[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Opening with Tibetan music] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The hard sound of wore-shippers\Nscrapping along the hard road ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Interpreter ] - Where are you from? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- from the Riko monastery Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int.] -How long have you been doing this? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- For one year. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int. ] - Where are you going?\N- To Lasha Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int.] -But it is at least 300 miles to Lasha.\NHow long it will take you?\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int] - About 3 months. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int.] - How many \Nprostration you do a day? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int. ] - About 3000 Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Int. ] - A day? \N- Less than 4 miles. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Female Narrator ] -Prostrations \Nare spiritual exercises. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It cleanses people of egotism, \Ngreed, aggression and ignorance. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Local voices of prayers ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] -Tibetans make a \Npilgrimage to Lhasa just once in their lives\N\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There they pray for their spiritual\Nleaders; who fled the Country in Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1959 in the face of Chinese\Ntreats to destroy them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They honour and venerate Karnapa.\NGyalwang Karmapa. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The head of a long established \NKagyu line in Tibete.\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Older than the Sect of the Dalai Lama. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kamapa marched with more than\N100 monks over the Himalayas into exile. \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Untse? Karmapa's tutor, quickly\Nformed a new monastic community. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the ancient traditional teachings\Nof Tibetan Buddhism continued to florish. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Many voices ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ]This place is called \NRumtek, a monestary Sikkim which Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was then a little Buddhist kingdom, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,North of India, on the southern \Nslopes of the Himalayas. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Rumtek monastery became the\Nnew headquarters of Karmapa in exile. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male Narrator ] - Karmapa \Nis the holder of the black crown; a Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,symbol of his mastership. he is the living \Nlink of an undropping chain of enlighted Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beings back to the historical Buddha\NShakyamouni who lived in India\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 700 BC. He is Buddha. Buddah\NShakyamouni, transmits his experiences Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to his people, who also became enlighted\Nand are able to help thei pupils or Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so to reach the stage of self liberation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 12th century, this chain \Nof enlighten beings, led to Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 1st Karmapa. Who then developed\Nthe unique ability to predict exactly and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in writing his own reincarnation. \NAs did the 2nd Karmapa and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 3rd and so fourth up to him Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the present the 16th of reincarnation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Karmapa. He died 1n 1991 at\Nthe age of 57. His body was Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cremated at Rumetk monestary.\NIt was a State funeral. nd mourners Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gather from all corners of the earth. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa has millions of followers. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He left behind 4 number of \Nrepresentatives or interim regents. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sharma on the right, Tai Sitou\Non the left, Jamgon and Gyaltsab, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the youngest of the interim regents. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rainbows over the blue sky of Sikkim.\NIn Tibete a sure sign of an enlighten Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being has left its body. In Buddhism \Ndeath is not the end. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa died with the promise that\Nhe would give a clear sign by which Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could be recognised in his new life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for a long time no more clues were found. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until eleven years later. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Dalai Lama ] - I've got something new.\NI've dreamed of the location, the area Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the person is born... One valley is next... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the stones and lawns...actually it looks\Nhigh altitude...and then facing the South Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are some streams...small beautiful\Nstreams... and then there is a main... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the picture. There is someone there...and it Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told me... actually without its form....\Nthat someone...some source, you see, telling\N\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me : ''This is the place! \NWhere Karmapa was born. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Fem. Narrator ] where could this place be? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could it be found? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Tromp Music + ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - Here in northern India,\Nis where Taï Sitou, one of Karmapas\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 4 interim regents made \Nan interesting disovery. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of a box being open ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator] - pressured by the faithful\Nthat hope and expected Karmapa has Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,left some clues behind, Sitou felt \Nthat he should open the talisman Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa had given him 10 months, \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before his death with the words: ''this\Nwill protect you and some day it will be useful. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Sanctity has given me this protection.\N...pouch.... In early January 1981. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day it was sneaking here...\NI opened that and found an envelope. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the envelope had red ink letter\Nsaying that this should be opened Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the iron horse year. And then I\Nwas very very happy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then after the , after I offer the \Nletter to Rumtek...it would be taken Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in March 1982. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - Traditionally such talisman\Nare never opened; but since no one had Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found any indication of Karmapa's\Nrebirth, he decided to open it, afterall. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ someone ]- But the letter is still...\N[ Taï Sitou ]- The letter is in Rumtek, yes. the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,envelope and the letter, both. \NIt's in alter. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Male narrator ] - here in the Rumtek \Nmonastery, in the late heathquarters of Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the late Karmapa, this most important\Nand holy document is protected by Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the secret police; those from outside and inside. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely no one has access to it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only Karmapa himself when \Nhe returns his new reencarnation Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the right to break these seals. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sitou ] - But I have a copy here\Nof the sacred letter and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is in Tibetanian; \Nso i read this: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Translation of reading by Sitou ]\N- Self awareness is always blessed. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A diamong dirt has no centre or \Nedge; from here to the North Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and East of the land of snow\Nis a country where divine Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thunders spontaneous blazes. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a good nomads place Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a sign of a cow. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"methode is Deundroub \Nand wisdom is Lolaga." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Born in the year one \Nused for the earth. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with miraculous far reaching\Nsound of the the white one. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This system is known as karmapa. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is sustained by a lord Droupa. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being no sectarian he \Nprevades in all directions. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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,,[ Sitou ] -When I discovered these\NI was very pleased. and actually it Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a tremendous relief; it was Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly the blessing and also Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspiration of the highest aspect. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In which we have been waiting Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were finally blessed by it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was very very happy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Sound of a bell ] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Narrator ] - This letter was \Ninterpreted by Gyaltsab on the left Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jamgon, Sitou and Sharmapa\Non the right, workinng together. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They al came to a unanimous\Nconclusion which Gyaltsab Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reads to us.\N[ Translator/narrator male ] - From here \Nto the North in the East of the land Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of snow, we interpret here\Nas Rumtek, where Karmapa Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrote the letter. And in the East \Nof the land of snow means Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to look for him \Nin east Tibet because Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,land of snow is the \NTibetan name for Tibet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where dine thunders \Nspontaneous blazes Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indicates a district in\NEastern Tibet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,''Lha'' means divine \Nand ''Thok'' means thunder. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is only one community\Nin Eastern Tibet named Lhathok. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The letter describes the area\Nmore precisely as a good nomad Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,place with a sign of a cow. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,''Goood'' means a good fertile area Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this area must have a name \Nwhich includes the syllabus ''KAh'' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning cow. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next line, the method is Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deundroub and wisdom is Lolaga Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,predicts the name of the parents. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It refers to the Buddhist symbolism. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sun symbolises the masculine\Nprinciple of the method. And the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moon symbolises the \Nfemale principle of wisdom. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore the father must be Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named Deundoup, \Nand the mother Lolaga. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Born in the year of the one used\Nfor the earth prophecises \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the year of his birth. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the relevant period \Nof the Tibetan calender there Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in addition to snake, dragon,\Nhair and tiger, only one animal Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sign used for the earth, the ox, in 1985. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The words the miraculous far \Nreaching sound of the white one Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refer to the white conk shell that\Nwe use in Tibet in religious music, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is always called the ''white one''. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sustained by Lord Droupa, refers to \NSitou whom buddhist name of honour is Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Droupa. In his previous life,\NSitou had identified the last Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karmapa and was chosen to \Nexercise his function once again. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With respect so much for the moment Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jamgon, Karmapa's other Interim Regent\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Interviewer ] -What do you think personally\Nof the letter? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Jamgon ] - very precise Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Interviewer ] - do you think that the \Ninformation which the letter contained Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how you interpret it, will enable Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you to find the reincarnation of Karmapa? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yes; we ought to say that. Yes, it is\Nvery clear and very precise. And that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is why we are all very confident Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about finding his Holiness... or Him... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Narrator ] - Because of visa problems Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,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 years 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 of 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,, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,