Read the following article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3564392.ece In a single piece of prose, identify and clarify three of Jane Macartney’s references to the Dalai Lama’s reputation among his own people. This question is intended to test your ability to understand a primary source. In particular it asks you to study a newspaper article in the light of what you have already learned and to test your ability to understand and interpret different and unfamiliar points of view. One of the benefits of studying religion is that it can help us to understand events in the contemporary world with greater clarity. This article from The Times newspaper was written in March 2008 at a time when there were fresh uprisings in Tibet. This article is clearly written from a western perspective but it makes reference to the Dalai Lama’s reputation among Tibetans. Don’t forget that your tutor is interested in whether you have understood the material in the chapter and whether you can appreciate the implications of the Tibetan world view for understanding the role of the Dalai Lama and the situation in Tibet explained in this article. He or she is not interested in whether you think that the Tibetan world view is ‘true’ or reasonable: this is not the place to discuss your own religious views. To keep the task manageable you might like to select from the article two or three allusions to the Dalai Lama’s reputation among Tibetans and explain the background to each of these in your essay. Whichever aspects you choose to cover you need to make sure that you clarify their significance in the context of this article.