LG. So you have not written
any other books-just this one chapter. 
GDP. There is the biography of The Panchen Lama. In 1997 I first started it.
LG. What do you think about using a computer?
GDP. It is very helpful. Because of the computer I have more energy to write the book.
LG. Does the computer have Buddha nature?
GDP. A computer is like an encylopedia.
LG. Now we are finished talking about the book. I want to ask you about your life. When did you become a Monk?
GDP. I became a monk in 1993 on Buddha's Birthday-Sakya Dawa. At that time I was 46 or 47.
LG. So you waited a very long time to become a Monk. You told me the other day that you wanted to become a Monk when you were very young.
GDP. Yes. When I was eleven years old, the Chinese came to my area. And then until 1979 there was no opportunity to become a Monk. I came to Sikhim in March of 1993. When I went to the Kalachakra Initiation in Gandan, I took vows.
LG. Which monastery did you join?
GDP. Actually, I did not. I lived alone in Dharamsala. And then on September 24, I met His Holiness and offered to do whatever I could for Him-even to give my life. And during that meeting, His Holiness said I should go back to Tibet. You can educate a few Tibetans in a school. And then, His Holiness said I will check my dreams. Then after that He said you stay here and go to the monastery.
LG. What did you do when you were living in Tibet? What was your job in Tibet?
GDP. Since 1980 to 1993, I was a teacher in the Golog District. There was a Tibet middle school where I was a teacher.
LG. These days, many Chinese are looking at the Rangzen website. And everyone I have interviewed I have asked what special message they want to share with the Chinese.
GDP. No special message. I want to say to the Chinese, please just say the truth.
LG. Tell me about your family.
GDP. When I was young I had only a mother and one sister. My father passed away. Then in 1986, my mother became very sick, and at that time, one of my friends came to her house to help her. Just before she died, my mother said to me, ³You should stay with this woman.² We had two children.
LG. Did you bring them to India?
GDP. No
LG. So at some time you decided you really wanted to become a Monk.
GDP. Yes. I don't wish to talk about my family situation any more.
LG. What is your solution to the Chinese problem?
GDP. Of course, I am for rangzen. We need independence. Also I think we have to realize that we have no army, no economy, no support. So I donıt think that without these things, we can achieve rangzen. That is why I support negotiations with China.
LG. Do you think there is any hope that negotiations would be successful?
GDP. I can't see that there is hope for negotiations, but I believe that gradually change will come.
LG. Anything else you want to say?
GDP. During this interview, you have asked detailed questions. So I am happy and I want to thank you very heartily. Secondly, I want you to put this interview on your web page about what happened to the Golog people. And also, I for myself, I have no regrets if I lose my life because of this book. Also, I thank you for your support of the Tibetan cause.
LG. Please repeat your last two points.
GDP. I am ready to give my life for the cause of Tibet and His Holiness. Briefly, I am not a man who is waiting for rangzen. I am a man who is "doing for" rangzen.
LG. Thank you very much.
GDP. Bhod Rangzen!