks . They also

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talked to people outside the monastery.

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[ Translator ] - They asked me about
a place with "Kor" in its name. 


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Yes i said: Bakor the Valley of the cows.

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And they wanted to know if
there was a woman named Lolaga.

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Yes there is. And her husband is 
called Deundoup.

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The men said they ele... and they
wanted to know all about their children.

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So I told them Lolaga and Deundoup

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had six daughters and three sons.

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The eldest must have been 
born in the year of the hair.

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The middle one in the year of the ox;

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and the younger in the year of the pig.

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When they heard all that one 
of them folded his hands and

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begun to weep.

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[ Horse bells ]

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Male Narrator ] - Earlier the next day

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they rode on; if everything goes well

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they can reach Bakor the same day.

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[ Horse bells and excite voices 
of the riders...cries in the sky ]

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[ Fem. Narrator ] - 12 years of 
waiting now only one more 


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pass to cross.

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[ Instrumental sounds of music...
sounds of the flute...]

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Bakor, a valley where only
nomads live.

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Here there are neither houses
nor mail nor electricity; the men

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from Tsurphu find it hard to imagine

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that their enlighten Karmapa 
the Buddha could have chosen this

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of all places for His reincarnation.

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What reason might he have?


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[ The sound of lambs can be heard ]

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[ Male narrator ] - Could this be Lolaga?

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People here still live the way
they did in primitive times.

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[ The sound of the wheel...
Natives dialogue...laugh...a dog barks ]

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[ Male Narrator ] - Team 
L... the search party

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finds its way to the tent of 
Deundoup and Lolaga.

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If what they heard is true then
thei middle son who was born

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in the year of the ox must be Karmapa.

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[ Sound of music 
coming to a crescendo...]

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The indications in the secret letter
and the facts as they find them here

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are exactly the same.

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The dream of the Dalai Lama
has been confirmed.

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[ The voice of the Dali Lama... 
has he spoke of his dream...] ''One valley

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and some streams...small streams
there is someone there...and all means

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all this is the place, where 
Karmapa is born.''

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33 years after the 16th karmapa
had to flee from the Chinese

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invaders and Tsurphu 
was completely destroyed

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the 17th Karmapa returns
once again to His ancestral home.


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[ The sound of the tromps...]

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Fem. Narrator ] - Karmapa's power
to conscientiously change from one

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life to another is something 
which evokes deep devotion

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and respect from tibetans.

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We don't see Him as a child, we
see Him as a person who bears


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with Him wisdom of 16 lives 
of Buddahwood.

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[ Many native voices can be heard...
tromp instruments and bells ringing]

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[ Male Narrator ] - He's been shown 
is throne in the great wall of prayer.

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- No not the little one, the 
large one over there!

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Having been informed that
karmapa had been found

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Sitou comes to greet Him.

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[ The sound of the tromps...]

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...With Gyaltsab one of the Regents.

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They come to welcome the new Karmapa.

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[ Sound of Tibetan prayers... ]

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[ Male Narrator ] - In Tibet, 
great moments such as this

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don't happen spontaneously.

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They are subjected to a srict
traditional ritual.

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[ Sound of Tibetan prayers... ]

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Umzé the pupils tutor master of 
ceremonies of the previous

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Karmapa in Rumtek.

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[ Fem. Narrator ] - How much does
Karmapa remember about Umzé

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or the others who were so familiar
to Him in the previous life?

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[ Sound of Tibetan prayers... ]

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[ Male Narrator ] - And this is the 
occasion to the official photograph.

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To commemorate Karmapas
successful reincarnation.

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[ Sound of a camera...a flash. 
fast modern music ]

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[ Male Narrator ] - The news spread

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quickly; they are all over the world.

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Karmapa's personality and his
unique abilities arouse much

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interest in the West.

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Without any effort on his part
his appearence coincides with

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the general interest of Buddhism
outside Asia. A little son of Tibetans nomads

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from Lathok is officially 
recognised by the Dalai Lama,

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as the true reincarnation of karmapa.

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[ Interviewer ] - What was the bases
for your recognition?

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- ''so what I rely to? I do not simply 
relying...on just one or two test. So I

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proceed some...my usual method.

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Regarding the choosing of the reincarnation.

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Then the indication is positive.
So then I decided it. Ok, that's good.

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[ Male Narrator ] - Ultimately a Karmapa
proves himself by his deeds. 




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The letter of prophecy that he wouldn't

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be staying close to some 
and distant from others.

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He is the protector of all beings.

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[ The voice of young Karmapa
can be heard ]

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[ Translator ] - A few of the holes
are quite big.

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[ Male Narrator ] - Some Karmapas 
have left the impressions of their

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fingers in the stone, to prove
the power mind over matter.

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The Chinese left gaping holes 
in the wall which proves their

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faith in the power that
comes from the barrel of the gun.

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and demonstrating their
hatred of religion.

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[ Fem. Narrator ] - Religion in Tibet is
something all together different

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from what Max, Mao, or other
material meant by it.


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Buddhism is not the opium 
of the people.

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Buddhism made the people
gentile and peaceful .

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This makes their brutal fate
particularly tragic and bitter.

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[ Karmaka asking...] 
[ Translator ] - ''Is this Karmaka's house?''

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[ Male Narrator ] - It was in this little 
house that the 1st Karmapa

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begun his life of reincarnation.

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At that time, in the 12th century
there was no monastery;

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only wilderness.

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He meditated in here for decades.

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In order to become master of 
his own spirit.

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All of 16 karmapas were
clearly identified by the

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prophecies they left behind
in their previous life.

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And this way the line of 
reincarnations has remained

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unbroken for 800 years.

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The fist Karmapa became 
famous for his miracles.

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And a monastery grew up 
around his modest little house

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that circle it.

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Like the first Karmapa his
successors withdrew from

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monastic life to the seclusion
of their hermitages and caves.

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[ Fem. Narrator ] These existing 
places of retreating are objects

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of veneration for pilgrims. 
Most of them are still in use.

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[ Male narrator ] - Surviving here in 
winter at temperatures of - 40 degrees

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is proof enough of extraordinary
spiritual power.

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[ Fem, Narrator ] - It was in this 
hermitage along with his mother,

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that the 10th Karmapa spent
30 years meditating. In each

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life again and again the karmakas

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took profound discipline, attained

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that clear sightedness which unable

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them to see beyond 
the borders of death.


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[ Male Translator ]- This is the cave
where the 10th Karmapa meditated

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most of his life.

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[ Sound of prayers... bells ringing ]

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[ Sound of steps... soft music... ]

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- Reincarnation aside, all the little boys

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previously identified by the 
letters o the deceased Karmapas

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turned up to have outstanding 
personalities, musicians, poets,

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engineers, philosophers, who

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also had a gift of prophecy.

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[ Sound, cries of birds...]

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-The ninth Karmapa, sat here and
left the imprint of his back in the rock.

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Those who rub against it are 
sometimes healed of a desease.

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[ Musical instruments...
bells ringing; voices ]

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[ Fem. Narrator] - Meditation without

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any distraction is the only need of
transcending the limits of the body.


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In order to achieve highest 
enlightenment the 7th Karmapa

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had himself rolled 
in here for 7 years.

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Without words, eye contact.


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Food and drink was given to Him

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through a hole in the wall and

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left to another opening in the bottom

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of a tiny stone box where he could

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not stretch his legs.

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[ Sound of bells ringing and music ]

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[ Male Narrator ] - At an elevation
of 4,500 m the 2nd Karmaka had

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his hermitage.

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[ Sound of bells ringing 
music... heavy breathing ]

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In this house he would survive
an earthquake and the attacks

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by the Chinese in 1966.

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[ Sound of heavy breathing and voices ]

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It is the testimony to the strength

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of Tibetan Buddhism that despite
everything which has happen in recent

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years, the 17th Karmapa is able to
once again reclaim his ancestor home

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and give new life to it.

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By once dying and returning with a
new body and a new nationality

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he surmounts political borders
which would be impossible to

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cross with the same 
body and as an exiled.

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[ The voice of Young Karmapa...]

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[ Fem. Narrator ] - This is His first 
outing since he has returned to Tsurphu.

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It takes Him through the lower 
garden a passes by the protective

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Mahakala, who watches over the

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teachings of Buddah at 
the gates of Tsurphu.

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[ The sound of voices... 
and of Young Karmapa...]

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400 years before the birth
of the 1st Karmapa, Padmasambhava

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the founder of Tibetan Buddhism,

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made a prophecy which said
that completing the work of Karmapa,

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would require 21 reincarnations.

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Orgyen Trinlé is the 17th of the
predicted 21 Karmapas.

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[ The voice of Young 
Karmapa... other voices ]

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[ Translator ] - ''There is something

468
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in there. A demon lives in this stone.

469
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
It has to get rid of, or something
will happen.''

470
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ 2nd Tanslator ] ''Can't we wait until

471
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
tomorrow?
- No; now!

472
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- Take them out and don't get tired.

473
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- I will show you where it
has to go.''

474
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The voice of Young 
Karmapa...birds and human sounds ]

475
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- ''That's where it should be buried.''

476
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ 1st Translator ] - but the wall 
may cave in if we remove the stone.

477
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Should't we support it?

478
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ 2nd Translator ] ''No; ''

479
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ 1st Translator ] ''Very well then 
lets begin.

480
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Dialogue among locals ]

481
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Fem. Narrator ] - In Tibet it is not
at all unusual for demons to take

482
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
possession of a stone to spread evil.

483
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
To break in such stone in a special
ceremony, and forces the demon to sleep

484
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
is quite common.

485
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The voice of Young 
Karmapa... other voices ]

486
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male narrator ] - apparently this 
demon is particularly unpleasant

487
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and the Karmapa wants him buried.

488
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The voice of Young 
Karmapa... other voices ]

489
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ 1st translator ] - ''It needs 
to get a decent funeral.

490
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Only monks are allowed to
dig its grave...

491
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The voice of Young 
Karmapa... other voices ]

492
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
...and needs to be given a bed of flowers.

493
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Human voices... the sound 
of thunder...storm approaching ]

494
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The voice of Young 
Karmapa... other voices ]

495
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ 1st Translator ] - ''Here he'll find peace!''

496
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ 2nd Translator ] - ''Be there and
come down!'' ]

497
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Sound of the rain falling...]

498
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Fem. Narrator ] - Did he just 
imagine all this? Or has he a

499
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
kind of perception which
we lack?

500
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Rain sounds music 
and laughter... ]

501
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male Narrator ] - Sitou and Gyaltsab

502
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
have arrived. They planned
something special for today.

503
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Sounds of music 
and laughter... ]

504
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
A vacation from the monastery

505
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
can last for a couple of days.

506
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The Tibetans like picnics and
outdoor activities.

507
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Sounds of music 
and laughter at play... ]

508
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Fem. Narrator ] - The 12th Sitou
and the 17th Karmapa have

509
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
rediscovered a friendship which
have lasted for 12 lifetimes. Stronger

510
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
than any family tie.

511
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male Narrator ] - At a party like this,
even as someone as Gyalstab, one of

512
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
the interim regents can become playful.

513
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Former state leader of Rock n' Roll.

514
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Sounds of excitement 
and enjoyment from dancers ]

515
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The surprise is ready; now 
Karmapa can come in.

516
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ TV Sounds in background ]

517
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male Narrator ] - A generator, a
television set and a video recorder,

518
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
have been brought from Lhasa 
specially for today. 


519
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
He's never seen 
machines like this before.

520
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
At least not in this life.

521
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Sitou has bought along a special 
film which he now shows Karmapa.

522
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The sound of tromps on TV ]

523
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- It is a film about the 16th Karmapa.

524
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The sound of tromps on TV mounting ]

525
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ As Narrated on TV ] - ''The last 
Karmapa was born in Tibet in 1924.

526
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
He fulfilled the prophecies of 
(Adna Amana). He was in Butan

527
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
in the 18th century his monastery 
will be the centre of the activity

528
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
of his successor Karmapas, who
by that activity will liberate

529
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
a considerable number 
of central beings...

530
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Group voice sounds and comments ]

531
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ As Narrated on TV ] - Many thousands
of families in Tibet as closely as the

532
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Karmapa people and always 
give generously to the monastery.

533
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Tibetans are sure that the new 
incarnation of the ''Yelba ''Karmapa

534
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
one day will comeback to Thsurpu.''
[ End of Narration on TV ]

535
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Sound of prayers...]

536
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male Narrator ] - In 1974, the 
16th Karmapa blessed westerners

537
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
for the first time.

538
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The sound of Tibetan tromps...
then modern music ]

539
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- On arriving in the United States
he went to ''Araibe'' in the Arizona desert,

540
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
to pay his respects to native 
Americans the Hopi.

541
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Rock n' Roll Music type...]

542
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- The Hopis have an ancient prophecy

543
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
that says: ''when the man with

544
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
the red hat comes a bridge
of wisdom will be built between

545
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
East and West.

546
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Sounds of primitive music...]

547
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- After Karmapa's visited, the Hopi
called a meeting of medicine men.

548
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
They confirmed that karmapa had
fulfilled their prophecy.

549
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Karmapa then travel to a 
number of American cities.

550
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Modern Western Music 
Mingling with Tibetan Tromp ...]


551
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Karmapa/Translator ] - What is your name?
- Lina

552
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Karmapa/Translator repeat ]
- Lina

553
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male Narrator ] - After he left centres 
for Tibetan Buddhism were founded.


554
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Modern Western Music 
and many laughs ...]


555
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Fem. Narrator ] - What is 
actually involved in this

556
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
continuity of the spirit?

557
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
What is it that persist from 
one life to another?

558
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Levels of conscientiousness? 
Certain types of behaviour?

559
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Belief in a direct connection 
between one life and another

560
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
is made possible by our own
personal subjective experience.

561
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male Narrator ] - The Buddhists 
believe that every human being

562
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
is the focal point of a spiritual
as well a biological heritage.

563
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Karmapa is spiritually descended
from karmapa. 


564
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Biologically this is is father.

565
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Karma Deundoup Tashi. Aged 54;

566
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Fem. Narrator ] - And this is his mother.
Lolaga Poldosum. age 46.

567
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male narrator ] - They are nomads.
In eastern Tibet , in the Province of Kham.

568
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
In the Lhathok district.

569
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Music panning trough the fields ]

570
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
And this is the Bakor Valley.

571
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The family have been living 
here for generations.

572
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Fem. Narrator ] - By the time 
Karmapa was born in 1985

573
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Lolaga had already given birth
to (7) seven children.

574
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
There is (6) daughters today
aged between 10 and 25.

575
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
They were all born in quick
success after the birth of their

576
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
eldest son, Rabsel.

577
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Together with the grand mother
12 people live in this tent.

578
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male Narrator ] - The climate up here
at 300 m is one of extremes.


579
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The temperatures range from 
40 below zero to more than

580
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
a hundred above.

581
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Fem. Narrator ] - After having 
the fourth daughter the family

582
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
had longed for a second son.
when their 6th child turn up

583
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
to be another daughter he 
decided to have a serious

584
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
consultation with the old 
abbot of the ( ) monastery.


585
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
He gave them instructions to
help them get the second son.

586
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- Help these in need every day; 
feed the fish in the river and the


587
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
birds and the stray dogs. 
And in addition they were

588
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
to say the prayer of refuge,
111 thousand times.


589
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But when yet another daughter 
was born the old abbot had died.

590
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Lama Palden became his successor.

591
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
And he gave them the same advice.

592
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I addition he recommended a 
pilgrimage to Lhasa.

593
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The father travel to central Tibet
while the woman stayed home

594
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
with family and continued to pray.

595
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
After 50,000 prayers 
Lolaga was pregnant.

596
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The family prayers were intensified.
The father said tens of thousands.

597
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
But the largest number, 
more than a 1,000 a day

598
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
were said by the grandmother.

599
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
She tells how the birth of her daughter

600
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
there had been signs that Lolaga

601
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
would greatly benefit Buddhism.

602
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Swish... swosh... sounds...
children voices ]

603
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- She always offers to Buddha 
her first bowl of tea.Now Buddha

604
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
is part of her family; devotion
is nevertheless the same.

605
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The sound of bells ringing...]

606
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male narrator ] - climate of Tibet
20 or more cups of salted butter

607
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
tea every day are a matter of survival.

608
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Their main food is Tsampa.
Barley flour kneaded with butter tea.

609
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
In addition they eat a 
fair amount of meat.

610
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Vegetables do not grow up here.

611
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Their eldest son Rapsel, 27
is responsible for the heards.

612
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Karmaka's family owns 
about 90 yaks. This is enough

613
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
to supply their own needs, and
produce surplus of butter which

614
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
they can trade for the barley
grown in the lowlands.


615
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The sound of a flute... 
a dog backs... happy tune ]

616
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- They use every part of the animal.

617
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Not just the meat and milk. The hair
of the yak is spunned into the threads

618
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
with which they make their tents.

619
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The fir itself is made into blankets
and coats which are won


620
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
in winter and summer. Nothing
is thrown away. For the Tibetans

621
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Nature is sacred.

622
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The sound of various human voices
musical instruments... happy tune ]

623
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- In 1985 the summer pasture of
th Karmapa family was only one

624
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
valley away.

625
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
(4) Four times a year the family 
packs up and moves the heards

626
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
to knew grazing lands.

627
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Musical instruments... 
the flute...running water. ]

628
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
They set up their tents there in
earlier June...

629
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Fem. Narrator ] - In the last month
of Lolaga's pregnancy; the 111

630
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
thousands prayers still not 
all said anxiously they asked

631
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
themselves... - Will it be 
a boy this time?

632
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male Narrator ] - She dreamed 
of (3) three white cranes who

633
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
brought her a golden letter 
from Padmasambhava,

634
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- the founder of Buddhism in Tibet.

635
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
They told her to 
keep the letter a secret

636
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
until the time was right.

637
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Lolaga's Translaor ] '' This is the
place and the tent. In it Karmapa


638
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
was born on the 26 of Jun 1985.

639
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
It was an easy birth; short before
sunrise, on a beautiful morning.

640
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Deundoup's Translator ]
- I can't explain but the evening before

641
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
there was a rainbow over the tent
even the sun already sat. Naturally

642
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I had no idea that the child was Karmapa.

643
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
There were many wondrous signs
which accompany his birth made

644
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
us very happy; and gave us the 
certainty that this child would

645
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
be a grate benefit to Buddhism.

646
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Lolaga's Interpreter ] - At hiis birth
the king of birds landed on the tent

647
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and sang a wonderful song.

648
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Deundoup's Translator ] - On the 4th
day after his birth we also certainly heard

649
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
conk shells horns resounding everywhere.

650
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
At first I thought it was an aeroplane.
Everyone around here heard it.




651
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
this sound lasted for one hour and a half.

652
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Our neighbours, the (seepers, 
the stray dogs and the shadsons)

653
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
will tell you the same thing.

654
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I looked out but I couldn't see anything.

655
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Mysterious Tibetan sounds echoing... ]

656
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- We question the neighbours...
'' Were you were here, when Lolaga's

657
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
second son was born?

658
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- Yes; naturally.
- Did you notice anything unusual?

659
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- Oh yes; very strange. Suddenly

660
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
everywhere in the valley you
could hear a sort of dawning

661
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
sound. I thought was a 
swallow of bees; but there

662
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
was nothing to be seen. 
It lasted for 2 hours.

663
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
When i was outside I thought 
that the sound came from inside.

664
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
And when I was inside I thought

665
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
the sound came from outside.

666
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Interviwer ] - Excuse me could we
ask you a question?

667
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- When Lolaga's second son 
was born can you remember

668
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
hearing anything unusual?

669
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
-Was there any special sound?

670
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- Everywhere! Everywhere! 


671
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Tibetan voices and sounds ]

672
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- I thought the a High Lama had
had come ridding into the valley

673
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and an orchestra was accompanying

674
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
him with lots of conk shells. We looked

675
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
all around; the music
could be heard everywhere.

676
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
I couldn't tell from where 
the sound was coming from.

677
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
There was no Lama either.

678
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Nothing; just this loud 
music in the air.

679
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- How long did it last? 
`About 2 hours.

680
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- And when was that?
Summer; in the year

681
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
of the ox I think.
- That's it.

682
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The great sound of the Conks ]

683
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ male narrator ] - Jokhang 
temple in Lhasa is the focus of

684
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Tibet's spiritual strength. It is
located below the Potala

685
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
the Dalai Lama's Palace.

686
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Here in the Trokan Temple
Karmapa's hair will be cut

687
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
ceremonially as symbolic
to his bond to Buddha.

688
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Normally this wright is 
performed in front of

689
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
the Dalai Lama; but to Karmapa

690
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
is at the feet of the Jowo.

691
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The sound of Buddhist Prayers ]

692
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The Jowo is the most revered
Tibetan statue of the historical 


693
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Buddha, Shakyamouni.

694
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
This is only the second time
in Tibet's history that Karmapa

695
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
has celebrated hi hair cut ceremony

696
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
here in the holiest places of Tibet.

697
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Karmapa is receiving is personal
Buddhist name for this life.

698
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- Orgyen Trinlé Dorjé.

699
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Plus nine other names. Now the 
time has come. Sitou cuts a few hairs

700
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and Orgyen Trinlé Dorjé 
becomes a monk.


701
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The Monks recite some Prayers ]

702
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
In a religious ceremony such as this

703
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
could take place with the 
knowledge of the Chinese occupiers

704
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
also has its political consequences.

705
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The fact is that the Chinese
consider reincarnation pure

706
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
superstition. even so they 
recognise Orgyen Trinlé


707
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
as karmapa. And what's more
they do so only because the political

708
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
enemy, the Dalai Lama as identified Him
has the true reincarnation.

709
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
In view of the fact that the Dalai 
Lama can't visit Tibet, and is

710
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
forbidden to even menntion
his name the Tibetans were

711
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
immensely gratified to see Karmapa
officially received the Dalai Lama's

712
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
congratulatory scarf or Katak

713
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
in full view of the Chinese occupiers.

714
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ The conk resounding in celebration 
followed by Buddhist prayers ]

715
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Tibet now has a spiritual leader
who is inside the Country.

716
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
And who is closely connected
to the Dalai Lama. This is only a

717
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
fist step but is a hopeful sign
for the survival of Buddhism in Tibet.

718
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Various voices mingling with
Buddhist prayers ]

719
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ A vehicle is revved up ]

720
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- In order for karmapa to travel
freely through out the world

721
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and meet as many followers and to
complete the work of the 16th Karmapa

722
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
he will have to perform a delicate
political act between China, occupied

723
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Tibet and the outside word.

724
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Laughs and explicits 
by the monks plus Karmapa ]

725
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Fem. Narrator ] - If it is possible 
for someone to decide where

726
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and when the spirit will enter another
body, then one might ask why Marmapa

727
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
actually choose to be born her in Bakor.

728
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
He could have been born in Sikkim, 
or in the United States where he died

729
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
or as a Butanest Principe, but
nothing like that. These were his

730
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
playmates; 
[ Dogs barking in the distance ]

731
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
They led almost identical lives and
yet he is completely different.

732
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Was there a sense of compaction that

733
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
moves Karmapa to chose this place?

734
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
These people? This martyr land 
for his rebirth?

735
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Children's voices...]

736
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- His mother Lolaga, has only 
animal dung as fuel for cooking

737
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
and heating the tent. She has to
pond it flat for drying. When she

738
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
was a child she collected dead 
wood in the forests around here.

739
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Male Narrator ] - It is hard to believe
that this area like the enormous expanses

740
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
of Eastern Tibet, was once a huge forest.

741
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Full of trees so large that took 
several men with outstretched arms

742
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
to circle them.

743
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
- What happen to the trees?
- In my childwood there was a

744
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
dense forest here; but during the last

745
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
decades all the forests 
have been cut down.

746
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
One mountain after another has been
stripped. Here there are only tree stumps.

747
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
This is all we have left. The trees all 
have been floated to China.

748
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Now nothing grows here. 
It's terrible.

749
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
{ Tibetan Male Voice explains...]

750
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
This little tree was planted by Karmapa

751
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
shortly before he entered Tsurphu.

752
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
The spring here had almost
completely dried out. And we

753
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
didn't have water left for 
ourselves and our heards.

754
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
Now it's bubbling again; 
Karmapa conducted a ceremony

755
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
in front of his freshly planted tree.

756
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
If he had't saved the spring
the summer pasture would have

757
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
been lost and we would have to
move down to river to find water

758
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
for our animals. But there the grasses
have all been eaten away...

759
99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999
[ Fem Narrator ] - Umzé was in 
close contact with the 16th Karmapa