...been forced to migrate to other countries to still be remembered. The Chinese government have tried again and again to destroy this rich religion. Throughout the world, tibet is seen as a place where Buddhism is so important that it is not only their religion, but also the essence of their identity. The Dalai Lama is their most important figure as a religious and spiritual leader. Due to the circumstances in which he came to his position, as well as to his personal character, the current Dalai Lama has radically changed the meaning of his religious and political leadership. In the Buddhist faith, every being in the world is trapped in a cycle of rebirth, where each time they forget their past lives. To end this circle, you have to achieve enlightenment. Bodhisattvas are those who are able to achieve enlightenment, but they postpone it in order to teach other people their knowledge to help them reach nirvana....
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...Lhamo Dondrub is the 14th and current Dalai Lama. Tension was born on July 6th 1935 to a small farming and horse trading family in Tibet. He was selected after the 13th Dalai Lama had a vision and he sent out his team of advisors to find his successor. Lhamo was selected at the age of two. On November 17th 1950, when Lhamo was 15, he askedsumed full temporal (political) power over Tibet and 50 years later he received the Nobel Peace Prize. The main job of the Dalai Lama is to be the figure head, or poster childharacter, for the Buddhist world. He also has the job of teaching practices and giving speeches. His most famous teaching is the Kalachakra Tantra, which are the philosophies and meditation practices contained in the Kalacakra Tantra. There are three different Kalachkra’s. The Outer, the Inner, and the Alternative. The outer refers to the outer world which is the vessel supporting the living beings. It is compounded by the six elements earth, water, fire, air, space and wisdom. The Inner consists of the body and mind of living beings, the psychophysical arrogates, the sensory and psychic capacities so forth. The alternative describes the spiritual method leading to enlightenment in the form of Kalachakra. This is just one of the teachings of the Dalai Lama, he is also author to numerous books on general Buddhist subjects, and he frequently attends schools around the world to hold seminars. As a figure head to the world, the Dalai Lama has several social stances on the...
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...Among world leaders, the 14th Dalai Lama is one of the most interesting and significant public figures of this time. There is no one quite like the Dalai Lama, political and spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize Winner. Born in 1935 to a family of poor farmers in Taktser, a small village of what was then known as Tibet, he was found by Tibetan monks at age two and declared the “new incarnation” of the Dalai Lama when he was not quite three years old. He had an unusual childhood, becoming a monk at age six and head of the state of Tibet at age 16, but was later forced into exile by the Chinese government and had to flee to India in 1959. Since that time, he has traveled around the world, spreading his message of peace, equality, compassion, love, nonviolence and advocating for the welfare of Tibetans....
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...GOD KING In the first lint the reporter tells us that we are here for the Dalai Lama, and he’s described as “Tibet’s Exiled Spiritual Leader”, straight away he emphasizes the importance of this man When I think of the word “exiled”, an authoritative order of that country prevents them from being there. The importance of how Buddhists regard their “spiritual leaders” is not, as in Catholicism, where they are simply elected, but carry a far greater power. Buddhists believe that the people like the Dalai Lama are a reincarnation of the very God they worship ( In the DVD we see how a young child, Tashi Tsering is believed to be the reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche. We go through other worldly rituals, including a Monk in a trance dancing with swords. The child is then confirmed by the Dalai Lama to be the reincarnate. One of the monks comments that the child's parents were not upset after being told they are to take their son, but seem happy that he is the one. We are told of the event in the final line of the paragraph that he is there to teach centuries old “Buddhist text about the path of enlightenment. Dalai Lama roughly translates as ‘ocean of wisdom’ (Reputations, Waterhouse, 2004, p.207) and like Tashi Tsering, he has been immersed in Buddhist wisdom since he was a child. To this day he limits the amount of sleep he has, so that everyday he can spend long periods of time engaged in Buddhist practice. In the second paragraph of the article we are told of the Chinese...
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...The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is a Buddist monk and a spiritual leader of Tibet. At a young age Gyatso was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. The Dalai Lama was created in 1578 C.E. This happened after Buddhism was invaded in Tibet and their king was executed. The Tibetan Buddhists developed a civilized relationship with the Kahns, and in 1578, the “first” Dalai Lama; Sonam Gyatsho was gifted with the title of Dalai Lama from the Great Kahn after converting him to Buddhism. The Panchen Lama is ranked next after the Dalai Lama. The title of the Panchen Lama, is that traditionally given to head abbots of the Tashihunpo Monastery, who were chosen for their maturity and learning. Recently the Chinese government kidnapped the appointed Panchen Lama and placed him under house arrest, nowhere to be found. The disappearance of the Panchen Lama could result in the Dalai Lama announcing that this may be his last life and he will most likely not reincarnate....
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...This little boy was an reincarnation of Tenzin Gyatso. Tenzin Gyatso, or the Dalai Lama is the head of Tibetan Buddhism. The words Dalai Lama literally mean ocean of wisdom. The Dalai Lama is very important in Tibet and fought for its independence. Later on in his life he won a Nobel Prize for trying to get Tibet its independence through nonviolent means. The Dalai Lama faced many problems in his life, but he overcame...
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...The current Dalai Lama and his impacts Buddhism originated in India and spread primarily through Asia. Now, it has become a worldwide religion, such as, the Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism has already established many communities of immigrant Tibetans in California, Colorado, New York, Hawaii, Switzerland, France, and Great Britain. Also, museums regularly acquire and show Tibetan Buddhist art (Molloy, 2008). Why does Tibetan Buddhism draw so much attention at present? One of reasons is the current Dalai Lama who has a significant impact on the people around the world. Who is “Dalai Lama” and why does he have such a significant impact on the people around the world? A religious reform movement emerged in Tibet in the fourteenth century, which came to be known as Gelug-pa. The Gelug-pa provided Tibet with its political leadership. The Dalai Lama is the executive head of the Gelug-pa (Molloy, 2008). In other words, the Dalai Lama is both the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people (Wieder, 1999). Meanwhile, Tibetan people believe that all the Dalai Lamas of Tibetan Buddhism are reincarnations of former Dalai Lamas. When a Dalai Lama dies, people will find and train the reincarnation (Sweet, 2009). People found the current Dalai Lama (the fourteenth Dalai Lama) in eastern Tibet (Molloy, 2008). He left Tibet in 1959 (Wieder, 1999), and thus his life was no longer limited in Tibet. This made many more people know Tibetan Buddhism and considerably improved his impacts...
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...Personal Response Paper to Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler’s: Inner Contentment It is possible for one to be happy if they could not have everything they wanted and had to accept what they were given? There are many desires for things one can and cannot obtain. These desires can be good, useful, or cause problematic issues. They can lead to greed which can lead to people expecting too much in life. Even if one can obtain what they want, they may still not be happy. That brings the concept back to whether people can be happy even if they cannot have everything? Materialistic things do not fulfill peoples’ lives and are only representing temporary happiness, satisfaction, and pleasure. Eventually it runs out and the depression and lost feelings return, leaving one wondering what to buy next to fulfill that void. In Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler’s essay on Inner Contentment, they argue whether it is possible to have inner contentment. Inner contentment is not expecting things that can make one happy, but being happy with whatever is given, without expecting more. Life is just and everyone cannot have everything they want, they have to deal with what has been given and live life. In the essay, Lama and Cutler state that “The true antidote of greed is contentment” (1002). What they were trying to say was that no matter what one has, one can still be content and happy. They argue that there are two ways to be content which are: to obtain everything one wants and desires, but eventually...
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...reputation of the Dalai Lama , we need to go through Tibetan Buddhism as it was an entrance for his reputation in the western world. The western perspective came to depict Buddhism as world religion on per with other religions around the world, as far as it have its own founder, philosophical traditions, sacred scriptures and so on. In addition to this view, Buddhism is seen as superior to other religions because it is based on the experience and reasons and does not assume any blind acceptance of authority. This view considers Buddhism to be highly moral, providing valuable resources for social actions, and devoted to nonviolence, and it is also seen as both obscure and esoteric , aroused...
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...Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication PREFACE TO THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Introduction Part I - THE PURPOSE OF LIFE Chapter 1 - THE RIGHT TO HAPPINESS Chapter 2 - THE SOURCES OF HAPPINESS Chapter 3 - TRAINING THE MIND FOR HAPPINESS Chapter 4 - RECLAIMING OUR INNATE STATE OF HAPPINESS Part II - HUMAN WARMTH AND COMPASSION Chapter 5 - A NEW MODEL FOR INTIMACY Chapter 6 - DEEPENING OUR CONNECTION TO OTHERS Chapter 7 - THE VALUE AND BENEFITS OF COMPASSION Part III - TRANSFORMING SUFFERING Chapter 8 - FACING SUFFERING Chapter 9 - SELF-CREATED SUFFERING Chapter 10 - SHIFTING PERSPECTIVE Chapter 11 - FINDING MEANING IN PAIN AND SUFFERING Part IV - OVERCOMING OBSTACLES Chapter 12 - BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE Chapter 13 - DEALING WITH ANGER AND HATRED Chapter 14 - DEALING WITH ANXIETY AND BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM Part V - CLOSING REFLECTIONS ON LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE Chapter 15 - BASIC SPIRITUAL VALUES Acknowledgements THE ART OF HAPPINESS BOOK SERIES ABOUT THE AUTHORS RIVERHEAD BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell...
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...cleaned up the air, but polluted our soul. We've split the atom, but not our prejudice. We've higher incomes, but lower morals. We've become long on quantity but short on quality. These are the times of tall men, and short character; Steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare, More leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition. These are the days of two incomes, but more divorces; Of fancier houses, but broken homes. It is a time when there is much in the show window, and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, And a time when you can choose, Either to make a difference .... or just hit, delete. - His Holiness the Dalai...
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...Solution: Project 1 and project 2 My Life with the Dalai Lama Dali Lama is considered a religious official of Budhism.The film is about religious teaching of Buddhism and all religious teachings basically carry the same message of love, compassion and forgiveness but the most important thing is all these should be the part of our Heidi is a famous children story and it is all about a little girl named Heidi who was grown up under the tender protection of her grandfather in Swiss Alps. Project Proposal 1 & 2 Evaluation Form:(Must Objectives) |Must Objective |1 |2 | |Meets all and |Yes |Yes | |environmental standards | | | |PG or P rating |Yes |Yes | |No adverse effect on other operations |Yes |Yes | Project Proposal 1 & 2 Evaluation Form:(Want Objectives) |Want |1 |comments |2 |Comments ...
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...Kyle Steverson Ann Tatum- Caetano English 1A 13 March 2006 Arising form Poverty Consider these facts: an estimated 400 million people lack the necessary calories, vitamins and proteins needed for a normal life (Singer 50). Millions are constantly hungry, and others suffer from disease and infections. In some areas many children are not even expected to live past the ages of 5 years of age (Singer 51). The examples listed above are all effects of the type of impact that poverty has on society. Poverty can be classified into two major categories; “absolute Poverty” which is derived from Robert McNamara, meaning poverty by any standards compared to Relative Poverty meaning some citizens live in poverty while others enjoy wealth (Singer 36). When dealing with poverty there are many factors hat should be considered outside of just becoming poor; however, for many the two go hand and hand. Poverty is increasing quicker than ever before, due to factors such as over populating and less jobs. Peter Singer writes “ This is the background situation, the situation that prevails on our planet all the time and it does not make the headlines (Singer 160).” Yes, the factors listed are tough to combat; therefore, the issue of poverty should be taken more seriously. The constant debate between the rich and the poor are leaving many nauseated on an ethical roller coaster. Much of the Nation and the World are succumbing to poverty like a deadly plague devouring everything...
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...rulers demonstrated their support by promoting “Tibetan Buddhism sufficiently” (Tuttle, 17). According to Tuttle, head lamas of Yonghe temple were the “principal representatives of Tibet in China Proper” (Tuttle, 20). As an imperial Gelukpa monastery, Yonghe temple attracted Tibetan Buddhists who trained Manchu, Han Chinese and Mongol monks (Tuttle, 20). To Tuttle, the relationship between Manchus and Tibetans is a continuity of the patronage tradition that dates back to Yuan period. The patronage...
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...The Power of Imagination Pain, suffering and death are inescapable parts of our life. These leave us to dream of what happiness might feel like by preventing us from attaining it. Even so, we can lessen the damages they can inflict into our lives with the proper use of our imagination. Imagination is a very powerful gift that can manipulate everything including time, reality and our mind set which will definitely affect our lives (Bronowski, n.d); by gaining control over this power, one can utilize it to improve one’s life. One product of man’s imagination is time-travelling. Time-travelling is not all about riding a weird and techy machine with all of these wormholes, vortex and colorful buttons. Time travelling is simply travelling in time through the past, present and future and it can be done through imagination. From time to time, being left alone brings images to flash before our eyes. Some of these images would be memories of the past which can be very enjoyable enough to occupy our attention for a long period of time. However, there are certain memories which we wished to never remember again –memories of our sins and regrets in life. It’s very scary to see and realize our flaws and no one wants to be left alone to contemplate with this (Montague, n.d.). Memories are even made more real by our imagination by making us feel the things we felt during that period (Bronowski, n.d.). This can be seen when we shed a tear while reminiscing these bad memories...
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