Dalai Lama

Chapter 2: Breaking into Broadcasting: How Savannah Guthrie started her career in local news stations, covering stories from Montana to Missouri to Tucson. A Rocky Start in Montana Savannah Guthrie began her broadcasting career at KTVM, an NBC station in Butte, Montana, in October 1993. However, only ten days later, the station closed its news operation. She was among the last reporters to appear on air before the shutdown, and she had to find a new job quickly. She said it was a “devastating”…

In today’s world, we have become an increasingly global people. Thanks to things such as the internet, we can now connect with people across the world. According to Forbes, “Socially we have become more open and tolerant towards each other” (Collins). We have become more open and accepting of others. This leads into my choice of prompt “Pluralism is a better approach that exclusivism for a religion in the twenty-first century.” I agree with the statement because in today’s society, religions…

Self-Reflection Paper 1: Emotions If Emotions Were Taken Away Emotions is a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one’s circumstances, mood, and relationships with others. Emotion is a very important part of our programing. By taking away an emotion we cannot function. Every emotion I believe works together, and by taking one emotion away, your emotional state becomes unstable. An example of two emotions that work hand in hand is happiness and sadness. Sadness is an emotion that…

When people say that it is ideal to live within their means, they are indeed correct, however, a lot of people believe that it is extremely difficult or somewhat impossible to actually do that, because living within your means basically says that a person needs to spend less than or just an equal amount of money they actually earn. It is actually not that hard, you just have to learn a couple of things, like how you need to change your way of thinking especially when it comes to spending money…

that Euthanasia is unjust. Buddhism emphasises on not killing living beings as it is the first of the five precepts. Although Euthanasia is considered wrong in the Buddhist religion, the practice is not frowned upon, similarly to Catholicism. The Dalai Lama stated “that all life is precious and so it is better to avoid euthanasia.” He also stated that “there are exceptional cases and so each case should be judged on an individual basis.” It is also believed by some Buddhists that “encouraging…

When I moved to Boone a little over three and a half years ago I came alone. Of course all college students are dropped off by their parents and sent on their way, but most students at our university have friends and family who also attend the school. Being from Virginia, I literally knew nobody and that was scary. A few weeks after I moved into my dorm my boyfriend of two years moved to Boone as well. His presence in Boone has made my experience less scary and I will never be able to show my…

For instance, it is stated clearly that “The Dalai Lama’s government alone ruled the land until 1951” (Sperling). The Tibetans were completely able to live without Chinese influence, and they did not need it. There is also emphasis that there was a type of government established at all that was capable…

For thousands of years, man has been contemplating how to obtain true happiness. The Dalai Lama once said, “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions” ( Dalai Lama). A key word in this quote is “own”. This word implies that happiness is something that comes from within and cannot be forced on an individual by others. Another key component of happiness is being given the agency to choose one’s course through free will. No power should have the right to take away a…

fundamentalists. The documentary portrays that although the world 's religions have differences in doctrine, creed, and rituals, there is a commonality in all of them. The high-profile religious people of faith who share their ideas are His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, religious scholar Karen Armstrong, Chief Rabbi David Rosen, Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman, Peter J. Gomes, human rights activist Van Jones, novelist Paulo Coelho, former President of Iran Mohammad Khatami,…

of ending another person life is in there; and what been said it the five precepts about abstain from killing someone. Asoka is technically not considered a Buddhist follower. Another leader was Dalai Lama XIII. Who fought against the British and Chinese in an effort to change his country Tibet. Dalai Lama was able to abolish capital punishment. Leader how fallen and risen throughout the century but in the long run it seem to have succeed; Nation like Bhutan, Sri Lanka Cambodia and Thailand.…