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Dalai Lama's Impact On Tibet Society And Culture

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Likewise technology also helped the invasion and colonization of Tibet when Chinese government wanted to break down the Tibet society and culture. As Tibet was currently a Buddhist nation and was another way in which the traditional ideologies and values of the belief system was communicated to the world. The constant media attention helped to spread the news globally about the struggles of Buddhism and it’s followers as China attempted to break the Tibetan society and culture. The world watched the Tibetan society resist this change, through the publicity in the world allowed significant Buddhist figures such as the Dalai Lama to helped the Tibetan, in a manner that avoided violence altogether, reflective of the traditional ideologies of peace,

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