Here’s the story – via BoingBoing (via Free Tibet 2008).

And here’s more, via Gawker.

Thanks to Kin for the tip(s).

Via ABCNews.com:

“With the eyes of the world focused on the lavish opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, first-time filmmaker Makoto Sasa would like those eyes to see a much different face of China in her documentary, ‘Fire Under the Snow.’

“‘Fire Under the Snow’ movingly chronicles the life of Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan monk who survived 33 years of torture and imprisonment by Chinese authorities.”

Read more here.

[Please note: the Horse has previously reported that this show would be a two-parter. Sadly, it turns out that it's not; the same one-hour episode ran on two nights. Sorry! ...The following is a run-down of the show; please feel free to comment.]

So, CNN’s Special Investigation, “Buddha’s Warriors,” debuted last night. It was a mixed affair.

Yes, reporter Christiane Amanpour traveled and talked with the Dalai Lama, and with a host of young Tibetan and Burmese monks as well. And the program’s structure — which took Amanpour from Dharamsala, India to Burma, to Tibet — allowed for a sweeping look at the practice of Dharma in its most politically charged hotspots. Perhaps that’s only fitting given the report’s title. But as a (non-Buddhist) friend who sat and watched the show with me last night said, “I can’t imagine how you’d learn anything about Buddhism from this, unless you knew nothing at all.”

And that’s a shame. Indeed, (more…)

Thanks to the mighty Sam DeWitt for passing this on.

DHARAMSALA, India (CNN) — I never knew much about Buddhism, and was not expecting much, spiritually, from covering the Dalai Lama. But what happened just goes to show how the unlikeliest events can affect you at the unlikeliest times.

[Read the rest here.]

Oh, and here‘s a new Huffington Post piece by Robert Thurman, called “The Dalai Lama/Obama/McCain Connection.”

You may have heard about this ad, which has been causing quite a stir:

Is it cool? Is it uncool?

I… don’t… know!

What do you think?

Is His Holiness “a teenage girl trapped in the body of a Dalai Lama”?

Check it out here. (Via Huffington Post.)

Just heard about a special report on CNN, airing this weekend:

“Go inside the world of Buddhism with Christiane Amanpour. In the fight for freedom and democracy, their weapon is peace. They are ‘Buddha’s Warriors,’ Saturday & Sunday, 8 p.m. ET.”

Mark yr calendars! (Here‘s the schedule, by the way.)

Okay. That second part isn’t true. But they really did meet. Of course, “The Dalai Lama … emphasized he wasn’t endorsing McCain’s presidential bid.”

The real story, here.

Here’s yet another version of this shirt — you’ve probably seen older versions floating around:

Read the (60% humorous, 99% recycled) fine print here.

(Thanks to reader Scott M for sending it on!)

…that’s what it was when I stumbled upon this shot of a kid absolutely shredding while wearing his pro-Tibet gear on Boardpusher: