14th Dalai Lama

However, Western Buddhists, such as the Dalai Lama, disagree with the idea that bad emotions can be used to accomplish positive things. These Buddhist believe it is possible to overcome and eliminate natural emotions. According to Owen Flanagan’s Destructive Emotions, “the belief that anger ought to be eliminated is not an idle, impossible ideal within Tibetan Buddhism.” I do not agree with the Dalai Lama. Eliminating anger will be harmful because all emotions are essential…

Throughout history, storytelling has been an essential piece of the culture in which our society lives. Stories have been sources of information, communication, and entertainment for many. This does not change in the article, “The Dalai Lama’s Ski Trip: What I learned in the Slush with His Holiness,” written by Douglas Preston. This is an entertaining yet informative tale about how Preston helped welcome a famous and controversial figure visiting the United States in 1991. In addition to…

purposes. As in all these cases, what must govern one 's decisions is the question of compassionate motivation. However, regarding the idea of deliberately breeding semi-human beings for spare parts, I feel an immediate, instinctive revulsion,” -Dalai Lama. Cloning should be regulated by a moral compass to prevent unethical procedures and practices with this technology. The moral compass should be a set of standards that are aligned with deontology and based on ethical principles. Although…

Lama characterizes knowledge and responsibility by having more knowledge you have more responsibility meaning you have to be educated to be able to question genetics correctly. Leaving the technology to businessman and scientist is not helping us and is…

The goal of this memo is to present a set of proposed questions about the Kentucky Fried Cruelty campaign which will posted on the PETA Facebook page. We want to know the public’s opinion on the website for the campaign so that we can make changes to increase the effectiveness of the campaign. Summary In 2003, PETA launched the Kentucky Fried Cruelty campaign. The campaign seeks to change the fast food restaurant KFC’s treatment of chickens. The restaurant KFC has been known to commit…

A comet is coming toward Earth and could mean the end of everything. The United States government is trying to keep it quiet so no one will panic. Jenny Lerner who is a reporter lets word slip when it isn’t supposed to. When people find out President Beck of the United States has to make a plan. The astronaut Spurgeon Tanner and his men will land on the comet and will put bombs on it and hopefully destroying the comet. If they don’t get the job done then that is the end for everybody and…

bed at around 8:30pm ready for a bright and early start the next day. A person who lives an ascetic life is humble, endearing and entertaining. But also has a serious message about the future of humanity within the plant and bout the planet. b) Dalai Lama himself said “Out of compassion brings inner peace, and out of inner peace comes world peace. Without inner peace we cannot have world peace.” He preaches peace, compassion and tells people not be fearful, jealous or…

In the September of 1949, a radio broadcast was sent out saying that Tibet was a part of China and that anyone who disagreed would “Crack his skull against the mailed fist of the PLA [People’s Liberation Army]” This marked the beginning of a shift in the history of both Tibet and China, where China successfully takes control of Tibet which has lasted until present day. For the past half century, this control has been a hotly debated question, bringing into question whether or not China should…

Thomas Tweed’s missive, titled ‘Who is a Buddhist?’, dissects the Buddhist community and separates those who identify with, or simply dabble in, the faith into more appropriate categories. In this piece, Tweed identifies various levels of involvement in Buddhism, classifying its followers in groupings from the faithful to those who simply show passing interest. Most importantly, Tweed separates the sheep from the goats by making it clear to his audience: just because someone participates in…

.” To examine answers to the question, ‘What techniques do people adopt that make them functional and happy in their jobs, family roles, community roles, etc.’, this research focuses on athletes who play or played team sports during high school and college. Within a wealth of literature on the topic, evidence shows that athletes find success and happiness in life when the skills the athletes learned while playing team sports transfer to life-skills. Examples gathered in this research describe…