Lama

Christianity is one of the three major monotheistic religions. A monotheistic religion is one where there is only one god. The god of the Christian religion is Jesus. Jesus is the creator of the world as shown in John 1:1-4. Another view of Jesus is as the judge and punisher of human. kind. The judgement will occur during the apocalypse, also known as the second coming. The apocalypse is the day that Jesus will return to earth to judge the evil people and reward those who have been faithful.…

Every teenager argues with their parents. But for me, it went past the 'teen angst' — My mom and I just didn't get along. For years I dealt with it, thinking that this was how things were. Eventually, after one particularly terrible fight, my mom told me to move in with my dad. I was ecstatic. I had wanted to move out for years but never said anything because I knew it'd be more trouble than it was worth. In some ways it still was, but even though it was one of the hardest things I've ever done,…

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…

Social Justice Issue One of the most important things all religions deal with is death. Dying is often seen as an occasion for getting powerful spiritual insights and preparing for some type of afterlife. Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. So it’s not surprising that all faiths have strong views on euthanasia. Particularly, Roman Catholicism and Buddhism have similar and opposing stances on euthanasia. Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana…

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. ~ Dalai Lama In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Golding establishes many dynamic characters and non-dynamic characters through the struggles of trying to a new society on a deserted island. The dynamic characters, such as Jack and Ralph, change due to savagery and going along with the crowd. While, the non-dynamic characters, such as Piggy, have a sense…

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. Sri…

dharma.” (Dalrymple; 143) He decided to then give up his monastic vows and take up arms to fight for his religion. He joined the rebels to fight the Chinese in order to protect the dharma. In 1960, Tashi Passang went to India to protect the Dali Lama. He was forced to join the Indian Army. While he was in the army, he killed Pakistanis. “’Once you have been a monk, it is very difficult to kill a man,’ said Tashi Passang. ‘But sometimes it can be your duty to do so.’” (Dalrymple; 142) Tashi…

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,…

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” this quote by Dalai Lama is significant in this essay because Elie Wiesel and tons of other jewish people did not receive love or compassion during the holocaust. They were treated horribly and no human should have to ever experience what they have experienced. They were barely fed, had barely any clothing at all, and they were stripped of all of their personal belongings when they had first arrived. They…

aided the blacks received similar judgement and persecution. Additionally, the community in Maycomb tried to push the youths to fit their own expectations. As shown in these examples, injustice thrived and continues to thrive in the current day. Dalai Lama once said, “There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful” (A-Z Quotes).…