STORIES : Tibetan Diaspora Monks
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Golok Tsondue, monk and writer from the Kirti monastery, ex-political prisoner , 10 years detention in Drapchi prison. "With prayer and spiritual elevation it is possible to control pain and physical suffering, but sometimes the fear is stronger and you cannot control yourself under torture. The beatings with electric batons cause you to faint. Worse was being suspended in the air by your hands and left for hours, unable to touch the ground: I still have the signs today, sometimes I cannot hold a spoon in my hand and I can't relieve the pain in my wrists".