Panchen Lama

As a society today, people are moving in a much faster pace than ever before. Many of the advancements over the past few years can be accredited to digital media and the internet. Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the fourteenth Dalai Lama and leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, discusses the need for a moral compass in the biotechnology industry in “Ethics and the New Genetics”. However, use of the internet and social media is also in dire need of a moral compass. The internet and social…

In modern times religion and science are increasingly becoming viewed as incompatible, or at least non-overlapping. Damien Keown states that “Scientific discoveries, and theories such as evolution, have challenged many traditional Christian teachings…” at the expense of making them appear “...dogmatic, irrational, and backward-looking” (119). Despite its brief history in the West, Buddhism has gained increasing popularity in part due to its frequent portrayal as an exception to the conflict…

considered anything but mundane, the Dalai Lama describes himself as a “Simple Buddhist Monk” (“Brief Biography”). “Lhamo Thondup was born in July of 1935 to a farming family in northeast Tibet. By the age of six Thondup was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama after passing a series of test that included sectioning a series of person items once owned by the 13th Dalai Lama (“Brief Biography”). Shortly after Thondup recognition as the new Dalai Lama, a Chinese warlord then…

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…

Although the Dalai Lama has been of fundamental importance to advocate non-violent approaches to policies and has never claimed to be seeking an independent nation status for Tibet, disputes between the two States have frequently escalated into violent conflict. After almost 10 years of the guerrilla war between Tibetan rebels and China’s The People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers, on the 17th March 1959, the political and spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama was forced to flee his own…

birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama. One of the Panchen Lama’s jobs is to help find the reincarnated Dalai Lama. It is one of the jobs of the Dalai Lama to help find the next Panchen Lama. May 14th, 1995 the Dalai Lama has announced his recognition of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Niyma. Three days later the Chinese government kidnapped him and his family. The Chinese government appointed another boy, Gyaltsen Norbu, whose parents were communist party members as the next Panchen Lama…

Censorship, or the act of restricting the expression of certain dissenting or non-sanctioned views, represents a profound problem in many countries throughout the world. Although all governments arguably employ this tactic to an extent, some undoubtedly have a habit of suppressing their people more than others. China stands as a prime example of one such country. Denying any semblance of free speech to its 1.3 billion people, China’s various restrictions on expression, specifically in regards…

Number: 2 Student ID: 2140444 Tutor Name: Ms.Ola WHO IS DALAI LAMA? The Dalai Lama is known as the leader monk of Tibetan Buddhism and by tradition, is responsible for governing the Himalayan country. The name is a combination of the Mongolic word dalai meaning "ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "guru, teacher, mentor". The Tibetan word lama corresponds to the better known Sanskrit word guru. The 14th Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatsho is a Buddhist monk and the head monk of the…

The term is fitting. A decade when the only true authority in China was fear, the Ten Years of Chaos (better known as the Cultural Revolution) found its victims in millions of people, creating a dark and bitter age that continues to live in infamy. However idealistic the goals of the Cultural Revolution were, there was no firm plan for its execution. Terrifying purges, torture and brutality were simply enacted on the whims of the Chinese communist dictator, Mao Zedong, and the brainwashed youth…