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The International Campaign for Tibet reports: “News has reached ICT from Kirti monks in exile in India of the self-immolation today [Feb. 11] of an 18-year-old Tibetan nun, at around 6 p.m. in Ngaba. This is the third Tibetan nun to set fire to herself since the wave of self-immolations began inside Tibet in February 2009, and the second from her nunnery.”

It brings heartfelt response from Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Frinley Dorje, known to Tibetan Buddhists as the 17th Karmapa. Karmapa is a sublime young man who is said by some to fill the shoes of the Dalai Lama when he passes on. As Xi Jinping expects to soon become China’s top leader, these two go together. His comments from the International Campaign for Tibet:

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