Jamyang Norbu

Writer, Musician & Advocate for Tibetan Independence

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Some thoughts on recent events.
A MOST SELF-INDULGENT COUP https://t.co/uJfZ92kNz7

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BUDDHA'S DISCOURSE ON DEFENDING DEMOCRACIES
Before His passing the Buddha addressed the problems faced by early democratic tribes and states in India 2500 years ago, In the winter issue of TRICYCLE the Buddhist Review, and on my blog: https://t.co/mC9ekbzLnO

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Stand and deliver!

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A LOSAR GIFT FOR ALL MY FRIENDS AND READERS
A Cultural Pilgrimage to Old Tibet
https://t.co/MZsdTnXRLr

Pilgrims from Amdo and Kham visiting Karmapa’s Monastery at Tsurphu in Tölung

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If you have had problems accssing my article BUDDHA'S "THEORY OF EVERYTHING" on Tricycle, check it out my blog https://t.co/LMckoF8uPm

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Check out my piece in the Buddhist review TRICYCLE
BUDDHA'S "THEORY OF EVERYTHING"
Many have searched for a universal theory of nature. What does Buddhism have to say about it?
By Jamyang Norbu AUG 29, 2019
https://t.co/mHFSENIOml

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A PASSING TRAGEDY
Jamyang Norbu's review of THE SWEET REQUIEM
https://t.co/zyaNevrPif…/2019/07/11/a-passing-tragedy/
OPENING tomorrow at the IFC Center New York. (Washington Square) from 12 to 18 July.

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Tenzing & Ritu's heart-rending film SWEET REQUIEM is showing at the IFC Center in NYC (Washington Square) from 12 to 19 July. My 2016 piece LOOKING BACK FROM NANGPA-LA will provide some background to the film.
https://t.co/3Vn3lEyLfR

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M10 INFORMATION FLYER
Please print a bunch of these flyers and hand them out when you're demonstrating on March 10th. The flyer introduces the The M10 Memorial Site which has been set up to provide factual and historic knowledge of those fateful days in Lhasa.

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THE INCREDIBLE SECRET OF MARCH 10
How did a small group of patriotic officials set in motion the Great Uprising of ’59 and spirit the Dalai Lama out of a city infested with Chinese secret police, spies and surrounded by 30,000 PLA troops, artillery and armor?

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A FATHER-DAUGHTER MARCH 10 STORY.
Since it is Losar tomorrow here is a true account of war and endurance that has the requisite heartwarming and auspicious ending for the New Year. Losar Tashi Delek to all my readers, friends and Rangzen-fighters.
https://t.co/A27dYzgv2z

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As the 60th anniversary of March Tenth draws near I will post blogs, snippets of information and images on the history of the event. Check the M10 Memorial FB page https://t.co/Erdk6fu1mL for latest post:
POLITICAL CARTOONS FROM MARCH 1959.

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EXTINGUISHING THE EMBERS OF FREEDOM (Part 1)
This is the first of a two-part essay on Samdhong Rinpoche's lifelong effort to undermine the Tibetan Youth Congress and the Tibetan Freedom Struggle. Tibetan audio translation in separate FB post. https://t.co/QVHyY2hVtk

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Read (don't sniff) Jamyang Norbu's latet post.
BILL GATES AND THE ANCIENT "SECRET" OF TIBETAN TOILETS
https://t.co/s8f1jAffPz

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DONT STOP THE REVOLUTION
My latest published collection of essays reviewed by the historian Dr. Warren Smith. All essays were written in 2008 when widespread uprisings broke out all over Tibet.
Buy it in ebook format from the "Store" on my website.
https://t.co/yoCbSR1ocp

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IN FOCUS ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
review of PHOTOGRAPHY & TIBET by Clare Harris
"... probably the most detailed, near-complete study of the origins and evolution of photography in Tibet."
https://t.co/9DjoonbzDp

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In memory of a great historian who pursued the vision of a Tibetan civilization and language that went back many thousands of years before the first Tsenpo rulers of Tibet descended from heaven on their sky-rope.

CHOGYAL NAMKHAI NORBU
VISIONARY HISTORIAN
https://t.co/4CN1EzT9uh

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Who do you think fixed His Holiness's teeth in the early 60s... and yours too if you were a a kid at TCV or Mussoories CST? Read this brief post THE DENTIST AND THE REFUGEES by Tashi Tsering la on early exile life. Great photographs. https://t.co/YMv4mujHTw

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GLAD THAT DNA TESTS HAVE ESTABLISHED SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN'S PART-INDIAN ANCESTRY. https://t.co/BIgdTOp4AJ LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS IN 2020.
Read the Globe's exhaustive investigation (https://t.co/XMF1VZnezy) that ethnicity was not a factor in Warren's impressive rise in law.

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Why Are Tibetans Setting Themselves on Fire? https://t.co/zi5wCfitqu