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Rebecca Novick: Guns, Monks and Magic: Tibet's Greatest Escape, Part 1
In April 2010, I interviewed a Tibetan monk named Yidam Kyap as part of the Tibet Oral History Project that documents the life stories of Tibetan elders living in exile.
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Teenage Tibetan monk self-immolates, dies: rights group
(Reuters) - A teenage Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire and died in southwestern China, a rights group said, in the latest reported self-immolation by a monk denouncing Chinese policies in Tibet and demanding the return ... Read Post
Rebecca Novick: Tibetan Monks Sealed in Sichuan Monastery Request Permission to Pray for Chinese Quake Victims
Since March, the monks of Kirti have not been allowed to conduct their usual Buddhist rituals, but on May 15th, they received special permission to make an exception. Read Post
Rebecca Novick: Guns, Monks and Magic: Tibet's Greatest Escape, Part 2
Yidam Kyap was part of what was almost certainly the largest single group to escape into exile from the embattled eastern regions of Tibet in 1959. Here is part two of his two-part story. Read Post