Tibetan Buddhists in Exile

Name: Tibetan Buddhists in Exile
Uploaded: 1999-06-11T04:00:00Z
Duration: P470S
Description: Part two of our series on the Tibetan Buddhists in exile in India. They’re refugees not only from Chinese oppression in Tibet but also from what the Dalai Lama calls “cultural genocide.” How can the Tibetan refugees preserve the prayer wheels and mandalas of their culture and pass on those traditions to a new generation increasingly influenced by the West?

Clip: Season 2 | 7m 50s

Part two of our series on the Tibetan Buddhists in exile in India. They’re refugees not only from Chinese oppression in Tibet but also from what the Dalai Lama calls “cultural genocide.” How can the Tibetan refugees preserve the prayer wheels and mandalas of their culture and pass on those traditions to a new generation increasingly influenced by the West?

Aired: 06/10/99

Rating: NR

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Tibetan Buddhists in Exile

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