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Tibetan Buddhist, Dalai Lama, So Tenzin |
1 Tenzin is a Tibetan Buddhist monk. You might think that it is easy for a monk to say a prayer. This is true for most monks. But when Tenzin lived in Tibet, it was not true. Tenzin decided to go to another country so that he could say a prayer safely.
2 Tenzin went to Nepal. He went with 15 other monks. It was a hard journey. They had to hide in a truck. They traveled with a guide. This made the journey safer. Tenzin and his friends went to Nepal. They wanted religious freedom. They want to go to India someday. The Dalai Lama, their leader, lives in India.
3 Tenzin carried a backpack. In the pack were Buddhist scriptures. Tenzin wanted the sacred books to be safe. He wanted them to get to a monastery in Nepal. So Tenzin said goodbye to his monastery in Lhasa. Lhasa is the capital of Tibet. He also said goodbye to his favorite statue of Buddha.
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