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OPEN MIND: MASTERING YOUR DREAMS This month we talk to Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
about the Tibetan tradition of dream yoga. What is it and why is it important not just to Tibetans but to all of us?
"Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep
to discover whether or not you are truly awake."
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche was born in Amritsar, India
after his parents fled the Chinese invasion of Tibet and received training from both Buddhist and Bon teachers, attaining
the Geshe degree. He came to the US in 1991 and has taught all over Europe and America. He is the author of such
books as 'The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep', and 'Healing with Form, Energy and Light: the Five Elements
in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra & Dzogchen' among others. He presently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia where
he runs the Ligmincha Institute, an organization devoted to the study and practice of the teachings of the Bon tradition.
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FROM THE NEWS DESK: Where is the Crime in Charter 08?
Charter 08 is
a manifesto that was originally signed by over 300 Chinese intellectuals and human rights activists to promote political reform
and democratization in the People's Republic of China. The Charter calls for, among other things, greater freedom of expression,
an independent judiciary, free elections and human rights. Even though a number of signatories have been intimidated or placed
under arrest, the Charter continues to gain support, with over 8,000 Chinese inside and outside China putting their names
to the document. Bao Tong, a former political aide who has been under house arrest for nearly two decades said, "I call
on the Chinese government to answer me this: where is the crime in Charter 08?"
The Charter was published
on 10 December 2008, the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the 100th year of China's
Constitution. Its name is a reference to Charter 77, issued by dissidents in the former Czechoslovakia. Julie
Adler speaks with Professor Perry Link, one of the foremost Western China scholars. He is an international expert on Chinese
human rights issues and was one of the translators of the "Tiananmen Papers," which described the government's
response to the 1989 democracy protests. Blacklisted by China's government in 1996, he has since been denied entrance
to the country.
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Read the full text of Charter 08
What Does Charter 08 Mean? Too Soon to Tell by Rebecca McKinnon
Read Bao Tong's essay on Charter 08
In China, a Grass Roots Rebellion (The Washington Post)
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