Dalai Lama Essays

  • Dalai Lama Beliefs

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    style of Buddhism practiced by most of the rest of the world. Tibet was ruled by the Dalai Lama, a political and spiritual leader for Tibetans. The practices of Tibetan Buddhism are part of the Tibetan people’s culture and are incorporated into their everyday life. This way of life is one that values all beings on Earth and is followed almost exclusively by Tibetans. Today, Tibet is not governed by the Dalai Lama, and the practice of Tibetan Buddhism is diminishing. On October 9, 1950, China invaded

  • Jack Kerouac's 'Fifth Dalai Lama'

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    Mary Drury English – World Literature Professor Kerri Gamache 21 December 2017 Lobsang Gyatso, the Great Fifth Dalai Lama In Jack Kerouac's Wake Up we learn that the Buddha Siddhartha sat under a bodhi tree and became enlightened (Kerouac). And this kind of enlightenment is represented today by Tibetan Buddhist Dalai Lamas. These Dalai Lama's are spiritual leaders in Tibetan Buddhist communities and thought to be a representation of both a human and divine being. The sculpture of this paper was

  • Dalai Lama Research Paper

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    The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibet. Throughout his life, the Dalai Lama based his principles on three major commitments; how to promote his human values, how to foster the inter religious harmony and how to achieve the welfare of the people of the Tibet. As he was keen on promoting his human values, the Dalai Lama urged the people in the whole world to be compassionate, to forgive and to tolerate as well as to have self-discipline. In this way, he thinks that people will live

  • Dalai Lama Research Paper

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    The title Dalai Lama is given to a chief monk and ruler of Tibet. Dalai Lamas are called to be a reincarnation of the deity, Avalokitesvara. Avalokitesvara, a Buddhist deity, is personified as compassion. Also, Dalai Lamas are called to be enlightened beings who have been reborn to benefit humanity. The word “Dalai Lama” means “Ocean Teacher,” which is meant as a teacher who is spiritually as deep as an ocean. Lhamo Dondrub, who is currently the 14th Dalai Lama, was born on July 6, 1935 in Taktser

  • Dalai Lama Research Paper

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    The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Buddhists of Tibet. The Dalai Lama is the head monk of Tibetan Buddhism and had been responsible for the governing of Tibet until 1959. In 1959 China took control of the government, the Tibetans attempted to overthrow Chinese rule but the revolution was crushed. This left the Dalai Lama to flee his home at the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Many of his followers came with him to escape to India. The Tibetan Buddhists, along with the Dalai

  • Ethics And The New Genetics The Dalai Lama Analysis

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    procedures that could be created without ethical and moral background. Even today with the concepts of ethics and morals involved there are still major controversies about whether things such as abortion are to be considered ethical or not. Both the Dalia Lama as well as Barbara Kingsolver argue the

  • Dalai Lama Vs Free Tibet

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    conflicts. The 13th Dalai Lama, influenced by the British culture during his temporary exile, made progressive strides in Tibet upon returning by advocating for a “modern police force”, national taxation system, and secular education system. The Dalai Lama would face the greatest opposition in establishing a professional Tibetan Army. Prior to the reaffirmation of independence in 1912, Tibet employed serfs and volunteers often ill-equipped and untrained to combat threats. The 13th Dalai Lama saw the need

  • 13th Dalai Lama Research Paper

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    14th Dalai Lama the man of the year due to the lead role he took in keeping peace between Tibet and China as well as leading the non-violent war against the involvement of China in Tibetan affairs. The Dalai Lama 's have been around since the mid 1500 's and have since aspired to keep peace in the world (). The current Dalai Lama has done well to be a man who keeps peace in Tibet and because of this, Tenzin Gyatso deserves the award "Man of the Year"(). Born July 6, 1935, The 14th Dalai Lama was born

  • Dalai Lama Research Paper

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    People always wander about the Dalai Lama. He is loved and revered by many around the world. He has always been a supporter of peace and antiquity. In fact there has been 14 Dalai Lamas now. He is always referred to as His Holiness. Throughout history, the Dalai Lama had a been a figure of hope and wisdom for many generations. This essay will discuss the reputation of the Dalai Lama and the issues involved in its making through various aspects. The Dalai Lama is a complex character. He is the embodiment

  • Dalai Lama Research Paper

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    The Dalai Lama The current Dalai Lama has a very complex reputation. He means a lot to people. The Dalai Lama described himself as a simple monk, but other people see that he is more than a monk. For Tibetan people, he is a spiritual leader and a living Buddha. The western and Chinese people also have a very different viewpoints about the Dalai Lama. Unlike China, the Dalai Lama is described in a positive way in the west, so why this man gains t different reputations. The 14th Dalai Lama

  • Tibet: The Rise And Fall Of The Dalai Lama

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    14th Dalai Lama (Tibet’s most respected man and the nation’s political and spiritual leader) fled into exile in India, followed by thousands of Tibetans.

  • The Ethic Of Compassion: The Dalai Lama

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    war and hate. By reading The Ethic of Compassion, I realized that the world would be a happier place if everyone put their self-desires aside and paid more attention to others sufferings. As humans we naturally have feelings of partiality. As the Dalai Lama says in the text, “most people, when they see someone who is handicapped feel sympathetic toward that person. But then when they see others who are wealthier, or better educated, or better placed socially, they immediately feel envious and competitive

  • Comparing The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, And Billy Graham

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    Belief in worship or the divine has been an ever-changing wrangle that has divided society, however the 14th Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Evangelist Billy Graham composed same ideal messages in theological history; their individual notion of religion did not affect the morals they taught. With faith-based ambitions, these three leaders worked profusely to teach about the causes of suffering and despair. These men have gone above and beyond the call of duty to spread joy around the globe

  • The Dalai Lama

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    Dalai Lama is the head monk and traditional ruler of the chief Buddhism in Tibet . The current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso, since 1950. There are different views of Dalai Lama. While the West and Tibet admire and adores him, China has a whole opposite view of him, believing him to be a hypocrite and consider him in a negative way. His reputations and presumptions of him were shaped by different reasons. The Dalai Lama is well received in the west, much to delight of Tibet. His chrematistic personality

  • Tibet A Net Loss By Spencer Glesby

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    (PRC), after months of failed negotiations between China and Tibet to form a peace agreement and a successful invasion of the neutral Kham region, sent troops across the Jinsha River and into Kham (which had recently severed it’s ties with both the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan capital of Lhasa). By the end of the day, 180 out of 8500 Tibetan soldiers and 118 out of 40000 of the People’s Liberation Army (PLR) were killed. The Chinese had taken the border town of Chamdo, confiscating the Tibetan’s weapons

  • Dalai Lama Personality

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    Introduction: Dalai lamas are the important monks (person who spends life in practicing religious activities and lives under certain rules like chastity, self-denial, poverty and obedience) of the Gelug (the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism created by Je Tsongkhapa (a famous teacher of Tibetan Buddhism ). But the serious of Dalai Lamas didn’t stop to the first or second or third, in fact there are 14 Dalai Lamas and serious is supposed to be continued. 14th Dalai Lama: The 14th Dalai Lama also known

  • Reputation In The Dalai Lama

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    reputations for the same person, which based on religions and the way community know about him. For example : Dalai Lama has different reputations as a leader and a human rights activist as well, but his reputation is not seen as this picture everywhere because his reputation is different in the west , in his home Tibet and in his enemy 's base China and myths and truths. According to enotes, the Dalai Lama’s reputation in his native Tibet is a product of the stature that accompanies that designation

  • Happiness Dalai Lama

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    In the first part of the book, The Art of Happiness, Dalai Lama, and Howard Cutler convey the message of the purpose of life to the readers. In the first chapter of the book, Dalai Lama mentions that he “believes that the very purpose of the life is to seek happiness” (13). I agree with Dalai Lama’s ideology because I think that everything that a person does is to eventually become happy in life. However, every individual has a different meaning of happiness. For some, happiness means to spend their

  • The Dalai Lama's Ocean Of Wisdom

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    The Dalai Lama’s Ocean of Wisdom There are many reasons why the current and former Dalai Lamas have been important to Buddhists, the people of Tibet, and to the entire world community. To further explore these reasons, we will need some knowledge of who the Dalai Lama is and what he represents. A brief history along with some important facts about the beliefs of Tibetan Buddhists will help in explaining the impact the Dalai Lamas have had over their own followers as well as others outside their

  • Dalai Lama Religion

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    localized religion that was expanding with adherents and different schools in several regions of Asia. Today has become, thanks to the Dalai Lama, a religion with a global deployment. The Dalai Lama was originally the highest spiritual power in Tibet, completely Buddhist country in its religious tradition, isolated from the Western world. The forced exile of the Dalai Lama from Lhasa for political reasons in