To mark the 25th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Dalai Lama on December 10, 2014, several Chinese writers, lawyers, scholars and political activists have sent messages highlighting his contribution. These have been published on Chinese news websites, including in Boxun. ICT has translated four of them into English. From Yan Jiaqi, former political advisor to Premier Zhao Ziyang The Dalai Lama has great love in his heart, with three aspects: one is his selflessness, with over half a century of endlessly striving for Tibetan rights, Sino-Tibetan unity, and peace in China and the world. The second is his compassionate spirit, comprised of the fair and broad-minded way he treats people equally. The third is his spirit of non-violence. The Dalai Lama’s influence over the Tibetan cultural sphere and the entire world isn’t limited to Tibetan religious faith, but is also related to his personal noble character. Exile was an option of last resort for the Dalai Lama, but despite this predicament His Holiness has always been able to play his role as Tibet’s spiritual leader, and fifty-five years into his exile he has made three great contributions for Tibetans and all mankind: First, spreading Tibetan Buddhism across the world. Second, the Dalai Lama is the defender of Tibetan rights, proposing the Middle Way Approach, the core of which is defending Tibetan rights and maintaining Sino-Tibetan unity. Over 55 years in exile he has pushed Tibetan cultural circles in India and Europe towards the path of democratization and modernity. Third, the Dalai Lama is an advocate of interfaith dialogue and solidarity, and a defender of world peace. - Yan Jiaqi, who met the Dalai Lama in Paris less than a week after he received the Nobel Peace Prize, was the first director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Political Science Institute, currently living in the Washington area. From Chen Guangcheng, human rights lawyer This International Human Rights Day is the 25th anniversary of when His Holiness the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Herein I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to His Holiness on the 25th anniversary of receiving this honor! His Holiness has for a long time consistently advocated his peaceful and nonviolent philosophy, proposed resolving the Tibet issue through the Middle Way Approach, thereby protecting traditional Tibetan culture. By continuously promoting the idea of peace across the world, and advocating tolerance and brotherhood, he has made a tremendous contribution to peace in China and the rest of the world. To date, His Holiness’s idea of peace and tolerance still hasn’t put a stop to the desecration of universal values and human dignity practiced by repressive regimes. But with advances in information technology, I hope His Holiness will put more energy into influencing ordinary Chinese people so that they come to understand the philosophy and tolerance of his position, advocating genuine autonomy under the Chinese constitution for Tibet instead of independence. Fraternal human rights values can reverse the Chinese Communist Party’s media propaganda meant to give common people the erroneous idea that the Dalai Lama is calling for Tibetan independence. This would play a very important role in China’s peaceful turn towards democracy
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:07:42 +0000
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