But when I come to a full stop, I hope you will understand that the distance between us is not as great as it seems. There are so many things I have done which I regret. I can't say I know where I'm going, nor whether my bad deeds can be purified. In this place, where time stands still, it seems that everything is moving including me. I have seen wild kiangs migrate south in winter and sweep back across the fields when spring appears. I have seen seasons change across the high plateaus. I've been walking from one faraway place to the next for many years. They believe the more difficult the journey the greater the depth of purification.
In the country where I am traveling, Tibet, people believe if they walk long distances to holy places it purifies the bad deeds they've committed. If you can imagine a hidden place tucked safely away from the world concealed by walls of high, snowcapped mountains, a place rich with all the strange beauty of your nighttime dreams, then you know where I am. But you are someone who occupies my mind, and my heart, in this distant land where I have gone. Go ahead.ĭear Rolf Harrer: I'm a person you don't know, a man you've never met. Take your stinking watch and shut up! I don't need another boring sermon from some frustrated glorified tour guide. And for all that's fair try to wipe that smirk off your face! Look at you! Caught being a selfish brat and you're gloating! What principle? What? You want a watch? Go ahead, take one, and keep your principles. I don't give a shit! Haven't you ever heard of a principle? This is junk from some Italian prisoners. 'If I had a watch like that I would trade it.' You do not have one, you cheap, lying bastard! You have three! It reminds me of what you said at the bazaar back there. Know what time it is? You think I'm so happy to be travelling with you I should pay for it? You're such a big man that you don't need to contribute? I can't even imagine how to picture the world without him in it. When I sit beside you he is there with me. It's not a conscious thought really, Kundun. You've been much too informal to me for that. And I've never thought of you as my father. So work hard and seek your own salvation constantly.' I am not your son.
It demands strenuous effort and practise. The Buddha said 'Salvation doesn't come from the sight of me. How can I help people if I run away from them? What kind of leader would I be? I have to stay here, Heinrich. We should leave directly after the enthronement, the Chinese won't expect it. Forgive my presumption but I have made arrangements to get you out safely.
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