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By Tim Arnold
On 18, Aug 2015 | In | By Tim Arnold
Li Huizhen 李慧珍
Li Huizhen, a Chinese nurse living in Albany, California, tells us about growing up in Tibet. “When I lived in Lhasa I also went to Nepal, and to the place where the Dalai Lama was born in Qinghai,” she says.
李慧珍:
护士,现居住在加州湾区阿柏尼,她讲述有关她在西藏成长的故事。她说“我在拉萨生活期间,也去过尼泊尔,还去过位于青海的达赖喇嘛的出生地”
我叫李慧珍,我是到美国是2001年, 是2001年到美国的,我是生在拉萨,我爸爸是援藏到西藏的。
(我出生)不到一个月大就送回到奶奶家去在西安,在中国的西安。然后一直跟奶奶长大。
到目前为止, 我去年回成都去,也没有人说我是汉人,他们都说我是藏族。也许可能是性格吧,我们西安人比较直爽,可能是这个原因,再一个原因是我藏族朋友比较多。太好了,太多了,又很多藏族朋友。
我家里人中,奶奶还是信佛教。但是在我家里人总的来说的话,都倾向佛教,而且我的话特别的信佛教, 我也不知道为什么。
因为我在拉萨的时候,我也去过尼泊尔,去过达赖喇嘛出生的地方青海,然后去过释迦牟尼出生的地方,然后到噶玛巴在那边的寺庙经常去。也许可能受西藏我的好朋友的影响,一到周末的时候转经,我经常去转经,在整个拉萨的八大寺院我都去过。色拉寺、大昭寺、哲蚌寺、日喀则的札西伦布寺、还有山南的南东南北我都去过。
我来到这里五年以后,两个小孩接过来了,现在那一个孩子已经结婚了, 大的,搬出去了。小的那今年高中毕业。 我的儿子叫多吉坚赞,女儿叫德吉卓嘎,我女儿从小是在拉萨长大的,因为我在 拉萨工作,(她)是在拉萨长大的。她的爷爷给她起的这个名字。 然后那,我儿子,当时我在成都,所以他是在成都出生的。
(与我)关系特别好的那位喇嘛,是青海的,当时他就住在我们隔壁,他的夫人是我特别好的朋友,我的孩子出生以后他来看,他给他起了名字叫多吉坚赞,所以就这样我的两个孩子都有了藏族名字。
我信佛,我的主张就是用心去信。这是我去朝佛,这个也是在拉萨的一个朋友家里,这我穿着藏服; I got red here. (我这里有了红点。)I look exactly like a Tibetan woman but I am not. (我看起来像一个藏族妇女,但我不是。)这个是在尼泊尔,早晨朝佛回来的。这个是在拉萨,最早的布达拉宫广场,只有一条马路。那时候我那么瘦,可现在这么胖。这个是我在拉萨结婚的时候照的,被叫可怜。这是我结婚的照片,单位上免费借给我一个面包车接送客人,我们穿的是比较古老的藏服。这个是我从拉萨到北京去上大学学的是饭店管理的那个学校门口穿着藏装照的。这是在拉萨的一个藏式餐馆照的。
我住在这里将近有15年了,可能有75%的杜是藏族朋友。多数是跟西藏人打交道,而汉族是少数,但是也有。但是那是为什么我也不知道,也许是我在西藏呆的时间长,所以还是藏族朋友多一点。
My name is Li Huizhen. I came to America in 2001. I was born in Lhasa, because my father was sent to aid Tibet.
Anyway, I was born in Lhasa. But after one month I was sent back to my grandmother’s home in Xi’an, China. I grew up there with her.
Up to now, even when I went to Chengdu last year, no one has ever said I was Chinese. They all thought I was Tibetan. Maybe it’s because my personality is straightforward, like people from Xi’an are. Also, because I have so many Tibetan friends.
In my family, my grandmother believed in Buddhism. The rest of my family also had an inclination towards Buddhism. But I really believe in Buddhism, I don’t know why.
When I was in Lhasa I also went to Nepal, and to the place where the Dalai Lama was born in Qinghai. Then I went to the place where the Buddha was born. Maybe I was influenced by my Tibetan friends. On my weekends I would go on kora. Around Lhasa there are 8 great monasteries- I visited each one of them. Sera, the Jokhang, Drepung, Tashi Lhunpo in Shigatse… and every place in Lhoka.
… I believe in Buddhism, and I think it comes mainly from your heart.