Dalai Lama

In “The Ethics of Compassion”, The Dalai Lama explains how we should strive for fulfillment of having compassion towards everyone and not just the people closest to us. The Dalai Lama himself has not accomplished such a task, “Most people, including myself, must struggle even to reach the point where putting others’ interests on a par with our own becomes easy” (Dalai Lama). It takes time to be able to have compassion towards people you don’t even know, but it must be understood that everyone…

INTRODUCTION ADD INTERESTING FACT AND TRANSITION The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso was born on 6 July 1935, to a farming family, in northeastern Tibet. At the age of two, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the previous 13th Dalai Lama, and was sent away from his parents to began his monastic education at the tender age of six. After completing his education in 1950, Tenzin Gyatso assumed full political power over Tibet, but in 1959, he was forced into exile in India after the Chinese…

current Tibetan culture has been formed since the time the Lama culture was established in Tibet. The Tibetan form of Buddhism came from India when the Bodhisattva left from South India to preach Buddhism to the Tibetans. Buddhism became a state religion and was spread in Tibet by the edict of the Dalai Lama. The Dalai became the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism was called upon to assume full political power as well. The Dalai Lama to protect Tibetan culture from outside influence forbade…

The Dalai Lama is a renounced political and spiritual leader for Tibet and for Buddhism. The current Dalai Lama is the 14th Dalai Lama to exist. He was born, Lhamo Dhondup on July 6, 1935. The Dalai Lama was not only the embodiment of a living god, but Tibet itself (Marcello 1). Religious training at the early age was customary in Tibet. While a lot of families had a lot of children, it was normal for families to send one or two children to monasteries, where the children were sheltered, clothed…

2130520 Tutor Name: Dr. Ola Kittaneh The Dalai Lama Essay There are a lot of different religious and believes in this world. Today in this essay we will discuss in specific the Buddhism religion and more specific about a Tibetan Buddhist monk “The Dalai Lama”. During this essay we will talk about the reputation of the fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet who is Tenzin Gyatso who was born on 1935, how he established this reputation in Tibet first,…

Q1: According to the Dalai Lama what is the ultimate source of happiness? (materialism or warm heartedness) A: Dalia Lama, reiterates many times that the ultimate source of happiness is the appreciation of time and making the most use of it. By stating that, he is making a conscious effort to realize that everyday alive is a gift. He believes that the purpose of life needs to be positive without causing harm to others. Ultimately, he expresses that as a human race, we need to develop basic human…

The Dalai lama…a story of reputation “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing” these words of Abraham Lincoln describes how everyone could see a particular person in different points of view. In this essay, I am going to elaborate on the reputation of the Dalai Lama taking into consideration the issues involved in setting the Dalai Lama in his historical context, the Western and the Chinese’s views of him and how…

still have correct answers that leads to some good results, that would encourage some people to see him in a good perspective. Dalai Lama is usually presented in positive terms in the West, but for the People’s Republic of China (PRC), he is presented as an enemy and double-faced. The real question is, who is the Dalai Lama and how do his famous religion…

beings in general are dominated by anger. But as a counter he points out everyone should learn how to gain control of their anger and hatred. He also clarifies that he does not mean to let are anger fuel us when making decisions. According to the Dalai Lama, “The energy anger gives us is blind energy because it effects our rationality” (pg38). His solution to controlling anger was working on reasoning and patience. He uses his theory on anger to back his claim that humans are interdependent by…

The 14th Dalai Lama is well traveled and has been forced to seek exile in India running away from the dictatorship of the Chinese government in Tibet. The Dalai Lama has met world’s religious leaders like the pope who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church as well as world’s political leaders in Asia, Europe, and North America including…