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Trailer of a documentary film by Lara Damiani about the struggle of the Tibetan people for freedom since the Chinese invasion in 1950. Watch this trailer and you will understand why China will never voluntarily loosen its tight grip on Tibet.

Ralitsa Vassileva and Richard Holmes from CNN report about the censorship methods of Communist Chinese authorities on broadcasts about Tibet and anything related to Tibet like the Dalai Lama. The report speaks for itself.

CNN documentary from 2008 by Christiane Amanpour about the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people. It is one part from a series titled 'Buddha's Warriors'. The meeting and interview took place at Dharamsala, the Indian exile residence of the Dalai Lama in Northern India.

After the dramatic flight to India in 1959, the Indian Prime Minister Nehru granted asylum to the Dalai Lama and ten thousands of Tibetan refugees in spite of political tensions with Communist China.

High above Lhasa on a hill dominates the massive, 13 stories complex of the Potala Palace. Definitely one of the most unusual and impressive buildings in the world. It was the home of the Dalai Lamas beginning with the fifth, who had started the construction of the huge building. In 1959 the 14th Dalai Lama fled the palace under dramatic circumstances.

Today the Potala Palace has become a symbol for the tragedy of the Tibetan people and the systematic destruction of their cultural and religious identity by Communist China.

Tibetan medicine is different from Western, Chinese or Indian medicine. Tibetan medicine and Tibetan Buddhism are connected with each other. For Tibetans an illness occurs when the balance between three bodily fluids is disturbed - air, bile and mucus. Hatred, desire and ignorance as well as external influences are regarded as reasons that can poison the soul and thus the body.

While Western medicine has reached a high level when it comes to fight the symptoms of a disease, the Tibetan medicine tries to heal the deeper reasons of the illness.

Film coverage by Explore about Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. You see Lhasa, the Tibetan capital with the Potala Palace. And get an insight of the daily life of monks at a Tibetan monastery.

In an interview with one of the monks, the essentials of Tibetan Buddhism are explained in an easy to understand way. The focus of Tibetan Buddhism is on compassion.