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Audio Postcard: Voices from Disaster

Audio Postcard: Voices from Disaster

April 2010

A Tibetan in exile recounts a conversation with his brother-in-law who was in the 2010 Yushu quake.

March 2010 show

March 2010 show

March 2010

A computer genius monk, banned Tibetan writing, the Buddhist view of reality, and an audio postcard from Bodh Gaya, India.

Audio Postcard: Bodh Gaya

Audio Postcard: Bodh Gaya

March 2010

Sounds from the spot where Buddha attained enlightenment.

Audio Postcard: Techung

Audio Postcard: Techung

February 2010

Tibetan singer Techung's song he wrote to mark the Tibetan New Year after the 2008 protests.

Audio Postcard: The Sun Behind the Clouds

Audio Postcard: The Sun Behind the Clouds

January 2010

An excerpt from the documentary film about Tibet “The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet’s Struggle for Freedom.”

August 2009 Show

August 2009 Show

August 2009

A documentary tackles reincarnation, one man's amazing escape from Tibet, the Buddhist concept of "no self" and how to help Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen.

Audio Postcard: Spiti welcomes the Dalai Lama

Audio Postcard: Spiti welcomes the Dalai Lama

August 2009

In this audio postcard, the people of the remote, predominantly Buddhist valley of Spiti, India, welcome the Dalai Lama with traditional trumpets and yak-skin drums.

May 2009 whole show

May 2009 whole show

May 2009

Democracy in China, death sentences for protesters, and the Dalai Lama on how to stay calm when the going gets tough.

Audio Postcard: Question for the Dalai Lama

Audio Postcard: Question for the Dalai Lama

May 2009

The Dalai Lama answers the question, "Considering there is corruption all over, how do you not become disappointed if people do not live up to your standards?"

Audio Postcard: A dedication prayer

Audio Postcard: A dedication prayer

April 2009

A hermit nun from Khumbum chants a dedication prayer.

Audio Postcard: We are all Tibetans

Audio Postcard: We are all Tibetans

February 2009

Voices from the Tibetan exile community in Dharamsala, India, declaring that no matter where they are, they're all Tibetans.

Audio Postcard: Boy from Kham

Audio Postcard: Boy from Kham

October 2008

A Tibetan folk song sung by a lit­tle boy in a rural area of Kham, in Eastern Tibet.