Introduction. Religion always requires its people's undoutful beliefs and unquestionable, sometimes irratinoal, devotion to it. When combined with politics, it becomes an unchallangable power. Among the very few people who possess this power, the Dalai Lama is one of them. However, politics in Tibet had never been as significant as today. It had always been a place where Buddhism was set above everything. From the time Buddhism came to Tibet circa the mid seventh century …
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…the past times, everybody had the faith in Dalai and Panchen Lama and more than 80% of the locals were lamas. Every Tibetan family had the drawings of Dalai and Panchen which they read prayers everyday. When the important days came, people would go to the monastaries with kneeling and kowtowing every single step they took from their homes. It took days, weeks and even months for some people to arrive the monasteries at that time.