14th Dalai Lama

This book moves more towards the less visible and un-promoted side of how Buddhism is starting to filter into today’s American life. For Moore this fits better than the shaved head, mantra chanting, and incense wreathed thought that most Westerners have associated with Dharma. The author looks for something or someway for him to replace what he lacked from his childhood faith. In the book, he seeks guidance towards confronting and being able to answer the big questions that leave us dissatisfied…

survive because the Dalai Lama has far less influence than he used to have. This is primarily the result of the People’s Republic of China’s aggressive political maneuverings in Tibet and the resulting weakened state of Tibetan Buddhist culture. The current Dalai Lamai cannot even fully act as head of the Tibetan state because of the state’s fragmentation and his exile. The People’s Republic of China has caused irreversible damage to the tulku system. By picking the eleventh Panchen Lama, the…

When you hear term "happiness", you think of happy thoughts or events in the past you have been through that has caused the feeling of happiness to occur. Although it is just a feeling, a mere sensation you feel throughout your body, it has the amount of force and meaning to push anybody beyond their limits. The definition of happiness can be explained by a mental state or emotion you feel after pleasant thoughts and/or memories intervene from contentment to joy. Sure, you can live on with this…

Coach P is a man of character. He has succeeded because, he now has 300 wins in the book. Also Coach P is a inspiration, he is in love with sports, and hopes we are too. Next, he teaches you right from wrong, and he is very serious about our grades, if we don’t pass he gives a assigned punishment. Another word for character is complexion, moreover, he is a man of his word, and he will never lie to you. Abraham Lincoln once quoted,” Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a…

I invited five special guests to dinner at the Rainforest Cafe, Marilyn Monroe, Jenna Marbles, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, and Meghan Mccarthy. I invited all of these guests because I take interest in these five people and wanted to learn more about them. Each one of my guests are noted for interesting things. Marilyn Monroe is remembered for being a film actress. She was an American actress, model and a singer. Jenna Marbles is known for being a famous youtuber, comedian, and a viner. Next is…

As a society today, people are moving in a much faster pace than ever before. Many of the advancements over the past few years can be accredited to digital media and the internet. Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the fourteenth Dalai Lama and leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, discusses the need for a moral compass in the biotechnology industry in “Ethics and the New Genetics”. However, use of the internet and social media is also in dire need of a moral compass. The internet and social…

considered anything but mundane, the Dalai Lama describes himself as a “Simple Buddhist Monk” (“Brief Biography”). “Lhamo Thondup was born in July of 1935 to a farming family in northeast Tibet. By the age of six Thondup was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama after passing a series of test that included sectioning a series of person items once owned by the 13th Dalai Lama (“Brief Biography”). Shortly after Thondup recognition as the new Dalai Lama, a Chinese warlord then…

Although the Dalai Lama has been of fundamental importance to advocate non-violent approaches to policies and has never claimed to be seeking an independent nation status for Tibet, disputes between the two States have frequently escalated into violent conflict. After almost 10 years of the guerrilla war between Tibetan rebels and China’s The People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers, on the 17th March 1959, the political and spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama was forced to flee his own…

of an entirely different species. With this new, rapidly growing, technology we are now able to do things that we once thought were impossible. In Ethics and the New Genetics, the Dalai Lama addresses problems that we need to consider as we continue to explore this microscopic world that we have uncovered. The Dalai Lama believes that we need to have an appreciation for the value of human beings, the world as a whole, and that the motivation behind our genetic explorations must be pure and…

Buddhist teachings in the global community is his holiness the ‘Dalai Lama’ the manifestation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion a central figure who has made social, cultural and scriptual impacts in the Buddhist society. In the same way a crucial aspect of Buddhism is the understandings towards its stance on ethical teachings and the personal responsibility…