[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.59,0:00:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Opening with Tibetan music] Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.96,0:01:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Tibetan long song \Nsang at full voice ] Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.65,0:01:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The hard sound of wore-shippers\Nscrapping along the hard road ] Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.51,0:01:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Interpreter ] - Where are you from? Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.95,0:01:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- from the Riko monastery Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.57,0:01:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int.] -How long have \Nyou been doing this? Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.42,0:01:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- For one year. Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.32,0:02:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int. ] - Where are you going?\N- To Lasha Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.93,0:02:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int.] -But it is at least \N300 miles to Lasha.\N Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.85,0:02:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How long it will take you? Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.72,0:02:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int] - About 3 months. Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.15,0:02:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int.] - How many \Nprostration you do a day? Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.05,0:02:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int. ] - About 3000 Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.17,0:02:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int. ] - A day? \N- Less than 4 miles. Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.76,0:02:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Female Narrator ] -Prostrations \Nare spiritual exercises. Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.74,0:02:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It cleanses people of egotism, \Ngreed, aggression and ignorance. Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.28,0:02:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Orchestral music ] Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.63,0:02:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Local voices of prayers ] Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.94,0:02:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] -Tibetans \Nmake a pilgrimage to Lhasa Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.49,0:03:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just once in their lives. Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.90,0:03:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There they pray for their spiritual\Nleaders; who fled the Country in Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.38,0:03:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1959 in the face of Chinese\Ntreats to destroy them. Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.54,0:03:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They honour and venerate Karnapa.\NGyalwang Karmapa. Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.69,0:03:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The head of a long established \NKagyu line in Tibete.\N Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.93,0:03:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Older than the Sect of the Dalai Lama. Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.21,0:03:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kamapa marched with more than\N100 monks over the Himalayas into exile. \N Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.19,0:03:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Untse? Karmapa's tutor, quickly\Nformed a new monastic community. Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.05,0:03:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the ancient traditional teachings\Nof Tibetan Buddhism continued to florish. Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.65,0:03:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Many voices ] Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.83,0:03:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ]This place is called \NRumtek, a monestary Sikkim which Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.92,0:03:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was then a little Buddhist kingdom, Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.97,0:04:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,North of India, on the southern \Nslopes of the Himalayas. Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.55,0:04:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Rumtek monastery became the\Nnew headquarters of Karmapa in exile. Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.38,0:04:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - Karmapa \Nis the holder of the black crown; a Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.54,0:04:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,symbol of his mastership. \NHe is the living link of an Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.59,0:04:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undropping chain of enlighted Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.71,0:04:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beings back to the historical Buddha\NShakyamouni who lived in India\N Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.88,0:04:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 700 BC. He is Buddha. Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.91,0:04:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddah Shakyamouni, \Ntransmits his qualities Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.76,0:04:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to his people, who also became enlighted\Nand are able to help thei pupils or Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.98,0:04:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so to reach the stage of self liberation. Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.25,0:04:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 12th century, this chain \Nof enlighten beings, led to Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.51,0:04:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 1st Karmapa. Who then developed\Nthe unique ability to predict exactly and Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.80,0:04:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in writing his own reincarnation. \NAs did the 2nd Karmapa and Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.31,0:04:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 3rd and so fourth up to him Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.49,0:05:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the present the 16th of reincarnation. Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.38,0:05:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Karmapa. He died 1n 1991 at\Nthe age of 57. His body was Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.35,0:05:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cremated at Rumetk monestary.\NIt was a State funeral. nd mourners Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.100,0:05:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gather from all corners of the earth. Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.83,0:05:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa has millions of followers. Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.24,0:05:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He left behind 4 number of \Nrepresentatives or interim regents. Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.86,0:05:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sharma on the right, Tai Sitou\Non the left, Jamgon and Gyaltsab, Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.27,0:05:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the youngest of the interim regents. Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.27,0:05:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rainbows over the blue sky of Sikkim.\NIn Tibete a sure sign of an enlighten Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.92,0:06:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being has left its body. In Buddhism \Ndeath is not the end. Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.68,0:06:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa died with the promise that\Nhe would give a clear sign by which Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.68,0:06:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could be recognised in his new life. Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.16,0:06:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for a long time no \Nmore clues were found. Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.80,0:06:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until eleven years later. Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.23,0:06:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Dalai Lama ] - I've got something new.\NI've dreamed of the location, the area Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.47,0:06:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Says the 14th Dalai Lama... Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.78,0:06:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-'' the... the location\Nthe area... Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.65,0:06:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the person is born... \NOne valley is next... Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.87,0:06:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the stones and lawns...\Nactually it looks high altitude... Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.62,0:06:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then facing the South Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.84,0:07:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are some streams...small beautiful\Nstreams... and then there is a main... Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.36,0:07:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the picture. There is \Nsomeone there...and it Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.64,0:07:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told me... actually without its form....\Nthat someone...some source, you see, Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.90,0:07:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling to me : ''This is the place! \NWhere Karmapa was born. Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.48,0:07:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] where \Ncould this place be? Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.99,0:07:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could it be found? Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.83,0:07:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Tromp Music + ] Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.57,0:07:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - Here in northern\NIndia, is where Taï Sitou, one of Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.05,0:08:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapas of 4 interim regents \Nmade an interesting disovery. Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.38,0:08:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of a box being open ] Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.83,0:08:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator] - pressured by the faithful\Nthat hope and expected Karmapa has Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.48,0:08:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,left some clues behind, Sitou felt \Nthat he should open the talisman Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.06,0:08:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa had given him 10 months, \N Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.60,0:08:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before his death with the words: \N''This will protect you and some Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.30,0:08:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day it will be useful. Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.70,0:08:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Sanctity has given me this protection.\N...pouch.... In early January 1981. Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.44,0:08:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day it was sneaking here...\NI opened that and found an envelope. Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.62,0:08:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the envelope had red ink letter\Nsaying that this should be opened Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.63,0:08:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the iron horse year. And then I\Nwas very very happy. Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.16,0:09:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then after the , after I offer the \Nletter to Rumtek...it would be taken Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.85,0:09:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in March 1982. Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.02,0:09:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - Traditionally such \Ntalisman are never opened; Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.98,0:09:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but since no one had Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.69,0:09:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found any indication of Karmapa's\Nrebirth, he decided to open it, afterall. Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.98,0:09:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ someone ]- But the letter is still...\N[ Taï Sitou ]- The letter is in Rumtek, Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.00,0:09:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes. The envelope and \Nthe letter, both... It's in alter. Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.74,0:09:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - here in the Rumtek \Nmonastery, in the late heathquarters of Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.26,0:09:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the late Karmapa, this most important\Nand holy document is protected by Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.60,0:09:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the secret police; those \Nfrom outside and inside. Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.70,0:09:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely no one has access to it. Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.47,0:09:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only Karmapa himself when \Nhe returns his new reencarnation Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.54,0:10:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the right to break these seals. Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.54,0:10:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sitou ] - But I have a copy here\Nof the sacred letter and Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.44,0:10:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is in Tibetanian; \Nso i read this: Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.93,0:10:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Translation of reading by Sitou ]\N- Self awareness is always blessed. Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.36,0:10:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A diamong dirt has no centre or \Nedge; from here to the North Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.89,0:10:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and East of the land of snow\Nis a country where divine Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.16,0:10:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thunders spontaneous blazes. Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.40,0:10:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a good nomads place Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.83,0:10:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a sign of a cow. Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.63,0:10:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"methode is Deundroub \Nand wisdom is Lolaga." Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.86,0:10:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Born in the year one \Nused for the earth. Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.20,0:10:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with miraculous far reaching\Nsound of the the white one. Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.37,0:10:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This system is known as karmapa. Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.91,0:10:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is sustained by a lord Droupa. Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.11,0:10:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being no sectarian he \Nprevades in all directions. Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.70,0:11:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Staying close to some \Nand distant from others Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.62,0:11:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is the protector of all beings. Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.86,0:11:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sitou ] -When I discovered these\NI was very pleased. and actually it Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.15,0:11:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a tremendous relief; it was Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.48,0:11:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly the blessing and also Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.48,0:11:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspiration of the highest aspect. Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.72,0:11:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In which we have been waiting Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.66,0:11:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were finally blessed by it. Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.57,0:11:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was very very happy. Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.04,0:11:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of a bell ] Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.26,0:11:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Narrator ] - This letter was \Ninterpreted by Gyaltsab on the left Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.30,0:11:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jamgon, Sitou and Sharmapa\Non the right, workinng together. Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.78,0:11:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They al came to a unanimous\Nconclusion which Gyaltsab Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.44,0:12:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reads to us.\N[ Translator/narrator male ] - From here \Nto the North in the East of the land Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.68,0:12:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of snow, we interpret here\Nas Rumtek, where Karmapa Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.27,0:12:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrote the letter. And in the East \Nof the land of snow means Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.83,0:12:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to look for him \Nin east Tibet because Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.61,0:12:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,land of snow is the \NTibetan name for Tibet. Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.50,0:12:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where dine thunders \Nspontaneous blazes Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.35,0:12:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indicates a district in\NEastern Tibet. Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.68,0:12:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,''Lha'' means divine \Nand ''Thok'' means thunder. Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.91,0:12:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is only one community\Nin Eastern Tibet named Lhathok. Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.89,0:12:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The letter describes the area\Nmore precisely as a good nomad Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.16,0:12:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,place with a sign of a cow. Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.50,0:12:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,''Good'' means a good fertile area Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.56,0:13:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this area must have a name \Nwhich includes the syllabus ''KAh'' Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.87,0:13:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning cow. Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.16,0:13:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next line, the method is Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.30,0:13:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deundroub and wisdom is Lolaga Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.22,0:13:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,predicts the name of the parents. Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.47,0:13:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It refers to the Buddhist symbolism. Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.10,0:13:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sun symbolises the masculine\Nprinciple of the method. And the Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.95,0:13:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moon symbolises the \Nfemale principle of wisdom. Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.46,0:13:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore the father must be Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.13,0:13:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named Deundoup, \Nand the mother Lolaga. Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.93,0:13:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Born in the year of the one used\Nfor the earth prophecises \N Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.24,0:13:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the year of his birth. Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.32,0:13:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the relevant period \Nof the Tibetan calender there Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.66,0:13:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in addition to snake, dragon,\Nhair and tiger, only one animal Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.30,0:14:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sign used for the earth, the ox, in 1985. Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.16,0:14:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The words the miraculous far \Nreaching sound of the white one Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.98,0:14:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refer to the white conk shell that\Nwe use in Tibet in religious music, Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.96,0:14:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is always called the ''white one''. Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.76,0:14:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sustained by Lord Droupa, refers to \NSitou whom buddhist name of honour is Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.52,0:14:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Droupa. In his previous life,\NSitou had identified the last Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.30,0:14:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa and was chosen to \Nexercise his function once again. Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.78,0:14:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With respect so much for the moment Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.14,0:14:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jamgon, Karmapa's other Interim Regent\N Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.37,0:14:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Interviewer ] -What do you \Nthink personally of the letter? Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.70,0:14:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Jamgon ] - very precise Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.92,0:14:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Interviewer ] - do you think that the \Ninformation which the letter contained Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.91,0:14:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how you interpret it, will enable Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.01,0:14:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you to find the reincarnation of Karmapa? Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.70,0:15:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yes; we ought to say that. Yes, it is\Nvery clear and very precise. And that Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.52,0:15:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is why we are all very confident Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.32,0:15:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about finding his Holiness... or Him... Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.41,0:15:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Narrator ] - Because of visa problems Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.52,0:15:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a copy of the letter is sent together\Nwith the interpretation to Tsurphu's Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monastery in Tibet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tsurphu, has been the seat of all\NKarmapas for 800 years. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of the \Ngong and the tromp ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - Drupon \NDéchen, the abbot of the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monastery gives Lama Tomo Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the task of leading the search\Nwith the letter as a guide. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Translator ] - Take Ashang Letro with you, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and travel to Kham, \NEast Tibet and then follow Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the directions in the letter. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reincarnation of Karmapa, \Nis something so unique; is like Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an offering cup \Nmade of a pure blue gems. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully, after 12 years \Nof waiting all our wishes are Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to be fulfilled. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The letter brings a blessing. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For Tomo this is the greatest\Ntask of his life. Only a handful Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people know of his mission; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because indications and conditions Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be manipulated and\Nthe search could therefore fail. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As discreetly as possible\NTomo sets up on his long Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,journey together with his\Ncompanions; 70 year old Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ashang Letro, with the white hat,\NTiti his attendant, a driver and Pato. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - no one in tibet Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is allowed to travel without \Nofficial permission. Therefore Pato Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the black coat government officer,\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accompanies them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Music beat for the road ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - It is more than\N1,600 km to Lathok, east of Tibet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And several military check points Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to be passed. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Music beat for the road including\Na Tibetan song ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Pato! ''You simply will say that\Nyou are on a official inspection trip; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that you were kind \Nenough to take us along.'' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- ''Tomo Lama will not tell anyone Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we are looking for; \Nwe will pretend to be pilgrims.'' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ fem. Narrator ] - The job they \Nhave to do is very risky; because Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,searching for reincarnation is\Ncondemned as a superstition\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,activity by the Chinese\Nand severely punished. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore they have to keep \Nthe reason for their journey Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strictly a secret. And if they \Nreally find Karmapa their Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hope is that Karmapa wil protect them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmaka is not like an ordinary \Nreincarnation; He is a living Buddha. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Chinese would \Nprovoke an upraise in Tibet Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the chose to condemn him; \Nas they did up to now with many others. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - For 30 \Nyears the Tibetans Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been strictly forbidden for\Npractising their religion. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the meantime however \Nvery few selected monasteries Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were given permission to rebuild. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The monasteries were centres of \Neducation for everyone. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the country on the roof of the world Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is as big as west Europe or \Na quarter of the US. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But onlly with 6,000.000 inhabitants. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since 1960, Beijing has been oppressing Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tibet wit one half million soldiers. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colonising it for what there are now\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,8,000,000 new Chinese settlers. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - More than a 1,000.000 Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tibetans have been killed. \NThe country has been looted. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tibet national resources are\Nplundered and nearly all of Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wild animals have been wiped out. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before the Chinese started \Nto build roads one could see Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great hordes of antelopes\Nwild donkeys and Yaks. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today only a few birds are left. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - Tibetans do not\Nkill animals just for fun or profit; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be against their faith. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The majority are nomads who\Nlive with and not against nature. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tibetan sounds... traditional song\Nwith English theme ''misery'' ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Himalayan Valley can \Nbe so large that it takes Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all day to cross it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the jeep has a breakdown \Nthere is no one who can help. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is so cold that in the morning Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one can drive over frozen rivers Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by midday they've\Nthaw out again. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These extremes of temperature\Nare repeated day after day. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tibetan sounds... traditional song\Nwith English theme ''misery'' ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Fem. Narrator ] - This is a search\Nwhere nothing can go wrong. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The monks from Tsurphu bear\Nan enormous responsibility. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they're not able to find Karmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will disappoint millions \Nof people whose faith in reincarnation Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a law of nature, would be \Ndeeply shaken. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - The search party now Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to proceed on horse back,\Nbecause there are no roads Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the district of Lhathok . Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need 4 riding horses and\N1 pack horse for at least 2 weeks. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Horses are rear and not easy \Nto get but with friendly words Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they quickly come to terms. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of dialogue and bell ringing ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before drinking one always sacrifices Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few drops to the angry spirits. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - If the beer is \Nmade out of barley or salted Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,butter tea which tastes like\Na greasy grog. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of dialogue and bell ringing ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - The horses \Nof the Himalayas are pretty small Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pretty tough. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of dialogue and bell ringing ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - Without giving \Nthemselves away the men Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continue the search. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the arduous part of the\Njourney begins. The day's ride Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Lhathok over high passes\Nare too dangerous ravines\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Rhythmic tambourine sounds ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - The monks \Nof Tsurphu have sent Pato on ahead Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if the coast is clear and \Nto find accomodation in Lhathok. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After thee days in the saddle Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pato reaches Lhathok. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Above the village at the C--- monastery Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was completed \Ndestroyed by the invaders Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1966 and recently rebuilt. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Abbot Lama Palden welcomes\Nthe camouflaged pilgrims fro Tsurphu. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spent 25 years in prison. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now once again he looks after the \Nlittle boys sent to the monastery Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for education. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - Could \NKarmapa only be among them? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Interviwer ]- Lama Palden, do you\N\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have any unusual children? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Translator ] - Recently many children\Nfrom the area have again begun Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enter the monastery and although Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am able to see if a child\Nhas special skills and qualities Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not able to see where they've\Nbeen in their previous lives. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ A Bhutanese Voice...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. narrator ] - Tradition says that \Nthere had been earlier incarnation\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of karmapa who identified themselves Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with they're very first words: \N'' I am Karmapa'' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the case of such a child however, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his personal data always has to \Ncorrespond exactly with the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indications in the letter of prophecies. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Voices of happy children ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - Tomo and lodro\Nnot only interviewed monks . They also Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talked to people outside the monastery. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Translator ] - They asked me about\Na place with "Kor" in its name. \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes i said: Bakor the Valley of the cows. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they wanted to know if\Nthere was a woman named Lolaga. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes there is. And her husband is \Ncalled Deundoup. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The men said they ele... and they\Nwanted to know all about their children. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I told them Lolaga and Deundoup Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had six daughters and three sons. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The eldest must have been \Nborn in the year of the hair. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The middle one in the year of the ox; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the younger in the year of the pig. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they heard all that one \Nof them folded his hands and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begun to weep. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Horse bells ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Male Narrator ] - Earlier the next day Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they rode on; if everything goes well Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can reach Bakor the same day. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Horse bells and excite voices \Nof the riders...cries in the sky ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - 12 years of \Nwaiting now only one more \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pass to cross. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Instrumental sounds of music...\Nsounds of the flute...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bakor, a valley where only\Nnomads live. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here there are neither houses\Nnor mail nor electricity; the men Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Tsurphu find it hard to imagine Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their enlighten Karmapa \Nthe Buddha could have chosen this Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all places for His reincarnation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What reason might he have?\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of lambs can be heard ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - Could this be Lolaga? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People here still live the way\Nthey did in primitive times. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of the wheel...\NNatives dialogue...laugh...a dog barks ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - Team \NL... the search party Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finds its way to the tent of \NDeundoup and Lolaga. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If what they heard is true then\Nthei middle son who was born Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the year of the ox must be Karmapa. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of music \Ncoming to a crescendo...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The indications in the secret letter\Nand the facts as they find them here Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are exactly the same. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dream of the Dalai Lama\Nhas been confirmed. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The voice of the Dali Lama... \Nhas he spoke of his dream...] ''One valley Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some streams...small streams\Nthere is someone there...and all means Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all this is the place, where \NKarmapa is born.'' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,33 years after the 16th karmapa\Nhad to flee from the Chinese Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invaders and Tsurphu \Nwas completely destroyed Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 17th Karmapa returns\Nonce again to His ancestral home.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of the tromps...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fem. Narrator ] - Karmapa's power\Nto conscientiously change from one Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life to another is something \Nwhich evokes deep devotion Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and respect from tibetans. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't see Him as a child, we\Nsee Him as a person who bears\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Him wisdom of 16 lives \Nof Buddahwood. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Many native voices can be heard...\Ntromp instruments and bells ringing] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - He's been shown \Nis throne in the great wall of prayer. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- No not the little one, the \Nlarge one over there! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having been informed that\Nkarmapa had been found Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sitou comes to greet Him. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of the tromps...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...With Gyaltsab one of the Regents. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come to welcome the new Karmapa. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of Tibetan prayers... ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - In Tibet, \Ngreat moments such as this Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't happen spontaneously. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are subjected to a srict\Ntraditional ritual. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of Tibetan prayers... ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Umzé the pupils tutor master of \Nceremonies of the previous Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa in Rumtek. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - How much does\NKarmapa remember about Umzé Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the others who were so familiar\Nto Him in the previous life? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of Tibetan prayers... ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - And this is the \Noccasion to the official photograph. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To commemorate Karmapas\Nsuccessful reincarnation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of a camera...a flash. \Nfast modern music ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - The news spread Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quickly; they are all over the world. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa's personality and his\Nunique abilities arouse much Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interest in the West. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without any effort on his part\Nhis appearence coincides with Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the general interest of Buddhism\Noutside Asia. A little son of Tibetans nomads Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Lathok is officially \Nrecognised by the Dalai Lama, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the true reincarnation of karmapa. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Interviewer ] - What was the bases\Nfor your recognition? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- ''so what I rely to? I do not simply \Nrelying...on just one or two test. So I Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proceed some...my usual method. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regarding the choosing of the reincarnation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then the indication is positive.\NSo then I decided it. Ok, that's good. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - Ultimately a Karmapa\Nproves himself by his deeds. \N\N\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The letter of prophecy that he wouldn't Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be staying close to some \Nand distant from others. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the protector of all beings. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The voice of young Karmapa\Ncan be heard ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Translator ] - A few of the holes\Nare quite big. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - Some Karmapas \Nhave left the impressions of their Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fingers in the stone, to prove\Nthe power mind over matter. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Chinese left gaping holes \Nin the wall which proves their Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faith in the power that\Ncomes from the barrel of the gun. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and demonstrating their\Nhatred of religion. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - Religion in Tibet is\Nsomething all together different Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from what Max, Mao, or other\Nmaterial meant by it.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddhism is not the opium \Nof the people. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddhism made the people\Ngentile and peaceful . Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This makes their brutal fate\Nparticularly tragic and bitter. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Karmaka asking...] \N[ Translator ] - ''Is this Karmaka's house?'' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - It was in this little \Nhouse that the 1st Karmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begun his life of reincarnation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time, in the 12th century\Nthere was no monastery; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only wilderness. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He meditated in here for decades. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to become master of \Nhis own spirit. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of 16 karmapas were\Nclearly identified by the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prophecies they left behind\Nin their previous life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this way the line of \Nreincarnations has remained Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unbroken for 800 years. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fist Karmapa became \Nfamous for his miracles. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a monastery grew up \Naround his modest little house Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that circle it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the first Karmapa his\Nsuccessors withdrew from Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monastic life to the seclusion\Nof their hermitages and caves. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] These existing \Nplaces of retreating are objects Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of veneration for pilgrims. \NMost of them are still in use. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - Surviving here in \Nwinter at temperatures of - 40 degrees Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is proof enough of extraordinary\Nspiritual power. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem, Narrator ] - It was in this \Nhermitage along with his mother, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the 10th Karmapa spent\N30 years meditating. In each Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life again and again the karmakas Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took profound discipline, attained Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that clear sightedness which unable Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them to see beyond \Nthe borders of death.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Translator ]- This is the cave\Nwhere the 10th Karmapa meditated Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of his life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of prayers... bells ringing ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of steps... soft music... ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Reincarnation aside, all the little boys Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,previously identified by the \Nletters o the deceased Karmapas Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turned up to have outstanding \Npersonalities, musicians, poets, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engineers, philosophers, who Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also had a gift of prophecy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound, cries of birds...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-The ninth Karmapa, sat here and\Nleft the imprint of his back in the rock. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who rub against it are \Nsometimes healed of a desease. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Musical instruments...\Nbells ringing; voices ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator] - Meditation without Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any distraction is the only need of\Ntranscending the limits of the body.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to achieve highest \Nenlightenment the 7th Karmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had himself rolled \Nin here for 7 years. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without words, eye contact.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food and drink was given to Him Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through a hole in the wall and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,left to another opening in the bottom Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a tiny stone box where he could Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not stretch his legs. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of bells ringing and music ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - At an elevation\Nof 4,500 m the 2nd Karmaka had Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his hermitage. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of bells ringing \Nmusic... heavy breathing ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this house he would survive\Nan earthquake and the attacks Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Chinese in 1966. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of heavy breathing and voices ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the testimony to the strength Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Tibetan Buddhism that despite\Neverything which has happen in recent Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years, the 17th Karmapa is able to\Nonce again reclaim his ancestor home Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give new life to it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By once dying and returning with a\Nnew body and a new nationality Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he surmounts political borders\Nwhich would be impossible to Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cross with the same \Nbody and as an exiled. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The voice of Young Karmapa...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - This is His first \Nouting since he has returned to Tsurphu. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes Him through the lower \Ngarden a passes by the protective Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahakala, who watches over the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teachings of Buddah at \Nthe gates of Tsurphu. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of voices... \Nand of Young Karmapa...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,400 years before the birth\Nof the 1st Karmapa, Padmasambhava Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the founder of Tibetan Buddhism, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made a prophecy which said\Nthat completing the work of Karmapa, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would require 21 reincarnations. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Orgyen Trinlé is the 17th of the\Npredicted 21 Karmapas. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The voice of Young \NKarmapa... other voices ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Translator ] - ''There is something Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in there. A demon lives in this stone. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to get rid of, or something\Nwill happen.'' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ 2nd Tanslator ] ''Can't we wait until Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tomorrow?\N- No; now! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Take them out and don't get tired. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I will show you where it\Nhas to go.'' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The voice of Young \NKarmapa...birds and human sounds ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- ''That's where it should be buried.'' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ 1st Translator ] - but the wall \Nmay cave in if we remove the stone. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should't we support it? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ 2nd Translator ] ''No; '' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ 1st Translator ] ''Very well then \Nlets begin. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Dialogue among locals ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - In Tibet it is not\Nat all unusual for demons to take Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possession of a stone to spread evil. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To break in such stone in a special\Nceremony, and forces the demon to sleep Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is quite common. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The voice of Young \NKarmapa... other voices ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - apparently this \Ndemon is particularly unpleasant Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Karmapa wants him buried. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The voice of Young \NKarmapa... other voices ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ 1st translator ] - ''It needs \Nto get a decent funeral. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only monks are allowed to\Ndig its grave... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The voice of Young \NKarmapa... other voices ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...and needs to be given a bed of flowers. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Human voices... the sound \Nof thunder...storm approaching ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The voice of Young \NKarmapa... other voices ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ 1st Translator ] - ''Here he'll find peace!'' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ 2nd Translator ] - ''Be there and\Ncome down!'' ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of the rain falling...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - Did he just \Nimagine all this? Or has he a Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of perception which\Nwe lack? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Rain sounds music \Nand laughter... ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - Sitou and Gyaltsab Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have arrived. They planned\Nsomething special for today. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sounds of music \Nand laughter... ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A vacation from the monastery Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can last for a couple of days. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Tibetans like picnics and\Noutdoor activities. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sounds of music \Nand laughter at play... ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - The 12th Sitou\Nand the 17th Karmapa have Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rediscovered a friendship which\Nhave lasted for 12 lifetimes. Stronger Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than any family tie. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - At a party like this,\Neven as someone as Gyalstab, one of Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the interim regents can become playful. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Former state leader of Rock n' Roll. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sounds of excitement \Nand enjoyment from dancers ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The surprise is ready; now \NKarmapa can come in. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ TV Sounds in background ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - A generator, a\Ntelevision set and a video recorder, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been brought from Lhasa \Nspecially for today. \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's never seen \Nmachines like this before. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least not in this life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sitou has bought along a special \Nfilm which he now shows Karmapa. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of tromps on TV ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It is a film about the 16th Karmapa. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of tromps on TV mounting ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ As Narrated on TV ] - ''The last \NKarmapa was born in Tibet in 1924. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He fulfilled the prophecies of \N(Adna Amana). He was in Butan Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 18th century his monastery \Nwill be the centre of the activity Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his successor Karmapas, who\Nby that activity will liberate Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a considerable number \Nof central beings... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Group voice sounds and comments ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ As Narrated on TV ] - Many thousands\Nof families in Tibet as closely as the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa people and always \Ngive generously to the monastery. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tibetans are sure that the new \Nincarnation of the ''Yelba ''Karmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one day will comeback to Thsurpu.''\N[ End of Narration on TV ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of prayers...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - In 1974, the \N16th Karmapa blessed westerners Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first time. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of Tibetan tromps...\Nthen modern music ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- On arriving in the United States\Nhe went to ''Araibe'' in the Arizona desert, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pay his respects to native \NAmericans the Hopi. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Rock n' Roll Music type...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The Hopis have an ancient prophecy Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says: ''when the man with Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the red hat comes a bridge\Nof wisdom will be built between Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,East and West. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sounds of primitive music...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- After Karmapa's visited, the Hopi\Ncalled a meeting of medicine men. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They confirmed that karmapa had\Nfulfilled their prophecy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa then travel to a \Nnumber of American cities. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Modern Western Music \NMingling with Tibetan Tromp ...]\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Karmapa/Translator ] - What is your name?\N- Lina Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Karmapa/Translator repeat ]\N- Lina Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - After he left centres \Nfor Tibetan Buddhism were founded.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Modern Western Music \Nand many laughs ...]\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - What is \Nactually involved in this Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continuity of the spirit? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that persist from \None life to another? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Levels of conscientiousness? \NCertain types of behaviour? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Belief in a direct connection \Nbetween one life and another Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is made possible by our own\Npersonal subjective experience. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - The Buddhists \Nbelieve that every human being Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the focal point of a spiritual\Nas well a biological heritage. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa is spiritually descended\Nfrom karmapa. \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Biologically this is is father. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma Deundoup Tashi. Aged 54; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - And this is his mother.\NLolaga Poldosum. age 46. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - They are nomads.\NIn eastern Tibet , in the Province of Kham. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Lhathok district. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Music panning trough the fields ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the Bakor Valley. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The family have been living \Nhere for generations. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - By the time \NKarmapa was born in 1985 Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lolaga had already given birth\Nto (7) seven children. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is (6) daughters today\Naged between 10 and 25. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were all born in quick\Nsuccess after the birth of their Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eldest son, Rabsel. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together with the grand mother\N12 people live in this tent. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - The climate up here\Nat 300 m is one of extremes.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The temperatures range from \N40 below zero to more than Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hundred above. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - After having \Nthe fourth daughter the family Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had longed for a second son.\Nwhen their 6th child turn up Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be another daughter he \Ndecided to have a serious Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consultation with the old \Nabbot of the ( ) monastery.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave them instructions to\Nhelp them get the second son. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Help these in need every day; \Nfeed the fish in the river and the\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,birds and the stray dogs. \NAnd in addition they were Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say the prayer of refuge,\N111 thousand times.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when yet another daughter \Nwas born the old abbot had died. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lama Palden became his successor. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he gave them the same advice. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I addition he recommended a \Npilgrimage to Lhasa. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The father travel to central Tibet\Nwhile the woman stayed home Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with family and continued to pray. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After 50,000 prayers \NLolaga was pregnant. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The family prayers were intensified.\NThe father said tens of thousands. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the largest number, \Nmore than a 1,000 a day Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were said by the grandmother. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She tells how the birth of her daughter Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there had been signs that Lolaga Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would greatly benefit Buddhism. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Swish... swosh... sounds...\Nchildren voices ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- She always offers to Buddha \Nher first bowl of tea.Now Buddha Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is part of her family; devotion\Nis nevertheless the same. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of bells ringing...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - climate of Tibet\N20 or more cups of salted butter Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tea every day are a matter of survival. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their main food is Tsampa.\NBarley flour kneaded with butter tea. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition they eat a \Nfair amount of meat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vegetables do not grow up here. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their eldest son Rapsel, 27\Nis responsible for the heards. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmaka's family owns \Nabout 90 yaks. This is enough Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to supply their own needs, and\Nproduce surplus of butter which Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can trade for the barley\Ngrown in the lowlands.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of a flute... \Na dog backs... happy tune ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- They use every part of the animal. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just the meat and milk. The hair\Nof the yak is spunned into the threads Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with which they make their tents. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fir itself is made into blankets\Nand coats which are won\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in winter and summer. Nothing\Nis thrown away. For the Tibetans Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature is sacred. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of various human voices\Nmusical instruments... happy tune ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- In 1985 the summer pasture of\Nth Karmapa family was only one Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,valley away. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(4) Four times a year the family \Npacks up and moves the heards Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to knew grazing lands. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Musical instruments... \Nthe flute...running water. ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They set up their tents there in\Nearlier June... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - In the last month\Nof Lolaga's pregnancy; the 111 Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands prayers still not \Nall said anxiously they asked Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,themselves... - Will it be \Na boy this time? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - She dreamed \Nof (3) three white cranes who Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought her a golden letter \Nfrom Padmasambhava, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the founder of Buddhism in Tibet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They told her to \Nkeep the letter a secret Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the time was right. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Lolaga's Translaor ] '' This is the\Nplace and the tent. In it Karmapa\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was born on the 26 of Jun 1985. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an easy birth; short before\Nsunrise, on a beautiful morning. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Deundoup's Translator ]\N- I can't explain but the evening before Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a rainbow over the tent\Neven the sun already sat. Naturally Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea that the child was Karmapa. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were many wondrous signs\Nwhich accompany his birth made Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,us very happy; and gave us the \Ncertainty that this child would Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be a grate benefit to Buddhism. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Lolaga's Interpreter ] - At hiis birth\Nthe king of birds landed on the tent Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sang a wonderful song. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Deundoup's Translator ] - On the 4th\Nday after his birth we also certainly heard Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conk shells horns resounding everywhere. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first I thought it was an aeroplane.\NEveryone around here heard it.\N\N\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this sound lasted for one hour and a half. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our neighbours, the (seepers, \Nthe stray dogs and the shadsons) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will tell you the same thing. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked out but I couldn't see anything. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Mysterious Tibetan sounds echoing... ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We question the neighbours...\N'' Were you were here, when Lolaga's Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,second son was born? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yes; naturally.\N- Did you notice anything unusual? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Oh yes; very strange. Suddenly Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everywhere in the valley you\Ncould hear a sort of dawning Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sound. I thought was a \Nswallow of bees; but there Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was nothing to be seen. \NIt lasted for 2 hours. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When i was outside I thought \Nthat the sound came from inside. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I was inside I thought Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sound came from outside. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Interviwer ] - Excuse me could we\Nask you a question? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- When Lolaga's second son \Nwas born can you remember Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hearing anything unusual? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Was there any special sound? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Everywhere! Everywhere! \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Tibetan voices and sounds ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I thought the a High Lama had\Nhad come ridding into the valley Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an orchestra was accompanying Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,him with lots of conk shells. We looked Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around; the music\Ncould be heard everywhere. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't tell from where \Nthe sound was coming from. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no Lama either. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing; just this loud \Nmusic in the air. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- How long did it last? \N`About 2 hours. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- And when was that?\NSummer; in the year Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the ox I think.\N- That's it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The great sound of the Conks ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ male narrator ] - Jokhang \Ntemple in Lhasa is the focus of Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tibet's spiritual strength. It is\Nlocated below the Potala Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Dalai Lama's Palace. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in the Trokan Temple\NKarmapa's hair will be cut Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ceremonially as symbolic\Nto his bond to Buddha. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normally this wright is \Nperformed in front of Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Dalai Lama; but to Karmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is at the feet of the Jowo. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of Buddhist Prayers ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Jowo is the most revered\NTibetan statue of the historical \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddha, Shakyamouni. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is only the second time\Nin Tibet's history that Karmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has celebrated hi hair cut ceremony Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in the holiest places of Tibet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa is receiving is personal\NBuddhist name for this life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Orgyen Trinlé Dorjé. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plus nine other names. Now the \Ntime has come. Sitou cuts a few hairs Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Orgyen Trinlé Dorjé \Nbecomes a monk.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The Monks recite some Prayers ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a religious ceremony such as this Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could take place with the \Nknowledge of the Chinese occupiers Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also has its political consequences. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is that the Chinese\Nconsider reincarnation pure Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,superstition. even so they \Nrecognise Orgyen Trinlé\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as karmapa. And what's more\Nthey do so only because the political Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enemy, the Dalai Lama as identified Him\Nhas the true reincarnation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In view of the fact that the Dalai \NLama can't visit Tibet, and is Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forbidden to even menntion\Nhis name the Tibetans were Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immensely gratified to see Karmapa\Nofficially received the Dalai Lama's Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,congratulatory scarf or Katak Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in full view of the Chinese occupiers. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The conk resounding in celebration \Nfollowed by Buddhist prayers ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tibet now has a spiritual leader\Nwho is inside the Country. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who is closely connected\Nto the Dalai Lama. This is only a Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fist step but is a hopeful sign\Nfor the survival of Buddhism in Tibet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Various voices mingling with\NBuddhist prayers ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ A vehicle is revved up ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- In order for karmapa to travel\Nfreely through out the world Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meet as many followers and to\Ncomplete the work of the 16th Karmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he will have to perform a delicate\Npolitical act between China, occupied Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tibet and the outside word. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Laughs and explicits \Nby the monks plus Karmapa ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - If it is possible \Nfor someone to decide where Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the spirit will enter another\Nbody, then one might ask why Marmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually choose to be born her in Bakor. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could have been born in Sikkim, \Nor in the United States where he died Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as a Butanest Principe, but\Nnothing like that. These were his Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,playmates; \N[ Dogs barking in the distance ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They led almost identical lives and\Nyet he is completely different. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was there a sense of compaction that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moves Karmapa to chose this place? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people? This martyr land \Nfor his rebirth? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Children's voices...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- His mother Lolaga, has only \Nanimal dung as fuel for cooking Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and heating the tent. She has to\Npond it flat for drying. When she Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a child she collected dead \Nwood in the forests around here. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - It is hard to believe\Nthat this area like the enormous expanses Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Eastern Tibet, was once a huge forest. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Full of trees so large that took \Nseveral men with outstretched arms Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to circle them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What happen to the trees?\N- In my childwood there was a Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dense forest here; but during the last Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decades all the forests \Nhave been cut down. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One mountain after another has been\Nstripped. Here there are only tree stumps. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is all we have left. The trees all \Nhave been floated to China. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now nothing grows here. \NIt's terrible. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Tibetan Male Voice explains...] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This little tree was planted by Karmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shortly before he entered Tsurphu. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spring here had almost\Ncompletely dried up. And we Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't have water left for \Nourselves and our heards. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's bubbling again; \NKarmapa conducted a ceremony Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of his freshly planted tree. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he had't saved the spring\Nthe summer pasture up here would have Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been lost and we would have to\Nmove down to river to find water Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our animals. But there the grasses\Nhave all been eaten away... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sounds fro teacher and pupil ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem Narrator ] - Umzé was in \Nclose contact with the 16th Karmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout his life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went into exile with him\Nin Sikkim and now at the age Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 72 he has returned to Tsurphu. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Karmapa reading the texts aloud...\Nthe birds singing in background. ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - Karmapa \Ndoes often feel like school. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are some texts which he \Nknows by heart after only one reading. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Karmapa reading the texts aloud...\Nthe birds singing in background. ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Melodious flute in the background ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - It was June the 15th;\Nthe day Karmapa arrived as our abbot Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drupon Déchen, told me, I was to\Nteach Karmapa. Traditionally one Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starts with the alphabet; but he \Nlearned all that at 12 already. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he wants to he can learn\Nwell and fast. He is very much Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the 16th Karmapa. He loves birds. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He likes to play. His mentality is \Nlike that of his predecessor. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later he will study metaphysics at\Nthe very highest level. And some day he Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will have some monks to educate\Nso he must become a great master himself. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will be a leader who frees people\Nfrom their suffering, and brings Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them great happiness. He is the living Buddha. He embodies Buddha's teachings, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will disseminate them on all rounds Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of existence. He will achieve great things. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the moment he is a child. And so\Nthere are still things that I can teach him. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later this will no longer be the case. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will serve him as long as I am too.\NI am not a master myself, so there\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't much I can give him. Besides\NI am old and frail, I could be dead Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a month or in one or two \Nyears, one doesn't know.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the future he'll determine\Nhis own activities. They will depend Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the power of his spirit and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatness of his compassion, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the degree of his enlightenment. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - Enlightenment is \Nneither a present nor an accident. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In his former life Karmapa \Nachieved this fro selflessness. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - It is sad that \Nthe 16th Karmapa accepted is cancer Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of love for the people of the west. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spent his last days in\Nthis american hospital. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Watching, as a physician... \Nan unstoppable disease Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ravaging his body, and yet, there\Nwas kindness that never stopped. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Doctor ] - Every morning I \Nwould go in an ask him: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Are you having pain? And he would\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smile at me and say: \NNo. - No pain. No pain. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very confusing for the staff. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was obvious that he \Nwas denying his illness. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the staff was constantly\Nconfronted with this person Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was dying but was still\Nmore interested how they felt, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than how he felt. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - Karmapa \Ndied on November the 5th 1981. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His principles students invited\Nme into the room and had me Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holding my hand over...over\Nhis heart area; and each day I was Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amazed to find that it stayed warm.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...I wasn't as amazed at the 24 hours\Nbut then at 48 and 72 hours I was to Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be quite shocked. Traditionally\Nafter...surely after death the \N\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,body becomes cold, a the circulation Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stops; and in his holiness case \Nthere was a definite warm, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the areas of the heart.\NAs a physician I have Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no explanation for this. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Voices of chanting and \Nthe resounding of gongs] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - Ever since his death, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmakas followers, both monks and\Nlay people, have been praying \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he may quickly return \Nto earth in a human form. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of many \NTibetan musical instruments ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] - A Karmapa is Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not obliged to reincarnate. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is free of all the confusion\Nanxiety and the attachments Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which drives people compulsively Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a body. Karmapa only returns Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there are many who need \Nhim and ask for himself. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of many \NTibetan musical instruments ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirit moves freely, independent Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of where he has a body or not. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - The famous 1000\Nyear old Tibetan book of death teaches Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that experience is based on projection. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The projection is the image of the world Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we make for ourselves and\Nwhich we call reality. According Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this traditional teaching the\Nworld of our experience is a dream. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like watching a film which\Nemotionally is very real for us Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but has little to do with the\Nreality of seating in the cinema. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tibetans believe that like this\Nmetaphor, experience Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues after death. The projector \Nis the spirit which can not die. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The show goes on, so to speak! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we become conscientious\Nthat is our mind wich produces Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the film, the experience, then we\Ncan stop the projector of our mind Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and become aware that the true \Nnature of our spirits is emptiness. 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