WEBVTT 00:00:02.695 --> 00:00:22.695 ..:: Presented By ZarFilm Website ::.. ‏.:: www.bolboljan.net ::. 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:47.085 - Tell me. - Again? 00:02:47.155 --> 00:02:50.886 - Tell me. - Your father had been very sick. 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:54.623 We thought he would die. Some of our animals had died. 00:02:54.697 --> 00:02:58.360 - Cow? - Yes, a cow, 00:02:58.434 --> 00:03:01.460 a horse, a yak... 00:03:01.538 --> 00:03:03.472 and chickens. 00:03:03.540 --> 00:03:06.065 We had four years of bad crops. 00:03:06.143 --> 00:03:09.306 - All the farmers did. - Yes. 00:03:09.379 --> 00:03:13.042 Then one night, I knew you were coming... 00:03:13.118 --> 00:03:16.417 and at dawn, you were born. 00:03:16.488 --> 00:03:19.048 - Tell me. - You didn't cry. 00:03:19.124 --> 00:03:22.287 - No cry. - No, you didn't cry. 00:03:23.496 --> 00:03:27.057 And that day, your father got better. 00:03:27.133 --> 00:03:30.261 He named you Lhamo the Protector. 00:03:30.336 --> 00:03:32.270 I know. 00:03:32.338 --> 00:03:35.068 Go to sleep now, Lhamo. Go to sleep. 00:04:16.382 --> 00:04:18.612 Shh! 00:05:20.018 --> 00:05:21.952 - Me. - No. 00:05:22.020 --> 00:05:24.989 - Me. - No. This must stop. 00:05:25.057 --> 00:05:29.289 - Me, here. - No, I am the father. You are the child. You sit there. 00:05:29.361 --> 00:05:31.727 - No. 00:05:31.797 --> 00:05:35.631 - Me sit here. - No. 00:05:37.971 --> 00:05:42.601 - Oh, what's the harm? Let him sit where he wants. - He'll grow up all wrong. 00:05:42.676 --> 00:05:44.940 Only you can serve him. 00:05:45.011 --> 00:05:48.538 Only you can touch his food. Too clean. 00:05:48.616 --> 00:05:52.552 - Everything just so. - So what's the harm? 00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:54.588 He thinks he's king. 00:05:56.825 --> 00:05:58.759 Tell my story. 00:05:58.827 --> 00:06:00.954 - Not again. 00:06:01.029 --> 00:06:04.362 Again. Me! 00:06:04.433 --> 00:06:06.765 All right, Lhamo. I'll tell you the story. 00:06:06.835 --> 00:06:10.464 You were born at dawn. It was so quiet outside. 00:06:10.540 --> 00:06:13.976 I helped Mama. She asked for me. 00:06:14.043 --> 00:06:16.944 When you were born, you didn't cry at all. You never cried. 00:06:17.013 --> 00:06:19.811 And I was surprised. Then we gave you the sweet drink. 00:06:19.884 --> 00:06:23.479 - And you pooped all over! 00:06:23.554 --> 00:06:26.523 - Can you stop that? 00:06:28.559 --> 00:06:33.758 - Rinpoche, I'll ride back with you to the monastery. - Thank you, Father. 00:06:33.832 --> 00:06:36.767 There were crows. I just remembered. There were crows. 00:06:36.835 --> 00:06:41.431 - When? - The morning Lhamo was born. Do you remember? 00:06:41.507 --> 00:06:44.271 - Hmm. - You were sick, and I brought him to you. 00:06:44.343 --> 00:06:47.437 You said, "We'll call him Lhamo," and you went to pray. 00:06:47.513 --> 00:06:50.539 I slept and later went outside and saw them. 00:06:50.616 --> 00:06:52.675 Huh? 00:06:52.753 --> 00:06:57.349 A pair of crows had come to nest on our roof as if they had come for Lhamo. 00:06:57.424 --> 00:07:00.359 Just as they did for the Dalai Lama. 00:07:07.735 --> 00:07:10.226 Whee-whee! 00:07:13.943 --> 00:07:16.173 This must stop now, Lhamo. 00:08:38.956 --> 00:08:41.789 - Yes? 00:08:44.129 --> 00:08:46.654 - Yes? 00:08:48.066 --> 00:08:50.261 We are traveling to Lhasa. 00:08:50.335 --> 00:08:52.496 Oh, please, come in. It's so cold. 00:09:09.189 --> 00:09:11.453 Your servants may use the kitchen. 00:09:57.141 --> 00:09:59.075 This is mine. 00:10:02.647 --> 00:10:06.549 I will give it to you if you know who I am. 00:10:06.618 --> 00:10:08.552 Lama. 00:10:12.225 --> 00:10:14.716 Mine! 00:10:24.304 --> 00:10:27.501 No, no, no, Lhamo. Give it back. 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:35.072 I'm sorry. He doesn't usually do such things. 00:10:47.930 --> 00:10:50.694 - Lhasa. 00:10:50.766 --> 00:10:54.497 He always says he wants to go to Lhasa. Lhamo. 00:10:54.571 --> 00:10:57.938 - Shh. 00:11:09.620 --> 00:11:11.554 Lhamo. 00:11:43.724 --> 00:11:45.817 Thank you for joining us. 00:11:49.397 --> 00:11:51.490 You say this is yours? 00:11:55.237 --> 00:11:57.330 What else belongs to you? 00:12:10.420 --> 00:12:12.354 Shh. 00:12:54.335 --> 00:12:56.929 Yes, those are yours. 00:13:20.997 --> 00:13:24.330 Yes, those are yours. 00:13:27.871 --> 00:13:30.601 Yes. 00:14:02.142 --> 00:14:04.076 This is mine. 00:14:04.144 --> 00:14:06.772 Mine, mine, mine, mine. 00:14:06.847 --> 00:14:09.782 Yes, Kundun. 00:14:11.052 --> 00:14:12.644 Oh! 00:14:25.934 --> 00:14:28.425 This is mine. 00:14:30.105 --> 00:14:32.164 Mine. I need this. 00:14:32.241 --> 00:14:34.971 This is mine, Mama. 00:14:35.045 --> 00:14:38.208 Lhamo, I'll get you a better one. 00:14:49.437 --> 00:14:51.871 Come on Lhamo. We have to leave now. 00:14:56.411 --> 00:15:01.940 You must be a very high lama; a great Tibetan monk. So this is a good thing. 00:15:02.017 --> 00:15:05.817 Don't be scared. You're not the first boy to be discovered like this, 00:15:05.888 --> 00:15:07.981 and certainly not the last. 00:15:10.927 --> 00:15:14.590 I will never let harm come to you. You must be a great man. 00:15:16.032 --> 00:15:17.966 I know. 00:15:25.442 --> 00:15:27.706 Who said you could sit here? 00:16:42.493 --> 00:16:45.155 Regent Reting, Your Excellency. 00:16:45.230 --> 00:16:47.323 The boy's caravan is near. 00:17:36.634 --> 00:17:40.627 He has grown from the baby you sent me to find, Excellency. 00:17:40.706 --> 00:17:44.665 He's very strong. Very inquisitive. 00:17:44.743 --> 00:17:48.770 A little afraid. He's ready to meet the man who discovered him. 00:18:07.968 --> 00:18:10.402 We are going to shave your head now. Don't be afraid. 00:18:10.471 --> 00:18:12.769 - Don't be afraid, Rinpoche. - Come here! Come here! 00:18:12.841 --> 00:18:15.105 - We are going to cut your hair. - Where are you going? Come here, come here, come here. 00:18:24.820 --> 00:18:28.756 Can you recite, "May I be the doctor and the medicine, 00:18:28.824 --> 00:18:32.021 and may I be the nurse for all sick beings in the world... 00:18:32.094 --> 00:18:35.621 until everyone is healed"? 00:18:38.669 --> 00:18:40.603 Can you remember? 00:18:53.351 --> 00:18:57.310 "May I be the protector for those without one. 00:18:57.389 --> 00:19:01.052 May I be a bridge, a boat, a ship... 00:19:01.126 --> 00:19:04.857 for all who wish to cross the water." 00:19:08.702 --> 00:19:10.693 Centuries ago, 00:19:10.770 --> 00:19:13.864 a boy was born in Tibet. 00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:16.841 His name was Gendendrub. 00:19:16.910 --> 00:19:21.506 The night of his birth robbers came to his home, 00:19:21.582 --> 00:19:25.916 and his family had to run to save their lives. 00:19:25.987 --> 00:19:28.319 They hid the baby. 00:19:28.389 --> 00:19:30.653 When they returned the next day, 00:19:30.726 --> 00:19:33.217 the baby was alive. 00:19:33.295 --> 00:19:36.924 He was guarded by a pair of black crows. 00:19:36.999 --> 00:19:39.365 He was the first. 00:19:39.434 --> 00:19:41.834 He was Chenrezig. 00:19:41.904 --> 00:19:44.270 We call him Kundun. 00:19:52.116 --> 00:19:54.346 Chenrezig ke khyen. 00:20:43.871 --> 00:20:46.032 I saw you in a vision. 00:20:47.576 --> 00:20:50.636 I am Reting, your regent. 00:20:50.713 --> 00:20:53.375 I found you. It was difficult. 00:20:53.449 --> 00:20:56.145 But you left me good signs. 00:20:56.218 --> 00:21:00.518 I hope it was not too long a wait, Kundun. 00:21:12.002 --> 00:21:16.462 You have chosen to come back to this life once more. 00:21:17.575 --> 00:21:21.443 You will stay as long as you can. 00:21:21.513 --> 00:21:24.482 And then, you will come again. 00:21:25.584 --> 00:21:28.348 You will be born again and again... 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:32.049 as long as all life continues. 00:21:32.125 --> 00:21:36.960 You are here to love all living things. 00:21:37.029 --> 00:21:39.156 Just love them. 00:21:39.232 --> 00:21:43.455 Care for them. Have compassion for them. 00:21:43.590 --> 00:21:48.094 "As long as any living thing draws breath, 00:21:48.094 --> 00:21:51.996 wherever he shall be, there in compassion... 00:21:52.066 --> 00:21:54.933 shall the Buddha appear." 00:23:40.717 --> 00:23:43.277 The Buddha of Compassion. 00:23:43.354 --> 00:23:46.187 The Wish-fulfilling Jewel. 00:23:46.257 --> 00:23:48.418 The 14th Dalai Lama. 00:26:15.872 --> 00:26:17.965 Your Lord Chamberlain will see you now. 00:26:39.531 --> 00:26:43.058 Your Holiness, I am Phala, Your Lord Chamberlain, 00:26:43.135 --> 00:26:46.263 to serve you however I can. 00:26:46.338 --> 00:26:48.272 Mm. 00:26:48.941 --> 00:26:51.409 Fifth Dalai Lama. 00:26:56.649 --> 00:26:58.913 Seventh Dalai Lama. 00:27:04.391 --> 00:27:07.121 Thirteenth Dalai Lama. 00:27:09.830 --> 00:27:13.197 And when you come of age, you will hold... 00:27:13.268 --> 00:27:15.202 the Great Seal. 00:27:22.878 --> 00:27:27.338 Oh-ho. Very auspicious, 14th Dalai Lama. 00:28:23.944 --> 00:28:27.345 Shall I tear it? Yeah? Just watch me. 00:28:42.231 --> 00:28:45.564 - Your turn. Let's play. - Power! 00:28:49.806 --> 00:28:52.741 I'm on a big mountain hitting at men. 00:28:52.809 --> 00:28:56.176 - I am braver. - I have more men. 00:28:56.246 --> 00:29:00.979 I have smarter men. I have all the men. 00:29:05.323 --> 00:29:09.851 Today you lose, Kundun. Tomorrow you may win. 00:29:09.928 --> 00:29:12.089 - Things change, Kundun. 00:29:29.282 --> 00:29:32.649 - Kundun. Kundun. Kundun. 00:29:35.122 --> 00:29:37.056 - Kundun. Kundun. 00:29:37.124 --> 00:29:39.752 Reting is asking too much from us. 00:29:39.827 --> 00:29:43.456 How much more land and money do we have to give him for finding the boy? 00:29:43.531 --> 00:29:46.591 It comes from our pockets. 00:29:46.668 --> 00:29:50.468 And then there are the gifts and the estates to offer the Dalai Lama's family. 00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:53.804 - Look at Father. - Our purses are empty. 00:29:53.875 --> 00:29:55.809 Our army is depleted. 00:29:55.878 --> 00:29:59.109 The regent is asking for too high a reward for finding the Dalai Lama. 00:29:59.182 --> 00:30:01.309 He would have us pull the hairs from our noses. 00:30:01.384 --> 00:30:04.785 Surely you're not suggesting that the cost for finding the boy... 00:30:04.854 --> 00:30:06.947 come from Reting's own pocket. 00:30:07.024 --> 00:30:12.052 He didn't ask for this position. He'd rather be at his hermitage in retreat. 00:30:12.129 --> 00:30:15.257 - With all his women! Yeah. 00:30:15.332 --> 00:30:19.735 The Great 13th-- Can't we all see him in the face of this beautiful child? 00:30:19.804 --> 00:30:23.240 He dared to be reborn right on the Chinese border. 00:30:23.308 --> 00:30:26.368 It's as if he took a scarf and threw it as far as he could... 00:30:26.444 --> 00:30:30.312 so it landed in Amdo, right smack in the face of China. 00:30:30.383 --> 00:30:34.285 And he said, "This is Tibet. I will be born here." 00:30:34.353 --> 00:30:38.756 Right to the edge of our country, and he says, "This is my Tibet." 00:30:51.439 --> 00:30:54.237 Your new home, your servants-- everything is as you wish? 00:30:54.308 --> 00:30:56.742 We are very fortunate. Thank you, Regent. 00:31:21.938 --> 00:31:24.998 Mama. 00:31:45.298 --> 00:31:48.028 Mama. 00:31:49.168 --> 00:31:51.363 Shh-hh-hh. 00:31:52.438 --> 00:31:54.531 I don't like it here. 00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:02.606 This is an old, dark place. 00:32:02.683 --> 00:32:05.652 But you will like the summer palace better. 00:32:05.719 --> 00:32:08.517 There are gardens and animals... 00:32:08.590 --> 00:32:11.218 like deer and dogs, 00:32:11.292 --> 00:32:15.228 little bears and birds-- peacocks. 00:32:15.296 --> 00:32:17.264 Elephants? 00:32:17.333 --> 00:32:19.995 No... but a river and a lake. 00:32:20.069 --> 00:32:23.835 - Fish. - Many fish. 00:32:23.906 --> 00:32:26.272 Who's that woman here? 00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:32.414 She's Penden Lhamo. 00:32:34.417 --> 00:32:40.287 It is her special duty to protect you and the government of Tibet. 00:32:42.026 --> 00:32:44.995 Is she real or pretend? 00:32:45.062 --> 00:32:46.996 She's real. 00:32:48.065 --> 00:32:49.999 She's real. 00:34:03.495 --> 00:34:06.055 Small ones first. 00:34:06.131 --> 00:34:10.090 Wait. Big ones, don't eat. No, no, no. 00:34:10.169 --> 00:34:12.694 Let the small one finish. 00:34:25.886 --> 00:34:29.344 - Holiness, will you take the head of the table? - That's your place. 00:34:29.424 --> 00:34:32.655 Ah. 00:34:32.727 --> 00:34:36.959 Dalai Lama is not supposed to eat pork. It's bad for your brain. 00:34:37.032 --> 00:34:40.399 Go study. I get in trouble if you don't study. 00:34:43.672 --> 00:34:46.607 The Dalai Lama is not supposed to eat eggs. 00:35:03.861 --> 00:35:06.523 I'm sorry. 00:35:08.866 --> 00:35:11.562 Oh! We have him at last. 00:35:11.636 --> 00:35:13.661 Pompo, eggs! Look! Eggs! 00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:15.866 - Eggs? No eggs! - Go away! 00:35:15.941 --> 00:35:19.638 - That's not the way you talk to people. - But I'm in charge. 00:35:19.711 --> 00:35:22.202 Of whom? 00:35:22.281 --> 00:35:25.512 Can I save the sheep outside so they don't die? 00:35:25.585 --> 00:35:28.520 - You're rich. Buy them. - Will you buy them for me? 00:35:28.588 --> 00:35:31.386 Where will you keep them? 00:35:31.458 --> 00:35:33.392 Here. You and me. 00:35:34.461 --> 00:35:36.588 Then I'll buy them for you. 00:35:38.299 --> 00:35:40.790 You have beautiful horses now. 00:35:42.303 --> 00:35:44.771 Yes, I do. Go now. 00:35:48.176 --> 00:35:50.269 I don't want to go. 00:35:57.019 --> 00:36:00.079 My teeth are in there. 00:36:00.156 --> 00:36:03.819 - What teeth? - My teeth. I-l remember. 00:36:05.728 --> 00:36:09.357 - Open it, Pompo. Open it. 00:36:25.550 --> 00:36:27.882 My old teeth. 00:36:31.457 --> 00:36:33.721 They belong to the 13th Dalai Lama. 00:36:43.670 --> 00:36:45.604 Holiness. 00:36:54.382 --> 00:36:56.907 Taktra Rinpoche, the Oracle has told me... 00:36:56.984 --> 00:37:00.784 that if I don't leave Lhasa and devote myself to prayer, 00:37:00.855 --> 00:37:03.119 my life will be cut short. 00:37:03.192 --> 00:37:05.683 Please, do it right away, Reting. 00:37:05.761 --> 00:37:09.595 - You agree I should resign? - Yes, Excellency, I do. 00:37:09.665 --> 00:37:11.599 The people are saying, 00:37:11.667 --> 00:37:17.037 "How can Reting give the Dalai Lama his vows if he has not kept them himself?" 00:37:19.075 --> 00:37:22.670 I am sorry, Reting Rinpoche, but it's true. 00:37:22.745 --> 00:37:25.646 I will resign. 00:37:25.716 --> 00:37:29.880 But after the danger is over, I will return to the position of regent. 00:37:29.954 --> 00:37:34.550 We only wish to do what is best for His Holiness. 00:37:51.244 --> 00:37:53.371 Ling Rinpoche. 00:37:53.446 --> 00:37:55.539 Trichang Rinpoche. 00:37:57.618 --> 00:38:00.143 "I take refuge in the three jewels: 00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:03.348 the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, 00:38:03.423 --> 00:38:05.823 until I attain enlightenment." 00:38:05.892 --> 00:38:09.089 Taktra, where is Reting? 00:38:09.163 --> 00:38:12.394 Where is Reting today? 00:38:12.467 --> 00:38:14.833 He has left Lhasa, Holiness. 00:38:14.902 --> 00:38:17.700 Where did he go? 00:38:17.772 --> 00:38:20.002 A retreat, Holiness. 00:38:20.075 --> 00:38:22.669 How long? 00:38:22.745 --> 00:38:25.305 Several years. 00:38:26.382 --> 00:38:28.942 - Oh! - He has left your service. 00:38:29.018 --> 00:38:32.283 Another regent will be chosen. 00:38:32.355 --> 00:38:34.915 I don't understand. 00:38:34.991 --> 00:38:37.357 It's not for your years, Holiness. 00:38:37.427 --> 00:38:39.452 Why not for my years? 00:38:39.529 --> 00:38:43.260 "I take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha." 00:38:44.669 --> 00:38:47.103 I want you to be my new regent. 00:38:48.372 --> 00:38:50.431 That is an order. 00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:56.545 "I take refuge in the three jewels: 00:38:56.615 --> 00:39:00.016 the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, 00:39:00.085 --> 00:39:02.349 until I attain enlightenment." 00:39:42.698 --> 00:39:44.632 - Lobsang, now? - Go, go! 00:40:06.104 --> 00:40:08.038 - Whoa! - Whoa! 00:40:11.577 --> 00:40:13.511 - Ahh! - Ohh! 00:40:15.681 --> 00:40:18.115 - Lhamo! 00:40:21.822 --> 00:40:24.347 - Hmm. - Oh. 00:40:27.194 --> 00:40:29.389 Oh, no. But they found them. 00:40:29.463 --> 00:40:32.557 The gifts from the West. His things-- the Great 13th Dalai Lama-- 00:42:02.131 --> 00:42:05.498 Consider the importance of the Four Noble Truths. 00:42:05.568 --> 00:42:08.002 What are the Four Noble Truths? 00:42:08.070 --> 00:42:12.268 The Four Noble Truths as taught by the Lord Buddha are: 00:42:12.342 --> 00:42:15.470 the Truth of Suffering, the Truth of Why We Suffer, 00:42:15.545 --> 00:42:19.914 - the Truth of the End of Suff-- - You are exhibiting too much pride here. 00:42:19.983 --> 00:42:22.781 Lower your head. 00:42:22.853 --> 00:42:27.017 Ling Rinpoche is your teacher. You bow down before him. 00:42:28.526 --> 00:42:32.121 - What are the causes of suffering? - Pride. 00:42:32.197 --> 00:42:35.633 Pride causes suffering. You recite. 00:42:35.701 --> 00:42:37.931 Think of what you know. 00:42:39.838 --> 00:42:42.864 I need to squeeze this brain. 00:42:47.247 --> 00:42:49.511 Answer. 00:42:58.192 --> 00:43:01.593 First, one understands that he causes... 00:43:01.662 --> 00:43:04.654 much of his own suffering needlessly. 00:43:04.732 --> 00:43:08.293 Second, he looks for the reasons for this in his own life. 00:43:08.370 --> 00:43:13.569 To look is to have confidence in one's own ability to end the suffering. 00:43:13.642 --> 00:43:18.602 Finally, a wish arises to find a path to peace, 00:43:18.681 --> 00:43:21.115 for all beings desire happiness. 00:43:21.183 --> 00:43:24.118 All wish to find their purest selves. 00:43:27.924 --> 00:43:30.085 It's time for you to leave him. 00:43:38.729 --> 00:43:41.027 I don't want you to go. 00:43:41.098 --> 00:43:45.057 We are older now. You'll be fine. 00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:53.004 - I'll miss you. - You are a good Dalai Lama. 00:43:57.548 --> 00:44:00.210 I see a safe journey. 00:44:01.387 --> 00:44:03.651 I see a safe return. 00:44:22.877 --> 00:44:25.107 This is Britain. 00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:27.204 Ahh. 00:44:27.281 --> 00:44:29.215 Where's Poland, Norbu? 00:44:29.283 --> 00:44:31.217 I don't know, Holiness. 00:44:32.286 --> 00:44:34.220 Where's Pearl Harbor? 00:44:35.757 --> 00:44:37.691 Do you know, Pompo? 00:44:37.759 --> 00:44:39.693 I do not. 00:44:44.701 --> 00:44:46.896 This is Tibet... 00:44:46.969 --> 00:44:50.803 - Mmm. - and this is China. 00:44:54.645 --> 00:44:58.877 - How many soldiers do we have? - About 5,000, Holiness. 00:44:58.949 --> 00:45:00.883 Five thousand. 00:45:00.951 --> 00:45:03.715 So many. That's a lot. 00:45:05.089 --> 00:45:07.751 Certainly, we are safe in Tibet. 00:45:07.826 --> 00:45:09.760 We hope, Kundun. 00:46:00.517 --> 00:46:03.042 - "Liars. 00:46:03.119 --> 00:46:05.087 - Fools. 00:46:05.155 --> 00:46:08.989 You learned-- You learned nothing. 00:46:12.029 --> 00:46:14.930 Five forms of degeneration. 00:46:14.999 --> 00:46:17.559 The red... ideology. 00:46:18.736 --> 00:46:22.502 Danger from within... and without. 00:46:23.942 --> 00:46:25.933 Devotion. 00:46:26.011 --> 00:46:29.139 Skill. Regret. 00:46:29.214 --> 00:46:32.411 - Failure." 00:47:02.584 --> 00:47:05.314 - "Heed the warning... 00:47:05.386 --> 00:47:08.253 of your predecessor... 00:47:09.458 --> 00:47:11.392 or the war... 00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:13.394 will end here." 00:47:27.143 --> 00:47:29.236 - "Careful. 00:47:30.481 --> 00:47:32.472 Careful." 00:47:41.426 --> 00:47:43.360 Yaah! 00:47:57.663 --> 00:48:01.064 Holiness, we have a letter. 00:48:08.541 --> 00:48:11.135 The 13th Dalai Lama wrote this letter... 00:48:11.211 --> 00:48:14.271 the year before he died; before you were born. 00:48:18.919 --> 00:48:21.752 "When I reached the age of 18, 00:48:21.822 --> 00:48:23.983 I was called upon to accept... 00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:27.290 the responsibility of serving as spiritual... 00:48:27.362 --> 00:48:29.455 and secular head of the country. 00:48:30.665 --> 00:48:33.634 The responsibility was by no means small, 00:48:33.702 --> 00:48:36.136 and it weighed heavily upon my mind. 00:48:37.206 --> 00:48:40.107 And then the Chinese invaded." 00:48:40.176 --> 00:48:42.770 "There was really nothing much we could do, 00:48:42.845 --> 00:48:45.177 other than pray. 00:48:45.249 --> 00:48:48.650 Our prayers were soon answered. 00:48:48.719 --> 00:48:52.712 For the power of truth is great and karma, infallible. 00:48:53.790 --> 00:48:56.816 We routed the Chinese out. 00:48:58.329 --> 00:49:00.354 It may happen... 00:49:00.431 --> 00:49:02.661 that here in Tibet... 00:49:02.734 --> 00:49:06.033 religion and government will be attacked. 00:49:07.306 --> 00:49:10.673 The monasteries will be looted and destroyed... 00:49:11.977 --> 00:49:16.175 and the monks and nuns killed... or chased away. 00:49:17.950 --> 00:49:21.750 We will become like slaves to our conquerors... 00:49:21.821 --> 00:49:25.985 and made to wander helplessly... Iike beggars." 00:49:30.431 --> 00:49:32.797 The days and nights will pass slowly... 00:49:32.867 --> 00:49:35.859 and with great suffering and terror." 00:49:45.414 --> 00:49:47.348 Where were you born, Taktra? 00:49:47.416 --> 00:49:50.044 In Kyarpo, Holiness. 00:49:50.118 --> 00:49:52.609 And you, Phala? 00:49:52.689 --> 00:49:54.623 Lhasa, Holiness. 00:49:54.691 --> 00:49:56.750 - Right here. - Yes, Holiness. 00:50:02.666 --> 00:50:05.396 What can I do? I'm only a boy. 00:50:06.737 --> 00:50:09.501 You are the man who wrote this letter. 00:50:09.573 --> 00:50:13.065 You are the man who has come back to lead us. 00:50:13.144 --> 00:50:17.706 You will soon have great responsibilities. 00:50:18.950 --> 00:50:22.943 You must know what to do. 00:50:25.191 --> 00:50:28.456 ...but to a single B-29 over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, 00:50:28.527 --> 00:50:31.360 it was the beginning of a new era for civilization. 00:50:35.702 --> 00:50:38.432 8:15 in the morning found a 400-pound bomb... 00:50:38.505 --> 00:50:40.939 with the destructive force of 20,000 tons of TNT... 00:50:41.007 --> 00:50:44.272 mushrooming up over the stunned enemy city. 00:50:44.344 --> 00:50:47.404 To the frightened inhabitants, the end of the world had come. 00:50:47.482 --> 00:50:51.612 The almost horribly beautiful mushroom cloud ballooned up into the heavens. 00:50:51.686 --> 00:50:53.984 The luminous formation was to become the trademark... 00:50:54.055 --> 00:50:56.114 for incredible death and destruction. 00:50:56.190 --> 00:50:59.387 One scientist had sounded an ominous warning when he said, 00:50:59.461 --> 00:51:03.727 "An atom bomb explosion is the nearest thing to doomsday one could possibly imagine. 00:51:03.799 --> 00:51:08.031 I'm sure that at the end of the world, in the last millisecond of the Earth's existence, 00:51:08.104 --> 00:51:11.267 the last man will see what we saw today." 00:51:13.543 --> 00:51:16.034 How is human life precious? 00:51:17.680 --> 00:51:19.875 As a result of previous karma, 00:51:19.950 --> 00:51:22.282 - you have obtained this human life. 00:51:22.353 --> 00:51:25.720 - "Oh, ignorant one. Do not fall asleep now." 00:51:34.666 --> 00:51:36.998 I can't see! 00:51:37.068 --> 00:51:39.002 What is happening? 00:51:46.979 --> 00:51:49.209 It's my friend. Leave him alone! 00:51:49.282 --> 00:51:51.341 Norbu, what is happening? 00:51:51.417 --> 00:51:55.080 - Reting Rinpoche has been arrested. - Reting? 00:51:55.155 --> 00:51:58.784 Kundun, I am sorry. This is not for your eyes. 00:51:58.859 --> 00:52:01.327 Why not for my eyes? 00:52:10.972 --> 00:52:13.941 - Summon the Kashag. - Holiness. 00:52:18.747 --> 00:52:22.080 What happened to Reting? 00:52:24.286 --> 00:52:26.811 It is very complicated, Holiness. 00:52:26.890 --> 00:52:29.120 Tell me. 00:52:30.861 --> 00:52:36.163 Reting Rinpoche thought he could return as regent. 00:52:36.234 --> 00:52:38.327 This was no longer possible, Holiness. 00:52:38.402 --> 00:52:41.166 There was an attempt on Taktra Rinpoche's life. 00:52:42.406 --> 00:52:44.806 Really? 00:52:44.876 --> 00:52:50.337 Reting was arrested. The Sera Monks fought today on Reting's behalf. 00:52:51.917 --> 00:52:53.851 The monks have guns? 00:52:53.919 --> 00:52:56.752 In this case, yes, Holiness. 00:52:56.822 --> 00:53:00.314 I didn't know monks had guns. 00:53:00.393 --> 00:53:02.384 No, of course not, Holiness. 00:53:06.099 --> 00:53:08.226 Where is Reting Rinpoche now? 00:53:08.301 --> 00:53:10.929 He is imprisoned here at the Potala, Holiness. 00:53:11.005 --> 00:53:13.565 There is a prison in the Potala? 00:53:15.042 --> 00:53:17.510 There has always been a prison here, Holiness. 00:53:23.084 --> 00:53:25.985 I think there are some things we need to change here in Tibet. 00:53:29.491 --> 00:53:32.585 - We will have tea, please, Pompo. - Yes. 00:53:34.130 --> 00:53:38.658 - Were you hurt, Taktra Rinpoche? - I am fine, Kundun. 00:53:38.734 --> 00:53:40.929 I am old and too tough to kill. 00:53:47.878 --> 00:53:50.711 Now, tell me about China. 00:53:52.417 --> 00:53:56.285 Ah, yes. Again, a very complicated situation, Holiness. 00:53:57.989 --> 00:54:02.551 Your Holiness, the Chinese are once again trying to convince the world... 00:54:02.627 --> 00:54:04.652 that Tibet belongs to them. 00:54:04.730 --> 00:54:07.631 - Tibet is Tibet. - For a long time, Holiness, 00:54:07.700 --> 00:54:10.567 we have agreed to disagree. 00:54:10.636 --> 00:54:13.503 We knew, and we knew that they knew. 00:54:14.908 --> 00:54:17.604 Now, they are trying to rewrite history. 00:54:20.246 --> 00:54:22.180 How unfortunate. 00:54:26.654 --> 00:54:29.418 Why don't we ask all the Chinese living here to leave? 00:54:29.490 --> 00:54:33.358 If there are no Chinese in Tibet, we cannot be a Chinese region. 00:54:33.427 --> 00:54:36.692 Very good, Kundun. 00:54:36.765 --> 00:54:40.792 It is time we remind the world we are independent, would you say, Holiness? 00:54:40.869 --> 00:54:44.236 Can lndia help us? They know we are not a part of China. 00:54:45.774 --> 00:54:49.107 India is a newly independent nation. They are struggling. 00:54:49.178 --> 00:54:51.476 They are in no position to help us. 00:54:51.547 --> 00:54:53.811 Britain? 00:54:53.883 --> 00:54:56.078 Britain chooses not to. 00:54:58.087 --> 00:55:00.021 And America? 00:55:00.090 --> 00:55:03.856 America. America. We shall see, Holiness. 00:55:05.696 --> 00:55:08.460 I shall write a letter to the president of America. 00:55:09.868 --> 00:55:11.802 Excellent, Kundun. 00:55:11.870 --> 00:55:14.532 I will go see Reting Rinpoche now. 00:55:14.606 --> 00:55:16.836 I must advise against that, Holiness. 00:55:23.549 --> 00:55:26.848 I want Reting Rinpoche well cared for. 00:55:26.919 --> 00:55:30.218 He is my teacher. He found me. 00:55:30.289 --> 00:55:32.348 It will be as you say, Holiness. 00:55:45.440 --> 00:55:48.170 I need to know what you know now. 00:55:48.242 --> 00:55:50.335 I'm no longer a child. 00:55:59.780 --> 00:56:02.840 And so, Mao Tse-tung has called for all-out war. 00:56:02.917 --> 00:56:05.977 He will settle for nothing less than a red China. 00:56:06.054 --> 00:56:11.048 Will the lron Curtain descend over Asia, as it has over Russia and Eastern Europe? 00:56:11.126 --> 00:56:15.688 It is conceivable that this declaration of war, following 20 years of fighting, 00:56:15.765 --> 00:56:19.257 may mark the final moments of a free China. 00:56:19.335 --> 00:56:22.236 Mao Tse-tung is now mounting an offensive in Peking. 00:56:22.305 --> 00:56:24.637 - Kundun. Kundun. 00:56:24.707 --> 00:56:26.641 Listen to this: 00:56:26.710 --> 00:56:31.443 "To Mr. Truman, the President of the United States of America: 00:56:31.515 --> 00:56:35.645 I am glad that you are enjoying best of health and doing good service... 00:56:35.719 --> 00:56:39.655 to uplift the happiness and prosperity of the whole world. 00:56:39.724 --> 00:56:42.716 Here, I am well and doing my best for the religion... 00:56:42.794 --> 00:56:47.754 of Lord Buddha and welfare of all beings." 00:56:49.268 --> 00:56:52.328 - This is all so far. - Yes. 00:56:52.405 --> 00:56:56.671 Kundun, Reting Rinpoche has died in prison. 00:57:13.261 --> 00:57:17.493 Now, do not be distracted as you enter into the coming... 00:57:17.565 --> 00:57:20.227 of the awareness. 00:57:20.301 --> 00:57:23.532 Do not be distracted. 00:57:23.605 --> 00:57:27.769 Go to your father. He is dead. 00:57:30.412 --> 00:57:34.371 Your mother would like you to perform last rites, Holiness. 00:57:36.386 --> 00:57:38.354 Now, do not be distracted. 00:59:22.635 --> 00:59:25.968 The Communists have control of China. 00:59:28.141 --> 00:59:30.939 Jealousy came. 00:59:31.010 --> 00:59:34.104 The Buddha of Compassion should know this. 00:59:39.386 --> 00:59:42.287 Mao Tse-tung has presented Tibet with three demands: 00:59:44.092 --> 00:59:48.927 One: Tibet must accept that it is part of China. 00:59:51.800 --> 00:59:57.238 Two: Tibet's defenses must be conducted by China. 01:00:03.579 --> 01:00:08.744 Three: All political and trade matters concerning foreign countries... 01:00:08.819 --> 01:00:11.219 must be conducted through China. 01:00:45.759 --> 01:00:48.592 What would you do, Holiness? 01:01:00.374 --> 01:01:04.003 If we agree to the first point, that Tibet is part of China, 01:01:04.079 --> 01:01:07.014 then nothing else will matter. 01:01:10.786 --> 01:01:14.517 We will buy them! We will buy them! 01:01:17.794 --> 01:01:20.126 What would you do, Taktra-la? 01:01:20.196 --> 01:01:22.926 I am only a bug. 01:01:26.170 --> 01:01:31.233 I would reject all three points. I would say, we accept no conditions from the Chinese. 01:01:33.143 --> 01:01:36.078 We should hear what the people have to say. 01:01:36.147 --> 01:01:41.483 I will consult our protective deities. Lord Buddha appears where he is needed. 01:01:41.553 --> 01:01:44.147 As you say. 01:03:48.819 --> 01:03:52.255 - Enter. 01:03:59.331 --> 01:04:01.458 Summon the Kashag. 01:04:05.437 --> 01:04:07.905 - Your Holiness. - Yes? 01:04:07.974 --> 01:04:10.408 The Chinese have invaded. 01:05:03.935 --> 01:05:08.372 The Chinese have crossed the river in six locations around Chamdo. 01:05:10.108 --> 01:05:12.406 - Has anyone died? 01:05:12.477 --> 01:05:15.241 The radio operator said one man had been killed. 01:05:15.314 --> 01:05:19.216 Then he said, "The Chinese soldiers, they're coming." 01:05:19.284 --> 01:05:21.718 And then the radio went silent. 01:05:40.674 --> 01:05:44.610 This week began the peaceful liberation of Tibet. 01:05:44.678 --> 01:05:48.876 Members of the People's Liberation Army have entered this western region of China... 01:05:48.950 --> 01:05:51.612 at the urging of the Tibetan minority. 01:05:51.686 --> 01:05:56.089 Long a stronghold of imperialists, the Tibetan people have found themselves living... 01:05:56.158 --> 01:06:00.492 in a feudal kingdom under the tyranny of the Dalai Lama. 01:06:00.563 --> 01:06:03.657 As the People's Army moves toward the capital of Lhasa, 01:06:03.733 --> 01:06:06.964 the local peasants gratefully welcome their liberators... 01:06:07.036 --> 01:06:09.834 and happily join the crusade. 01:06:09.907 --> 01:06:11.951 What do the people say, Norbu? 01:06:12.085 --> 01:06:14.754 They think it's time for you to rule them now. 01:06:14.754 --> 01:06:18.451 I'm too young. I have no experience. 01:06:19.994 --> 01:06:23.430 Of course you have experience, Kundun. Who else would be here? 01:06:26.434 --> 01:06:29.198 - Norbu? - Yes, Holiness? 01:06:29.270 --> 01:06:31.397 Do you ever wonder if Reting found the right boy? 01:06:31.473 --> 01:06:33.407 No. 01:06:36.178 --> 01:06:38.806 I want to be 18 when I'm enthroned. 01:06:38.880 --> 01:06:41.144 All the Dalai Lamas were given until 18. 01:06:56.834 --> 01:07:01.533 - "His time has come." 01:07:08.379 --> 01:07:12.110 Holiness, November 17, 1950... 01:07:12.183 --> 01:07:15.949 has been selected as the most auspicious day for your enthronement. 01:07:16.021 --> 01:07:18.615 - Yes. - We ask that... 01:07:18.691 --> 01:07:23.060 you be prepared to leave Lhasa immediately afterwards as a precaution. 01:07:24.196 --> 01:07:26.630 As you say. 01:09:36.725 --> 01:09:39.387 Tibet will call on the West for help. 01:09:39.461 --> 01:09:44.763 I am sending delegations to America and Great Britain, as well as lndia, 01:09:44.833 --> 01:09:49.361 in hope that these countries will recognize our independence. 01:09:50.940 --> 01:09:53.534 Lukhangwa and Lobsang Tashi, 01:09:55.144 --> 01:09:57.772 I am making you my prime ministers. 01:09:57.847 --> 01:10:00.441 Send a delegation to China. 01:10:02.319 --> 01:10:06.153 We will begin to make plans for reforms and modernization. 01:10:06.223 --> 01:10:10.216 Today, I declare a general amnesty. 01:10:10.295 --> 01:10:13.175 Free the prisoners. 01:10:36.067 --> 01:10:38.934 It's time to take this down. 01:10:40.505 --> 01:10:44.134 - You still won't come? - No, Holiness. 01:10:44.209 --> 01:10:46.734 You must continue to study very hard, 01:10:46.812 --> 01:10:49.076 and don't let them tangle you in politics. 01:10:49.148 --> 01:10:52.140 Remember, you're a monk. 01:10:53.386 --> 01:10:55.547 I will miss you. 01:10:55.622 --> 01:10:59.080 - We have had fun, you and l. - Yes, we have. 01:10:59.159 --> 01:11:01.457 - And you have grown up very good. - And you... 01:11:01.528 --> 01:11:05.692 have grown older and more stubborn, but you've stayed good. 01:11:05.766 --> 01:11:08.701 Tonight, Kundun, you see the world. 01:11:08.769 --> 01:11:11.465 "The gods will win. The devils will lose." 01:11:41.438 --> 01:11:44.965 I'll send it back to you. It'll work. 01:12:05.431 --> 01:12:07.865 Good-bye, Kundun. 01:12:35.475 --> 01:12:38.569 We will move the government to Dungkhar Monastery, 01:12:38.644 --> 01:12:41.238 near the lndian border. 01:12:41.314 --> 01:12:46.342 We will wait there for the world's response to our crisis. 01:13:08.811 --> 01:13:12.713 He goes for a short time. He will not leave Tibet. He will return. 01:13:12.782 --> 01:13:15.615 Please don't let him go. Don't let him go. 01:13:35.339 --> 01:13:37.569 The Precious One will not abandon you. Please. 01:13:37.642 --> 01:13:40.406 The Precious One will not abandon you. He will return. 01:13:40.479 --> 01:13:42.743 He will not leave Tibet. Please, get up. 01:13:42.815 --> 01:13:45.215 Please, let him go. Please, he will return. He will not leave Tibet. 01:13:45.284 --> 01:13:50.172 Please, please, he will not leave Tibet. The Precious One will not abandon you. 01:13:50.307 --> 01:13:52.976 Please. Please, venerable monks, please. Please. 01:14:10.561 --> 01:14:13.121 It's quiet. 01:14:13.198 --> 01:14:15.223 Yes, Holiness. 01:14:15.301 --> 01:14:18.737 - Where are you from? - Kham, Holiness. 01:14:21.073 --> 01:14:23.132 Warriors. 01:14:23.209 --> 01:14:25.507 We are that, Holiness. 01:14:25.578 --> 01:14:30.606 My army and the Khambas, they fight with almost nothing. 01:14:30.684 --> 01:14:34.848 No airplanes. No trucks. No weapons. Nothing. 01:14:34.922 --> 01:14:37.857 No one can stop them. Not even me. 01:14:37.925 --> 01:14:40.951 They fight for you, Holiness. Are they wrong? 01:14:46.034 --> 01:14:48.662 Violence is never good. 01:14:48.737 --> 01:14:53.504 Every result, be it good or bad-- It had a cause. 01:14:53.575 --> 01:14:58.478 Why have they come, Holiness? What did we do that is bad? 01:15:07.458 --> 01:15:12.020 Nonviolence takes a long time. 01:15:12.096 --> 01:15:15.395 Do we have the time, Holiness? 01:15:15.466 --> 01:15:18.401 I have never known. 01:15:29.949 --> 01:15:33.885 Holiness? This has come for you. 01:15:42.396 --> 01:15:44.694 "Then, at the time of midnight, 01:15:44.765 --> 01:15:46.926 the Bodhisattva saw a clear light. 01:15:47.000 --> 01:15:52.563 Then he saw in a single instant the three states of existence: 01:15:52.640 --> 01:15:55.973 the past, the present and the future, 01:15:56.044 --> 01:15:59.377 purified by the clear light. 01:15:59.447 --> 01:16:04.578 Then, sitting at the Tree of Enlightenment, he conquered... 01:16:04.653 --> 01:16:07.121 all the devils." 01:16:44.964 --> 01:16:49.333 No, no, wait. 01:16:49.402 --> 01:16:52.735 Wait, wait, please. Let's do away with some of these formalities. 01:16:52.805 --> 01:16:55.467 It's enough now. Stop, stop. Please. 01:16:57.010 --> 01:16:59.638 Holiness, your Nepalese visitors-- 01:16:59.713 --> 01:17:02.204 - It appears they've brought you an elephant. - An elephant? 01:17:02.282 --> 01:17:04.648 - Yes, Kundun, an elephant. - Is it here now? 01:17:04.718 --> 01:17:08.449 - They have it with them. - How fortunate. 01:17:08.523 --> 01:17:12.619 He's a modern man, just like he was the last time. 01:17:15.563 --> 01:17:18.430 Today, the surrender of Tibet is complete. 01:17:18.501 --> 01:17:22.369 In Peking, representatives from Tibet and the People's Republic... 01:17:22.438 --> 01:17:26.602 signed a Seventeen Point Agreement returning Tibet to the motherland. 01:17:26.675 --> 01:17:30.668 The Dalai Lama's representatives have signed the agreement in his name... 01:17:30.747 --> 01:17:35.241 and with his best wishes for Tibet's speedy reunification with the motherland. 01:17:35.318 --> 01:17:39.448 - Point One: The Tibetan people shall unite and drive out... 01:17:39.524 --> 01:17:41.958 imperialist aggressors from Tibet. 01:18:05.285 --> 01:18:09.847 Your Holiness, may I present General Chang Chin-Wu. 01:18:20.134 --> 01:18:23.535 Chairman Mao asks me to convey his respect. 01:18:31.379 --> 01:18:33.472 I have been instructed to provide you... 01:18:33.548 --> 01:18:37.211 with this copy of the Seventeen Point Agreement for your signature. 01:18:53.270 --> 01:18:57.206 I am empowered to accept your ratification. 01:19:01.579 --> 01:19:04.605 I'm certain you wish to return to Lhasa. 01:19:04.682 --> 01:19:07.742 Do you have plans to return soon? 01:19:11.123 --> 01:19:13.921 We are discussing our plans. 01:19:17.630 --> 01:19:21.430 And we can discuss our plans with you in Lhasa, when you return. 01:19:24.204 --> 01:19:29.107 Thank you. Let me know if we can be of any help on your return journey. 01:19:47.296 --> 01:19:50.390 I thought he would be some kind of monster, 01:19:50.465 --> 01:19:53.093 even with horns growing out of his head. 01:19:53.169 --> 01:19:58.539 But he is only a man, just an ordinary human being, like myself. 01:19:58.608 --> 01:20:02.476 They are the worst of the worst. 01:20:02.546 --> 01:20:05.674 They're worse than ghosts. 01:20:29.542 --> 01:20:32.848 We were like you. We were an isolated country. 01:20:32.982 --> 01:20:36.719 Then trade began. For our spices, silks, tea. 01:20:36.720 --> 01:20:39.689 But there was nothing that we, the Chinese, wanted from the West. 01:20:39.756 --> 01:20:45.194 So they gave us something to want: opium. We craved opium. 01:20:45.262 --> 01:20:49.221 They tried to use it to destroy us, the imperialists. 01:20:49.300 --> 01:20:54.101 We are here to rescue you from imperialists, or they'll do the same to you. 01:21:07.086 --> 01:21:10.214 You cannot imagine, sitting here, 01:21:10.290 --> 01:21:12.417 where I came from. 01:21:13.994 --> 01:21:17.828 The floods, the famines, 01:21:17.897 --> 01:21:20.229 were so bad. 01:21:20.301 --> 01:21:23.327 China was fragmented. 01:21:23.404 --> 01:21:26.373 Society was crumbling. 01:21:26.440 --> 01:21:29.534 There was a day before the war... 01:21:29.610 --> 01:21:34.513 when I came upon a man with a dead baby. 01:21:34.583 --> 01:21:37.347 He was gonna cook it. 01:21:37.419 --> 01:21:42.447 He shouted, "It died. I did not kill it. It died." 01:21:42.525 --> 01:21:46.859 That is what it was like in China before Chairman Mao. 01:21:52.069 --> 01:21:56.529 We believe that the time has come for you to go to lndia. 01:21:56.607 --> 01:22:01.135 India is our friend. You'll be safe there. 01:22:01.211 --> 01:22:04.908 The Americans will help us, Holiness. You've read their letter. 01:22:04.983 --> 01:22:09.477 That letter's unsigned. It is not a real promise. 01:22:09.554 --> 01:22:13.923 China is close. America is far away. 01:22:13.993 --> 01:22:18.089 Many Tibetans could die, and China would still be close. 01:22:18.164 --> 01:22:21.497 lf you stay in Tibet, 01:22:21.567 --> 01:22:25.435 we cannot guarantee your safety, Holiness. 01:22:25.505 --> 01:22:30.033 If you flee, Holiness, you might never be able to return. 01:22:31.478 --> 01:22:34.140 We've managed the Chinese for many years. 01:22:34.214 --> 01:22:38.480 These are not the Chinese we know, Holiness. These are Communists. 01:22:38.553 --> 01:22:43.286 The Fifth Dalai Lama joined an alliance with the Chinese. 01:22:44.726 --> 01:22:50.289 And a great spiritual revolution began in the East. 01:22:50.365 --> 01:22:54.461 A spiritual revolution? Does it begin like this? 01:23:03.213 --> 01:23:06.478 Friends, who is the Fifth Dalai Lama now? 01:23:06.549 --> 01:23:09.484 - Things change. 01:23:09.553 --> 01:23:14.490 Our own short lifetimes are not the only consideration. 01:23:14.558 --> 01:23:18.494 My first and foremost duty is to protect my people. 01:23:18.562 --> 01:23:20.689 I'm going back. 01:23:34.781 --> 01:23:37.773 At first, things were good. 01:23:37.850 --> 01:23:40.978 The People's Liberation Army were kind and helpful. 01:23:42.823 --> 01:23:45.155 But that was a long time ago. 01:23:46.527 --> 01:23:50.987 They were with me all the time, never left me alone. 01:23:51.064 --> 01:23:53.055 Prodding and insulting and-- 01:23:55.837 --> 01:24:00.399 Mother, no women in the monastery after dark. 01:24:00.475 --> 01:24:03.273 Go on. 01:24:05.114 --> 01:24:10.108 They have burned homes, bullied people, like they did me. 01:24:11.387 --> 01:24:13.719 They think I-- 01:24:13.789 --> 01:24:16.223 They let me come-- 01:24:16.293 --> 01:24:18.488 They let me go because-- 01:24:21.064 --> 01:24:23.089 Tell me. 01:24:24.334 --> 01:24:28.202 The Chinese believe I've agreed to kill you. 01:24:31.609 --> 01:24:33.577 Kill me? 01:24:35.112 --> 01:24:39.276 I am to convince the Dalai Lama to agree to their rule, 01:24:39.351 --> 01:24:44.084 and if I cannot convince you, they believe I will kill you. 01:24:45.324 --> 01:24:48.623 They think my own brother will kill me? 01:24:48.695 --> 01:24:50.959 They believe that? 01:25:24.800 --> 01:25:29.737 I hate meeting up here. This place is a tribute to the past! 01:25:29.805 --> 01:25:32.933 And another thing. I want the songs stopped. 01:25:33.010 --> 01:25:34.944 Songs? What songs? 01:25:35.012 --> 01:25:38.311 Street songs about General Tan. 01:25:38.382 --> 01:25:41.408 They are singing about his gold watch. 01:25:41.485 --> 01:25:44.648 He's right. They are quite insulting. 01:25:44.722 --> 01:25:48.920 - We have no authority to ban singing in our country. 01:25:48.993 --> 01:25:51.257 Then ban the public meetings. 01:25:51.329 --> 01:25:53.661 And we want 2,000 more tons of barley. 01:25:53.732 --> 01:25:56.895 This is impossible. You will bring famine down on the people of Tibet. 01:25:56.969 --> 01:26:00.632 More food. The best land for your soldiers to camp. 01:26:00.706 --> 01:26:03.869 The People's Liberation Army pays for all food and lodging. 01:26:03.943 --> 01:26:06.776 So far, they do. But the quantity does not exist. 01:26:06.846 --> 01:26:09.679 You'll have to reevaluate your needs. 01:26:11.084 --> 01:26:13.780 How much tea do you drink, Prime Minister? 01:26:13.853 --> 01:26:16.515 It depends on the quality, and that it be lndian. 01:26:20.861 --> 01:26:24.160 I am instructed to tell you today that plans for the Tibetan Army... 01:26:24.231 --> 01:26:27.132 to be absorbed into the People's Liberation Army have been finalized-- 01:26:27.202 --> 01:26:29.397 - I will not approve it. - Then, we will begin by replacing... 01:26:29.471 --> 01:26:31.871 the Tibetan flag with the flag of the motherland. 01:26:31.940 --> 01:26:34.135 And we will begin with tearing it down. 01:26:58.007 --> 01:27:01.204 - I am so sorry. - It must be done. 01:27:01.278 --> 01:27:05.681 We can no longer meet with the Chinese. They refuse us. 01:27:09.720 --> 01:27:12.245 I accept your resignations. 01:27:13.658 --> 01:27:17.389 Have you chosen your new prime ministers, Holiness? 01:27:17.462 --> 01:27:20.397 There will be no new prime ministers. 01:27:30.510 --> 01:27:32.944 They have taken away our silence. 01:27:54.169 --> 01:27:57.366 Britain, Nepal, America, lndia-- 01:27:57.439 --> 01:28:01.205 All of those governments have refused to meet with our representatives. 01:28:01.277 --> 01:28:03.211 And the United Nations? 01:28:03.279 --> 01:28:06.407 The United Nations voted not to hear our appeal. 01:28:06.483 --> 01:28:10.044 So, we must face China and her might all alone? 01:28:10.120 --> 01:28:14.079 I'm afraid so. We have no choice but to negotiate. 01:28:14.157 --> 01:28:16.751 The Chinese must come to Lhasa. 01:28:16.827 --> 01:28:20.422 Times are desperate, Phala. We can go to Peking. 01:30:02.142 --> 01:30:06.272 The news of the People's Liberation Army's march into Tibet... 01:30:06.347 --> 01:30:11.182 was enthusiastically supported by all sections of the population. 01:30:11.252 --> 01:30:14.813 In particular, Tibetans in all parts of China.... 01:30:14.889 --> 01:30:17.483 jubilantly celebrated the news... 01:30:17.559 --> 01:30:21.427 and demanded their return to the motherland. 01:30:21.496 --> 01:30:26.126 The mission of China is to bring progress to Tibet. 01:30:26.201 --> 01:30:30.501 We welcome you, Tibet, back to the motherland. 01:30:51.463 --> 01:30:56.628 It is too early to implement all the clauses of the Seventeen Point Agreement. 01:31:01.207 --> 01:31:04.643 The pace of reform must meet... 01:31:04.710 --> 01:31:07.736 with the desires of the Tibetan people. 01:31:07.813 --> 01:31:10.247 Changes must be made slowly, 01:31:10.316 --> 01:31:15.151 as you, yourself, judge necessary. 01:31:15.222 --> 01:31:19.420 Tibet is a great land, a wonderful history. 01:31:19.493 --> 01:31:23.452 Long ago, you even conquered a part of China. 01:31:23.531 --> 01:31:27.797 But now, you have fallen behind, and we want to help you. 01:31:27.869 --> 01:31:31.600 In 20 years time, you could be ahead of us. 01:31:31.672 --> 01:31:35.699 And then, it will be your turn to help China. 01:31:35.778 --> 01:31:39.714 You know, my mother was a Buddhist. 01:31:39.782 --> 01:31:43.582 I have a great respect for your Lord Buddha. 01:31:43.652 --> 01:31:48.988 He was anti-caste, anti-corruption, anti-exploitation. 01:31:49.058 --> 01:31:53.171 For some, politics and religion... 01:31:53.305 --> 01:31:54.506 can mix. 01:31:54.506 --> 01:31:57.168 Please, have some sweet. 01:31:57.243 --> 01:32:02.180 Made in my home province. The kind my mother used to make. 01:32:09.590 --> 01:32:13.048 I have great hopes for a mutual cooperation. 01:32:13.127 --> 01:32:16.255 He has made important promises. 01:32:16.330 --> 01:32:21.529 You know, his family were Buddhist. They were farming people. 01:32:21.603 --> 01:32:26.700 I think socialism and Buddhism have some things in common. 01:32:27.943 --> 01:32:30.537 She will be fine, Your Holiness. 01:32:30.613 --> 01:32:33.138 The climate does not agree with her. 01:32:38.220 --> 01:32:40.916 He has made important promises. 01:32:40.991 --> 01:32:44.256 As you say. 01:33:03.215 --> 01:33:09.051 I hope you will not feel badly about all the things of childhood you missed. 01:33:09.121 --> 01:33:12.181 You lost so much. 01:33:12.258 --> 01:33:17.161 I am sorry. Good-bye, Kundun. 01:33:21.334 --> 01:33:24.201 Good-bye, Kundun. 01:33:26.073 --> 01:33:28.974 Good-bye, Kundun. 01:33:29.043 --> 01:33:32.604 No, Norbu. Don't die. No, none of you. Don't die. 01:33:32.680 --> 01:33:37.379 ln passing, a few words about our nation's minorities. 01:33:37.452 --> 01:33:41.786 The people of the whole country are pleased that the minority nationalities... 01:33:41.857 --> 01:33:44.348 and the Han people are united. 01:33:44.426 --> 01:33:47.793 But, we must combat Han chauvinism. 01:33:47.864 --> 01:33:50.924 Don't get the idea that it is the Han nationality that... 01:33:51.000 --> 01:33:54.458 has been primarily helping the minority nationality. 01:33:54.537 --> 01:33:58.405 The minority have given the Han people great help. 01:33:58.475 --> 01:34:02.070 Their every participation in the community of the Chi-- 01:34:15.660 --> 01:34:18.959 Dalai Lama, excuse me. 01:34:19.031 --> 01:34:22.967 Chairman Mao Tse-tung has sent for you. 01:34:40.755 --> 01:34:44.555 Dalai Lama. Thank you for coming so late. 01:34:44.625 --> 01:34:46.593 I leave tomorrow. 01:34:46.661 --> 01:34:48.686 Yes, I know. 01:34:55.404 --> 01:34:58.373 How has your stay been? 01:34:58.440 --> 01:35:01.603 Very interesting. Your factories are very impressive. 01:35:01.677 --> 01:35:06.239 - And I enjoyed the agri-- - You have a lot to learn. 01:35:06.316 --> 01:35:11.219 How to draw out people's opinions and make decisions. 01:35:11.287 --> 01:35:14.222 Instruct your young Tibetans, 01:35:14.291 --> 01:35:16.418 when I make contact with you, 01:35:16.494 --> 01:35:19.657 I want to reach you through a Tibetan, not a Chinese. 01:35:19.730 --> 01:35:22.858 Very good. I agree with some of your ideas. 01:35:22.933 --> 01:35:26.994 For years, we have been reforming our monasteries and reorganizing-- 01:35:27.072 --> 01:35:29.870 Your attitude is good, you know. 01:35:29.941 --> 01:35:32.535 I understand you well. 01:35:32.611 --> 01:35:36.103 But you need to learn this: 01:35:42.021 --> 01:35:46.219 Religion is poison. 01:35:46.293 --> 01:35:48.352 Poison. 01:35:48.428 --> 01:35:51.522 Like a poison, it weakens the race. 01:35:51.598 --> 01:35:55.034 Like a drug, it retards the mind... 01:35:55.102 --> 01:35:57.730 of people and society. 01:35:57.805 --> 01:36:01.104 "The opiate of the people." 01:36:01.176 --> 01:36:05.010 Tibet has been poisoned by religion, 01:36:05.079 --> 01:36:09.709 and your people are poisoned and inferior. 01:36:15.424 --> 01:36:18.359 Let me walk you to your car. 01:36:46.925 --> 01:36:50.156 We cannot persuade you to stay in Peking? 01:36:50.229 --> 01:36:52.561 I must return. 01:36:52.632 --> 01:36:56.796 Take care of your health. Write me often. 01:37:38.083 --> 01:37:42.520 Welcome to your old home, Your Holiness. 01:38:41.385 --> 01:38:43.319 Are you happy? 01:38:45.123 --> 01:38:48.957 I am very happy and prosperous... 01:38:49.027 --> 01:38:52.155 under the Chinese Communist Party... 01:38:52.230 --> 01:38:54.289 and Chairman Mao Tse-tung. 01:39:24.432 --> 01:39:26.832 I admire them so. 01:39:26.902 --> 01:39:30.895 They face a modern, equipped army, and still they fight. 01:39:44.120 --> 01:39:46.748 I have always asked for just plain information. 01:39:49.326 --> 01:39:52.420 The Chinese have bombed the monastery of Lithang. 01:39:52.496 --> 01:39:55.056 It has been destroyed. 01:39:56.133 --> 01:39:59.125 They throw rocks from airplanes. 01:40:00.705 --> 01:40:04.766 Nuns and monks are made to fornicate in the streets. 01:40:07.812 --> 01:40:11.179 They put their guns in the hands of our Khamba children... 01:40:11.250 --> 01:40:13.946 and force the child to kill the parent. 01:40:14.020 --> 01:40:16.784 - Die! 01:40:24.731 --> 01:40:28.633 I'll write to Mao again. 01:40:28.702 --> 01:40:32.001 He doesn't answer your letters, Kundun. 01:40:32.073 --> 01:40:35.565 Nonviolence means cooperation when it is possible... 01:40:35.643 --> 01:40:38.806 and resistance when it is not. 01:40:41.949 --> 01:40:45.385 You have tried cooperation. 01:40:45.454 --> 01:40:49.891 Your resistance must come from outside Tibet, Kundun. 01:42:24.495 --> 01:42:28.693 We will be moving Chinese families into Tibet territory. 01:42:35.407 --> 01:42:38.604 Farmers-- 40,000. 01:42:46.853 --> 01:42:49.879 A revolt has broken out in the East. 01:42:49.956 --> 01:42:55.792 We have decided that the Tibetan army must be used against the Khamba guerrillas. 01:42:55.863 --> 01:43:01.199 General Tan, our people would never-- 01:43:01.268 --> 01:43:03.896 You do not understand our people. 01:43:03.971 --> 01:43:06.462 I will not approve that. 01:43:06.541 --> 01:43:08.873 You have bombed on peaceful people. 01:43:08.944 --> 01:43:14.075 - It is my job to deal with reactionaries. - No, we are peace-loving people. 01:43:14.149 --> 01:43:17.380 We are here to heal the people of Tibet. 01:43:17.453 --> 01:43:20.047 You need reform. We are here to liberate you. 01:43:20.122 --> 01:43:24.650 No, Buddha is our physician, General Tan. He will heal us. 01:43:24.727 --> 01:43:28.163 Wisdom and compassion will set us free. 01:43:36.144 --> 01:43:38.578 You cannot liberate me, General Tan. 01:43:38.648 --> 01:43:42.015 I can only liberate myself. 01:43:53.297 --> 01:43:56.858 You are in grave danger. The Dalai Lama cannot fall into Chinese hands. 01:43:56.934 --> 01:44:01.200 - Our only hope is to fight. - We cannot. 01:44:01.272 --> 01:44:04.469 If they kill you, they kill Tibet. 01:44:04.542 --> 01:44:07.204 You must flee. 01:44:51.326 --> 01:44:56.491 "General Tan Kuan San wishes to invite the Dalai Lama to a dance recital... 01:44:56.566 --> 01:45:00.764 at the newly erected Great Hall of the Liberation Army." 01:45:03.640 --> 01:45:06.507 - A dance? - Yes. 01:45:06.577 --> 01:45:10.240 "And because of the climate in Lhasa, General Tan requests... 01:45:10.314 --> 01:45:14.808 that the Dalai Lama come without his bodyguards." 01:45:14.885 --> 01:45:19.379 "One attendant is fine," it says. They would like to provide him. 01:45:19.457 --> 01:45:22.358 Yes, I'm sure they would. 01:45:23.662 --> 01:45:26.631 It's no time to anger the Chinese, Phala. 01:45:26.698 --> 01:45:31.260 There are tanks in the streets. Airplanes wait outside Lhasa. 01:45:31.337 --> 01:45:35.137 I think we can safely say the Chinese are already angry, Holiness. 01:45:38.812 --> 01:45:41.747 What would you do, my friend? 01:45:43.050 --> 01:45:46.508 - I am only a bug, Holiness. 01:45:48.355 --> 01:45:50.880 Holiness, 01:45:50.959 --> 01:45:53.826 I would think of what survival for Tibet really means... 01:45:53.895 --> 01:45:56.455 in the years to come. 01:45:56.531 --> 01:46:00.695 I would consider my duty to protect my people. 01:46:00.769 --> 01:46:02.703 And so, 01:46:02.771 --> 01:46:05.365 I would leave now... for lndia. 01:46:10.512 --> 01:46:12.810 But I won't do that. 01:46:12.882 --> 01:46:16.079 So, write them. Say I am sorry to miss their dance. 01:46:16.152 --> 01:46:18.950 Another time, maybe. 01:46:19.022 --> 01:46:22.753 Tell them to write me often. 01:46:22.827 --> 01:46:27.025 I know it's a lie. But times are bad. 01:46:27.098 --> 01:46:29.726 As you say. 01:46:29.800 --> 01:46:32.234 You know, Kundun, 01:46:32.303 --> 01:46:34.863 I would never have let you go alone. 01:46:35.974 --> 01:46:38.602 Don't ask me to leave Tibet, Phala. 01:46:39.878 --> 01:46:43.245 I won't ask you today, Holiness. 01:47:21.490 --> 01:47:24.118 You must go. You must go. 01:47:24.193 --> 01:47:27.685 Please don't go. Please don't go. Please. 01:47:27.763 --> 01:47:31.290 I beg you to leave, please. 01:47:31.368 --> 01:47:35.304 Your Holiness-- 01:49:03.699 --> 01:49:07.965 "Where there is no crossing a big river, no fords, no shallows, 01:49:12.476 --> 01:49:16.037 where the only hope is a boat, and there is no boat, 01:49:18.549 --> 01:49:21.712 I will put a boat, Kundun. 01:49:24.656 --> 01:49:29.787 The Wish-fulfilling Jewel will shine from the West." 01:49:29.862 --> 01:49:34.299 - Long live His Holiness! 01:49:36.068 --> 01:49:39.731 - Long live His Holiness! - Long live His Holiness! 01:49:41.241 --> 01:49:44.540 - We have a letter. May l? - Please. 01:49:44.611 --> 01:49:48.342 "If the Dalai Lama and a few trusted officers... 01:49:48.415 --> 01:49:51.578 can stay within the inner wall and inform General Tan... 01:49:51.652 --> 01:49:54.246 exactly which building you will occupy, 01:49:54.321 --> 01:49:58.485 we certainly intend that this building not be damaged." 01:50:03.265 --> 01:50:05.324 They're going to bomb us. 01:50:05.400 --> 01:50:09.268 - Apparently. - Well, we want no mistakes. 01:50:09.337 --> 01:50:11.362 He adds as a postscript: 01:50:11.440 --> 01:50:15.877 "The Chinese have taken the strictest measure to prevent your escape." 01:50:20.149 --> 01:50:23.312 Tell them I will be here with my people. Right here. 01:50:33.931 --> 01:50:35.865 How is it outside today? 01:50:35.934 --> 01:50:38.232 - It's a sea of frightened faces. - Hmm. 01:50:38.303 --> 01:50:40.601 - There is a rumor that His Holiness is gone. - Hmm. 01:50:40.672 --> 01:50:43.607 The supply trucks coming from the Potala-- 01:50:43.675 --> 01:50:47.668 - Could we fill them with guns? - Yes, we could. 01:50:47.747 --> 01:50:51.774 Khesan, I want you to call the tailor in. 01:50:51.851 --> 01:50:53.910 Have him make you a soldier's uniform. 01:50:53.986 --> 01:50:58.047 Make it look old and worn, and do it quickly, please. 01:51:28.624 --> 01:51:32.116 "Go. Tonight. 01:51:32.195 --> 01:51:34.390 Go." 01:51:40.370 --> 01:51:44.534 Holiness, the Oracle's route takes us right past the Chinese encampment. 01:51:44.608 --> 01:51:47.543 - We cannot possibly-- - Shh. 01:52:03.029 --> 01:52:08.763 - I'll fight them. I'll get a gun and fight them. - I am so confused. 01:52:08.835 --> 01:52:14.000 I'm told we have to make a journey, but no one tells me when or where. 01:52:15.175 --> 01:52:18.042 I will go if you are going. 01:52:19.680 --> 01:52:21.614 Just go ahead. 01:52:25.453 --> 01:52:30.891 The saddest thing is, we were about to change. 01:52:33.695 --> 01:52:36.823 We were going to do it alone. 01:52:36.899 --> 01:52:39.766 We were just about to do it alone. 01:52:39.835 --> 01:52:45.137 - I'll go to war. - The Dalai Lama does not believe in war. 01:53:22.815 --> 01:53:24.749 Dim the lights. 01:53:31.892 --> 01:53:35.089 We have a long journey to make, Pompo. 01:53:35.162 --> 01:53:39.496 We do not know how it will end, and it is very sad. 01:53:39.566 --> 01:53:41.796 But I would not consider going without you. 01:53:56.218 --> 01:53:58.709 Holiness, the Chinese have moved their camp. 01:53:58.788 --> 01:54:01.484 The Oracle's route is safe for us now. We must go. 01:54:01.557 --> 01:54:05.220 - Yes. - Sanctuary has been arranged in lndia. 01:54:05.295 --> 01:54:08.093 - They're expecting you. - Thank you. 01:54:59.921 --> 01:55:02.651 I see a safe journey. 01:55:14.170 --> 01:55:17.298 I see a safe return. 01:55:20.511 --> 01:55:22.809 Now I am ready. 01:55:33.558 --> 01:55:36.721 "I rejoice in the Awakening of the Buddhas. 01:55:36.795 --> 01:55:39.358 And also, in the spiritual levels of their Sons. 01:55:39.358 --> 01:55:40.723 And also, in the spiritual levels of their Sons. 01:55:52.206 --> 01:55:56.870 With folded hands, I beseech the Buddhas of all directions... 01:55:56.945 --> 01:56:02.383 to shine the lamp of Dharma for all bewildered in the gloom of misery." 01:56:12.228 --> 01:56:15.493 - Move aside. Let us through. - Tour of inspection. Move aside. 01:56:15.565 --> 01:56:17.965 Move aside. 01:56:18.034 --> 01:56:20.400 Move aside. Move aside. Tour of inspection. 01:56:20.470 --> 01:56:22.961 - Move aside. Move aside. - Move aside. 01:56:23.039 --> 01:56:26.372 Let us through. Move aside. Let us through. 01:56:26.444 --> 01:56:29.504 We have time. We have time. Move aside. 01:56:29.580 --> 01:56:31.980 Let us through. Move aside. 01:56:32.049 --> 01:56:35.075 - Move aside. 01:56:39.958 --> 01:56:42.392 Move aside! 01:57:07.755 --> 01:57:10.781 With folded hands, I beseech all the Buddhas... 01:57:10.859 --> 01:57:15.558 who wish to pass away, to please remain for countless aeons... 01:57:17.299 --> 01:57:21.736 and not to leave the world in darkness. 01:58:07.254 --> 01:58:10.087 My foes will become nothing. 01:58:10.156 --> 01:58:12.249 My friends will become nothing. 01:58:12.325 --> 01:58:15.590 I, too, will become nothing. 01:58:17.398 --> 01:58:22.335 Likewise, all will become... nothing. 01:59:36.417 --> 01:59:39.113 "Right will win. 01:59:39.187 --> 01:59:41.712 Wrong will lose." 01:59:50.299 --> 01:59:52.893 Just like a dream experience, 01:59:52.968 --> 01:59:57.701 whatever things I enjoy will become a memory. 01:59:57.774 --> 02:00:01.938 Whatever is past will not be seen again. 02:00:51.699 --> 02:00:54.862 I will liberate those not liberated. 02:00:54.936 --> 02:00:59.032 I will release those not released. 02:00:59.107 --> 02:01:02.838 I will relieve those unrelieved. 02:01:05.214 --> 02:01:08.650 And set living beings in nirvana. 02:01:37.549 --> 02:01:41.986 We repudiate the Seventeen Point Agreement. 02:01:46.993 --> 02:01:51.487 We constitute a temporary government of Tibet, 02:01:51.564 --> 02:01:53.589 the only legal authority in the land. 02:02:32.442 --> 02:02:36.538 The Buddhas neither wash ill deeds away with water, 02:02:36.613 --> 02:02:40.947 nor remove beings' sufferings with their hands, 02:02:41.019 --> 02:02:44.386 nor transfer their realizations to others. 02:02:45.990 --> 02:02:50.791 Beings are released through the teachings of the truth. 02:02:50.863 --> 02:02:53.297 The final reality. 02:03:21.629 --> 02:03:23.563 Shh. 02:03:36.079 --> 02:03:39.014 Hurry, Holiness. The Chinese are close. 02:03:48.258 --> 02:03:51.352 Hurry, Kundun. They are close. 02:05:00.985 --> 02:05:04.318 Kundun, you must walk to lndia. 02:05:04.389 --> 02:05:08.416 We have won. Come on. 02:06:09.460 --> 02:06:13.157 Thus, by the virtue that has collected... 02:06:13.231 --> 02:06:15.256 through all that I have done, 02:06:15.333 --> 02:06:20.896 may the pain of every living creature be completely cleared away. 02:06:29.849 --> 02:06:34.081 With all respect, sir, may I ask, 02:06:34.153 --> 02:06:36.314 who are you? 02:06:36.389 --> 02:06:41.827 What you see before you is a man, a simple monk. 02:06:44.798 --> 02:06:47.665 Are you the Lord Buddha? 02:06:47.735 --> 02:06:50.898 I think I am a reflection, 02:06:50.971 --> 02:06:53.667 Iike the moon on water. 02:06:53.742 --> 02:06:57.109 When you see me, and I try to be a good man, 02:06:57.178 --> 02:06:59.612 you see yourself. 02:06:59.636 --> 02:07:19.636 Telegram Channel and Instagram Page .:: @bollbolljan_com ::.