Saturday, December 17, 2011

Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche: The made scapegoat to face the looming death sentence


(Translated from the support-seeking document as my help and wish for the same dream)

December 17, 2011

The looming death sentence Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a true Tibetan patriot and an adept Buddhist master of Kham Lithang, still faces despite being postponed over times by virtue of international supports gained by the dedicated Tibet Rights Groups and his disciples diaspora appealing activities and movements.

The reason behind such false conviction bases on the same spurious criminal charge that only proves how Chinese such brutal and uprooting policies in eradicating Tibet identities, culture and important personages (even a child with strong sense of patriotism isn’t spared) have been actively carrying out over 6 decades now. Here Rinpoche is spiritually an important figure, an adept Buddhist master, and socially revered for his bold approaches towards the rights and freedom of the people.

As the reiterated earnest direction and advice by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Tibetan people to stop propitiating the controversial deity Dorji Shugden for the well-being of Tibetan spiritual and political integrity, Rinpoche carried out the same guiding mission in Lithang. Since 1987 he had been able to found 7 monastic learning centers like Othok monastery, Kham Nalanda (Thekchen Jangchup Choeling monastic institute) and so on in Nyagchu, Lithang. And there he set up the caring institution for aged people and school in the district town for the children from nomadic and peasantry backgrounds and for orphans. He did skillfully optimize his revered fame in the region in enforcing preached laws proscribing theft, robbery and poaching. He did play so effective roles in spreading environmental awareness and protection, settling fatal internal feuds (especially like over pasture-land issues as consciously set by Chinese government by applying sensitive demarcations) and upholding Tibetan language and unique cultural values. So Rinpoche has been gaining steady stature from the devoted following people there and so began to appear as a vulnerable target of Chinese brutal stalking policy of blotting out through dire cunning means for such leading productive figure. Even though several attempts were made to arrest him, they failed out of fear of stirring public agitation thereafter.

But in 2002, he was arrested out of the deliberately set up charge of bombing and has been incarcerated since then. The nature of such charge is absolutely groundless. In such higgledy-piggledy confusion and set up Tibetans and justice loving people at large have been hurt so deeply. As unanimously cited in the book of the compiled investigative works and pleas produced by educated Chinese, notable writers and the concerned lawyers on the prime looming but false charge filed against Rinpoche, it voices the grounded reality of ‘only power play but not applying as per the legal provisions the constitution rules on’. They succinctly put as:

Leveling such false charge of the heinous crime against Angak Tashi[1] is outrageously unacceptable for anyone and, then, why not for his devoted followers.

Angak Tashi’s firm attitude and revered fame are being taken as the challenging hindrance against the reputation of Chinese government.

Particularly, as he put forward in the court and in his tape later smuggled out to USA, he stood firm in his words saying how possible he did commit such crime of bombing as he can’t even think about such. He says he would never disgrace the Lama Avaloketeshwara, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, by committing such unimaginable crime and adds that up to the people of Sichuan province know what kind of person he is, who cares even for the protection of insects. And he counters the way of setting up such false charge against him is the real crime and inhuman.

His close disciple named Lobsang Dhondup, who was leveled with the same charge, did voice strongly about the charge being false and raising the slogans ‘Long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’ during his death sentence being carried out.

We, the followers and students of Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, do appeal the justice loving world at large, individuals and rights groups and organizations for coming out together in practical support of our voice: To make our dream come true, the release of Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and all the political prisoners in Tibet!


1 Angak Tashi is Rinpoche’s name when he was small at home or before getting ordained.

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