文／西藏台灣人權連線
為了慶祝第14世達賴喇嘛的90歲生日，台灣公民團體積極響應。在西藏台灣人權連線的協調下，「從雪山到海洋～達賴喇嘛人權特展」（དམིགས་བསལ་འགྲེམས་སྟོན། ༼གངས་རི་ནས་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་བར། ~ འགྲོ་བ་མིའི་ཐོབ་ཐང་དང་༧གོང་ས་ཏྭ་ལའི་བླ་མ།༽ ｜From the Snowy Ridges to the Ocean of Wisdom – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Human Rights）從6月28日至7月6日在台北舉行。同時，包含西藏台灣人權連線、香港邊城青年、台灣自由圖博學聯的成員*，也於7月4日抵達印度達蘭薩拉參加相關慶典，並拜會西藏流亡社群，建立藏台之間更深的連結。
#甘丹頗章信託基金會擁有絕對發言權
和所有境內外的藏人一樣，台灣公民社會期待法王達賴喇嘛能持續的帶領世界，走向更和平、更慈悲的未來。
我們對於法王達賴喇嘛於7月2日再次發出堅定且清楚的訊息「未來會有第十五世達賴喇嘛繼任，但只有第十四世達賴喇嘛所創立的甘丹頗章信託基金會才有權利認定轉世靈童。」表示歡迎。
同時，尊者參加7月5日由藏人行政中央噶廈代表全體西藏人民所舉辦的長壽法會中表示，他希望能多活30至40年，並且繼續為人民服務。聽到法王的發言，在現場的藏人響起歡呼聲。西藏台灣人權連線秘書長札西慈仁在現場聽到時非常感動也不捨。
他表示，「中共才對法王的轉世及全世界對西藏的支持發表惡意的批評，認為中國才有權決定下一任的達賴喇嘛。而法王的在生日前夕的發言，正是對中共最強而有力的反擊，只有達賴喇嘛自己及法王辦公室（甘丹頗章信託基金會）才有權決定達賴喇嘛的未來。同時不管是境內外的藏人，以及不同世代的藏人，都應該要團結，我們應該要分擔法王肩上的責任」。
台灣民間代表團也出席7月6日的慶生會，和來自全世界的支持西藏的友人齊聚一堂，共同為法王請生。法王精神非常好的觀看表演節目。長期支持西藏的李察吉爾致詞時，表示達賴喇嘛不僅是西藏的達賴喇嘛，更是全世界的。
#建立藏台之間更深的連結
西藏台灣人權連線2016年成立以來，除了疫情期間外，每年都固定組織代表團訪問達蘭薩拉，今年是第六次正式組團拜會，除了參與達賴喇嘛90歲生日的重要時刻外，也分別受西藏青年會（Tibetan Youth Congress, TYC）及國際西藏網絡（International Tibet Network）的邀請，舉辦兩場講座，分享台灣的經驗。同時，我們也參訪了西藏表演藝術學院（Tibetan Institute for Performing Arts, TIPA)及西藏博物館（Tibet Museum），了解他們如何用文化的軟實力，影響全世界、倡議西藏獨特的文化及歷史，我們期待建立更深刻的連結。
從雪山到海洋
「達賴」是蒙古語中的「大海」，代表著達賴喇嘛智慧如海；巧合的是，第十四世達賴喇嘛的名字是丹增嘉措，「嘉措」在藏文中同樣意指海洋。
1951年中共入侵西藏，在1959年3月，西藏發生大規模抗暴起義後，達賴喇嘛被迫流亡印度，建立流亡政府，同時帶著藏傳佛教走向全世界，西藏在近代的苦難，也逐漸展現在世人面前。1989年，第十四世達賴喇嘛獲頒諾貝爾和平獎。他不僅是藏人的精神領袖，如同諾貝爾和平獎的官網上面所寫，他「在寬容及互相尊重的基礎下，倡議用和平的方式，來保護其人民的歷史及文化傳承」。這樣和平的信念，除了陪伴藏人面對近代所面臨的風雨及挑戰，也影響著全世界。
這也是為什麼由西藏台灣人權連線主辦，跨領域的台灣民間團體包括國際特赦組織台灣分會、台灣人權促進會、台灣勞工陣線、台灣自由圖博學聯、廢除死刑推動聯盟、民間司法改革基金會、香港邊城青年、人權公約施行監督聯盟、台灣勞動與政策研究協會會加入共同舉辦「從雪山到海洋～達賴喇嘛人權特展」。希望藉由展覽的方式，讓更多非同溫層的人可以走進展場，了解西藏的苦難，進而展開行動。
在7月5日，也舉行了一場達賴喇嘛新書《為無聲者發聲》中文版的講座，現場座無虛席。
台北的展覽有將近千人參觀展覽，台灣國會多位立法委員包括吳沛憶、陳培瑜及黃捷都親自到場參觀展覽。也非常感謝Tibet Museum、達賴喇嘛西藏宗教基金會及Lady Liberty Hong Kong的協助讓展覽得以順利舉行。
#慈悲年行動台灣不會缺席
2025年7月6日至2026年7月5日為「慈悲年Year of Compassion」，西藏台灣人權連線和台灣公民社會不會缺席。我們預計將「從雪山到海洋～達賴喇嘛人權特展」到更多的城市展覽；同時也將會和台灣國會西藏連線合作，促成台灣市議會西藏連線的成立，讓西藏議題的倡議更深入草根。
*2025年參訪達蘭薩拉的代表團成員為：
札西慈仁（西藏台灣人權連線發起人及現任秘書長）
林欣怡（西藏台灣人權連線常務理事、台灣廢除死刑推動聯盟執行長）
黃怡碧（西藏台灣人權連線理事、人權公約施行監督聯盟執行長）
鄭斐文（西藏台灣人權連線理事、東海大學社會系副教授）
陳政亮（西藏台灣人權連線成員、屏東大學社會發展學系兼任副教授）
馮詔天（香港邊城青年秘書長）
李芃萱（香港邊城青年理事長、台灣自由圖博學聯常務理事）
Taiwan Civil Society Promptly Actively Celebrates the 90th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Joint Press Release by Taiwanese NGOs
July 6, 2025
To celebrate the 90th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Taiwanese civil society organizations have come together in solidarity. Coordinated by the Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan (HRNTT), the exhibition From the Snowy Ridges to the Ocean of Wisdom – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Human Rights (དམིགས་བསལ་འགྲེམས་སྟོན། ༼གངས་རི་ནས་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་བར། ~ འགྲོ་བ་མིའི་ཐོབ་ཐང་དང་༧གོང་ས་ཏྭ་ལའི་བླ་མ།༽) was held in Taipei from June 28 to July 6, 2025. Meanwhile, a delegation comprising members from HRNTT, Hong Kong Outlanders, and the Students for a Free Tibet -Taiwan traveled to Dharamsala, India on July 4 to attend celebration events and meet with the Tibetan exile community – building deeper ties between Taiwan and the Tibetan people.
Gaden Phodrang Trust Holds Sole Authority on Reincarnation
Like Tibetans around the world, Taiwanese civil society hopes His Holiness will continue to guide humanity toward a future of peace and compassion. Therefore, we warmly welcome His Holiness’s reaffirmation, made on July 2, 2025, that:
“There will be a 15th Dalai Lama, but only the Gaden Phodrang Trust, which was established by the 14th Dalai Lama, has the legitimate authority to recognize the reincarnation.”
On July 5, during a long-life prayer offering organized by the Kashag of the Central Tibetan Administration on behalf of all Tibetans, His Holiness expressed his wish to live another 30 to 40 years to continue serving the people. His words were met with joyous cheers from Tibetans in attendance.
Tashi Tsering, Secretary General of HRNTT and a participant at the ceremony, was deeply moved. He noted:
“The Chinese Communist Party has long made hostile claims asserting its authority over the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, rejecting the global support for Tibet. Yet this statement, delivered just before His Holiness’s birthday, is a powerful response to Chinese propaganda. Only His Holiness and his office—the Gaden Phodrang Trust—hold the legitimate authority to determine the Dalai Lama’s future. Tibetans inside and outside Tibet, across all generations, must unite and share the responsibility His Holiness carries.”
Taiwan Delegation Attends Birthday Celebration in Dharamsala
On July 6, the Taiwan delegation joined global friends of Tibet to celebrate His Holiness’s birthday in Dharamsala. His Holiness appeared in excellent spirits as he watched the performances. Speaking at the event, longtime supporter Richard Gere stated,
“His Holiness is not just the Dalai Lama of Tibet—he belongs to the world.”
Strengthening the Taiwan–Tibet Connections
Since its founding in 2016, HRNTT has organized annual delegations to Dharamsala, except during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year marked the sixth formal visit. Besides joining the birthday celebrations, the delegation gave two public talks—at the invitation of the Tibetan Youth Congress and the International Tibet Network—sharing Taiwan’s civil society experiences.
The delegation also visited the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) and the Tibet Museum to learn how cultural soft power is used to advocate globally for Tibet’s unique heritage. These encounters aim to foster deeper long-term collaborations between Taiwan and the Tibetan exile community.
From the Snowy Ridges to the Ocean of Wisdom
The word Dalai comes from Mongolian, meaning “ocean,” symbolizing the vast wisdom of the Dalai Lama. Coincidentally, the name of the 14th Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso, and “Gyatso” also means “ocean” in Tibetan.
After the Chinese Communist Party invaded Tibet in 1951, a large-scale uprising broke out in March 1959, forcing the 14th Dalai Lama into exile in India. He established the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and introduced Tibetan Buddhism to the world. As the world came to know Tibet’s modern struggles, His Holiness was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
As the Nobel Prize Committee noted, he has promoted peaceful solutions based on tolerance and mutual respect to protect the history and cultural identity of his people. This commitment to peace has helped Tibetans endure adversity and continues to inspire the world.
This is why HRNTT collaborated with a broad coalition of Taiwanese NGOs—including Amnesty International Taiwan, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Taiwan Labor Front, Students for a Free Tibet – Taiwan, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Judicial Reform Foundation, Hong Kong Outlanders, Covenants Watch, and Taiwan Labour and Social Policy Research Association—to co-host From the Snowy Ridges to the Ocean of Wisdom – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Human Rights.
The exhibition aims to reach beyond the regular audience, inviting people from all walks of life to engage with the Tibetan story – and take action.
On July 5, a public talk for the Chinese edition of His Holiness’s new book Voice for the Voiceless was held at the venue, with the hall filled to capacity.
The Taipei exhibition drew nearly a thousand visitors. Several Taiwanese legislators, including Wu Pei-yi, Chen Pei-yu, and Huang Jie, also visited the exhibition in-person. HRNTT wants to express special thanks to the Tibet Museum, the Dalai Lama’s Tibet Religious Foundation, and Lady Liberty Hong Kong for their invaluable support in making the exhibition possible.
Taiwan Will Not Be Absent from the Year of Compassion
From July 6, 2025 to July 5, 2026, the global “Year of Compassion” will be observed—and Taiwan will not be absent. HRNTT and civil society organizations across Taiwan will actively participate.
Plans are underway to bring From the Snowy Ridges to the Ocean of Wisdom – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Human Rights to more cities across Taiwan. HRNTT will also collaborate with the Taiwan Parliamentary Group for Tibet to promote the formation of Tibet support groups in municipal councils, helping bring Tibet advocacy into grassroots politics and deepen local awareness.
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2025 Taiwan Delegation to Dharamsala:
Tashi Tsering, Founder and Secretary General, Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan
Lin Hsin-yi, Executive Director, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty; Board Member, HRNTT
Yibee Huang, CEO, Covenants Watch; Board Member, HRNTT
Cheng Fei-wen, Associate Professor of Sociology, Tunghai University; Board Member, HRNTT
Chen Cheng-liang, Adjunct Associate Professor, National Pingtung University; HRNTT Member
Sky Fung, Secretary General, Hong Kong Outlanders
Penghsuan Lee, Chair, Hong Kong Outlanders; Executive Board Member, Students for a Free Tibet – Taiwan
