Dalai Lama

Researching for life’s improvements is the goal for every engineer, this explains the countless hours engineers spend inside an office or a laboratory. Although people think of engineers as only creators of lifeless technology, many of biomedical engineers specialized in technology for the living. Meeting between medicine and engineering, biomedical engineers find solutions for medicine and, in some cases, people’s disabilities. These disabilities appear from accidents in the workplace to war…

conditions, they believe a human being should never be killed intentionally (“Buddhism and Abortion”). On November 28, 1993, the Dalai Lama said, “If the unborn child will be retarded or if the birth will create serious problems for the parent, these are cases where there can be an exception. I think abortion should be approved or disapproved according to each circumstance” (Dalai Lama…

Following a rise of the contemporary consumer society in America in 1920s, the accompanying lifestyle choices have become aspired to and as a result have spread across the ocean to the rest of the world. Nevertheless, the origins of consumer society date back to 16th century; and the real development began following the industrial revolution, when higher production required swift and higher consumption and as a result an expanding middle and working class have transformed into consuming class,…

The Dalai Lama once stated, “A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.” I believe this quote is a great example of what occurs throughout The Elegance of the Hedgehog because both the main characters Paloma and Renee are not transparent about who they truly are and as a result feel insecure around others. This insecurity is what spurs them on to lock themselves away and not voice their opinions because they are afraid of being different or standing out. While in…

incorporate forgiveness is not to sweat the little things. When you worry too much about the little things people do to you, you are more likely to be angrier and more agitated. “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” (Lama). The great philosopher Dalai Lama explains that others behaviors and actions shouldn’t affect you. Focus on you and your journey towards inner peace. Mahatma Gandhi speaks of the same philosophy, “Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to…

The Dalai Lama once said, “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” However, while this statement may ring true for the innocents, some may argue that monsters of society are undeserving of such compassion. Undeniably, there are such beasts in To Kill a Mockingbird’s Maycomb county – Mayella Ewell is willing to go along with her father’s plan to frame an innocent man for the most medieval of crimes, rape; Boo Radley is gossipped about throughout…

compassion narrows the difference among people. Buddhist practitioners always imagine a situation where there is a sentient being suffering and look at others from standpoint rather than secondary differences like color, religion, cultural background (Dalai Lama XIV, 1935). Morality is based on daily compassion, “It is simply and solely this compassion that is the real basis of all voluntary justice and genuine loving-kindness. Only insofar as an action has sprung from compassion does it have…

During the course of this semester we have examined the use of various motifs in Eastern European Cinema. We have looked at the imagery of phalluses and food, as well as the role of song and editing in each of the films. Along with the many motifs examined, there is one I have noticed was present in almost all of the films. Since the end of World War II, countries in Eastern Europe have continuously struggled with their allegiance to the communist state. Whether it be to denounce the communist…

The geographical elements in these six films have many things in common. They share both similarities and differences between them. In comparing and contrasting, the geographical elements in each film with the three approaches given to us, we will be able to read and understand them in greater heights. The quarrel is a story about two holocaust survivors Chaim and Hersh that meet by chance after few years and recollect and argue about their youth and past. Their conversation gradually evolves…

one’s beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.” He is basically saying that there is no need for us to enforce our core beliefs onto others, but rather accept people for who they are and not try and change them. The Dalai Lama expressed that “In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.” His point is that if we can accept someone who we might deem an enemy or someone we do not like, that is the best way for us to learn tolerance. Understanding…