The 14th Dalai Lama, Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe

Tenzin Gyatso, after blessing a new temple and statue of the

Buddha, during a visit to the Yeunten Ling Institute in Belgium,

May 24. Is there a contradiction when he or the Catholic Pope

accept CIA assistance in pursuit of freedom for their people?

Dalai Lama ‘Rambo’ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany)

“The doctrine of two swords exists not only in Christianity, but in the Buddhist tradition as well. The spiritual and temporal swords should work together to heal the world - for example, liberate it from communism. Pope John Paul II maintained connections with the CIA that were central to the Eastern Bloc collapsing without so much as a murmur.  … In his early days, the other ‘Holiness’ also took advantage of CIA assistance, as documentary filmmaker Lisa Cathey reminds us.”

By Christian Geyer

Translated By Stephanie Martin

June 6, 2012

Germany - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Original Article (German)

The doctrine of two swords exists not only in Christianity, but in the Buddhist tradition as well. The spiritual and temporal swords should work together to heal the world - for example, liberate it from communism. Pope John Paul II maintained connections with the CIA that were central to the Eastern Bloc collapsing without so much as a murmur. The intelligence support of the Polish trade union Solidarność is an open secret, and was recently described in Carl Bernstein's book, His Holiness.

In his early days, the other "Holiness" also took advantage of the CIA's assistance, as documentary filmmaker Lisa Cathey reminds us: Excerpts from her soon-to-be-released film CIA in Tibet can now be viewed on Kefiblog.com [See trailer below].  In the film, retired CIA operatives, from their golf courses and their armchairs, talk about the old days: What it was like back then in the fifties and sixties when Tibetan resistance fighters were trained in the use of weapons, radio technology and guerrilla tactics in order to kill Chinese in Chinese-occupied Tibet. After killing an animal, they prayed, but not when they killed a Chinese, an early resistance fighter explains in the film.

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Today we can be certain: The Dalai Lama, icon of pacifism, was pursuing - albeit reluctantly - armed resistance, as long as this resistance was sponsored by the Americans. In 1971, a special Tibetan unit fought with the Indian Army against today's Bangladesh. A year later, the Dalai Lama participated as a guest of honor in a military ceremony in India, during which those Tibetans who fought were awarded medals of valor. The photos taken of the Dalai Lama on this occasion - which bristled with weapons - could today be mistaken for the front page of Titanic [a satirical magazine similar to The Onion in the U.S.].

The CIA in Tibet: A documentary by producer, director and

editor Lisa Cathey.

[Click Here or Click Photo to Watch Trailer]

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Two of the Dalai Lama's brothers were the contacts people for the CIA and knew the details of the Tibetan guerilla struggle. In his autobiography the Dalai Lama says, "My brothers thought it wise to keep this information from me," which can be interpreted as the wise self-reporting of a peacemaker asked about traces of violence during a more ambiguous time.