Today I continued to read "My Land and My People" and I really like it. Everyday I read two chapters and today it was chapter 10 and 11. Chapter 10 was called "Crisis In Lhasa" and Chapter 11 was called "Escape". Just by reading these two chapters you should be able to predict that something back is happening, sort of like an uprising. Like when the slaves of Egypt (Hebrews) went with Moses and were able to overthrow the kingdom? Sort of like that. Okay now I'm going to summarize these two chapters. I'm doing this because I feel like its good for people to learn new things and events that happened in the past about certain cultures or religions. Anyway lets start with Chapter 9.
Chapter 10
The Dalai Lama (Spiritual Leader) was attending the Monlam Festival because it was a very special celebration. While he was there two Chinese officers went up to him. They said that "General Tan Kuan-sen" had sent them to ask the him something. So the Dalai Lama asked what they needed and they said that the general wanted to know wether he could attend a play that his army camp was making. The Dalai Lama didn't know wether he could go or not because of everything that has already happened so he said he would give an answer later on. However the two officers said they needed an answer right away.
So the Dalai Lama kept on saying no, but they wouldn't leave. Eventually though the next event at the festival started and the two officers left. As soon as they did he was curious. Why would the general send two officers to ask him something? This is very unusual because he almost always meets the Dalai Lama face to face in order to say or ask something. The annoyance of the tow officers bothered the Lama a little bit, but he was able to sustain it and take part in the festival. Once it was over the Dalai Lama had gotten a telegram from the general's interpreter and was asked when he could attend.
The Dalai Lama replied saying that he would come on the 10th of March. Unfortunately news spreads fast and the Tibetan people who considered the Dalai Lama to be precious and sacred were alarmed. They knew that it was strange how two officers were sent to ask one question and knew that the Chinese have lured certain lamas to the country and killed them as well as imprisoned them. They would not let their sacred lama have his life be taken away from something so evil. Thats why all the people of the city and state went to the place where the Dalai Lama was staying and blocked all the exits.
They adored their leader and made sure of his protection. Thats when a patrol of Chinese officers came they were brutally murdered by the people. The Dalai Lama tried to speak to the leaders of the people who were elected to give the decisions and told them that they needed to stop right away. They agreed with him because they followed him and respected his ever decision. However when the people were informed with what the Dalai Lama had said they would listen. They were apparently sure that if he went to that Chinese Army camp he would be murdered. It was like a death trap to them. The Chinese even assured that he would not be harmed in any way.
Thats it for today guys. Next time I will summarize chapter 11.
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