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KARMAPA IN AMERICA: Producer Julie
Adler goes to Seattle to bring you this special report on the historic first visit to the West of His Holiness 17th Karmapa,
head of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, who is fast becoming the hope for generations new and old of Westerners and
Tibetans alike.
Karmapa in America 2008 Official Website
Interview with Prof. Robbie Barnett on the significance of the Karmapa's US visit
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FROM
THE NEWS DESK: An Interview with Bob Thurman Forget the Olympics. China's best bet for winning global respect is the Dalai Lama himself,
so says Tibet scholar Professor Robert Thurman. He shares his optimistic take and plausible recommendations for the imminent
resolution of the Sino Tibetan question in his latest book 'WHY THE DALAI LAMA MATTERS: His Act of Truth as the Solution
for China, Tibet, and the World.'
INTERVIEW WITH OUR CHIEF ENGINEER & MUSICIAN KEN LEE on his experience as a Chinese-American
in the Tibetan exiled communities of India, and the music album SANGSARA that he was inspired to create when he returned home
to Los Angeles... "Hey, I'm going to visit my family in New Delhi this December. Do you want to go
also?" my friend Tom asked. "Sure!" I had never been there before, and it sounded like a lot of fun.
He was a bit surprised: "None of my friends ever say that they want to go to India." But after graduating
from college, my parents had offered to pay for an overseas trip. Why not India?  So we went, accompanied by Oran, son of Alice and John Coltrane. Three guys - one Indian, one Asian, one black - big tall foreigners in funny clothes traveling
together. You can only imagine the double-takes we got. And yes, I got culture shock. But not
from India. No, I got it when we returned. Reverse culture shock. I'm still not sure why. My welcome
back was a baggage handler with a Stray Cats-style pompadour and a Valley Boy accent telling me that my luggage was
coming in on the next flight. I had an extremely difficult time adjusting. Everything felt odd, different.
Driving felt alien. My house looked foreign. Fruits and vegetables tasted dull. Things seemed less vivid. I
would have thoughts like, "Two months ago to this very day, I was hiking in Mussoorie."
Ken's website and music
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