Critical report on the Dalai Lama (ARD-Panorama)

Part 1

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJRo_u_Mfqo

This penetrating German documentary, Panorama, challenges the popular Western myth of Tibet as Shangri-La. Cutting through the myth making and Hollywood romanticism, this investigation provides a shocking insight into the reality of life in Tibet under the Dalai Lama’s rule.

The first part of the video touches on the Hollywood preoccupation about mystical Tibet with the movie Seven Years in Tibet, the Dalai Lama, scenes of feudal Tibet and also the Chinese crackdown of Tibetan protesters. Among those featured in the video are His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Gonsar Rinpoche, Donald S.Lopez and Professor Jens Uwe Hartmann. The issue on Dorje Shugden is more in focus in part 2 of this programme.

Part 2

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvXrBwvE9jI