Representative Meets Tibetan Communities in San Francisco and Minnesota[Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 2:54 p.m.]
NEW YORK:
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Representative Lobsang Nyandak met with
the members of the Tibetan Association of Northern California at their
new community center in Richmond on 13 March. President Kaydor
Aukatsang introduced Mr. Nyandak to the community and announced a brief
Q&A session after the talk. Representative Mr. Nyandak focused his
remarks on the Middle Way Policy; he talked about its history,
evolution and current process. He mentioned the Kashag’s concern that
many Tibetans don’t have a clear understanding of the Middle Way
approach and policy, and stressed that it is important for Tibetans to
be aware of the background and reasons behind continuity of the Middle
Way policy, and also gradual changes in the specifics of the policy.
Mr. Nyandak also referred to the Special Meeting of 2008 at which over
eighty percent of the meeting attendees endorsed the Middle Way and
said the Middle Way policy should continue.Before the meeting
with the local Tibetans, Mr. Nyandak met with TANC’s Tibetan School
Committee members who oversee the functioning of TANC’s weekend Tibetan
school. Principal Ugyen Tsering la and the committee members gave a
report on the school’s functioning, activities and budget and informed
Mr. Nyandak of challenges facing the school as well as opportunities
for improvement and growth.On Wednesday evening, 16 March, the
Representative met with the members of the Tibetan community of
Minnesota, the second largest Tibetan community in the United States.
President Tsewang Ngodup introduced Mr. Nyandak to the audience. Mr.
Nyandak again focused his talk on the Middle Way policy, as well as
updating the Tibetans of Minnesota on the overall situation of the
Tibetan communities in North America.The Office of Tibet was
able to distribute booklets published by DIIR introducing the Middle
Way policy to Tibetans in both San Francisco and Minnesota.