Phutsok Wangyal’s identity focuses mainly on the fact that he is a Tibetan from Batang, which was famous for being agricultural, but had lots of political problems. These political problems are what influenced Phutsok Wangyal’s childhood that led to him being a revolutionary instead of a monk, which was the idea of his parents. On the other hand, Arjia Rinpoche was a high-ranking monk because he was the reincarnation of Arjia Rinpoche. Monks are discovered by possessing special talents or being around unusual events. Arjia Rinpoche’s mother had a prophetic dream about a dragon, and he was born in the tiger year in the tiger day at the tiger hour. Also, he was conceived within 49 days of Arjia’s death, so that is how they discovered that he wasn’t a reincarnation of another monk, but of Arija Rinpoche. Therefore, Arjia Rinpoche was treated like a king with his own cups and dishes that were filled with incense. While Phuntsok was a revolutionary for most of his life, he did spend some time being a monk. Both Phutsok and Arija had uncles who brought them to the monasteries, because their uncles were already monks. Since monks could not have children, they took their nephews to the monastery. However, it seemed that Arjia’s uncle was rich with his Russian built car. This …show more content…
Arija’s identity stayed stable with him supporting Tibet and hating the Chinese, while Phutsok was raised around people who hated the Chinese, but he admired aspects of the Chinese culture such as the people and the surroundings. However, the fact that he organized the Tibetan association to gather Tibetans to vouch for more Tibetan classes meant that he never forgot his Tibetan identity. Nevertheless, people like Kesang abandoned the Tibetans and left for a position in China. Some monks that Arija knew stopped following the monk way of life and joined gangs and became known as