Apathy According To The Dalai Lama

In today 's world, the role of technology has become primal and a necessity in our daily lives. In The Dalai Lama, we are able to see the astounding capabilities that the new technological advancements are able to do. However, to only a certain extent are these advancements beneficial, as these improvements can as well lead to serious matters in regards to our system of ethics and moral reasoning. By being able to establish a limit on the use of these advancements, it is possible to create a balance between the benefits of the technological improvements and being able to maintain a system of global ethics. The role of genetic manipulation, cloning and selection of traits all have potential in providing humanity with assistance in making daily living an unchallenging asset.

The conscience is significant in all things regarding work, problem solving, decisions, and prospects. Conscience involves the inner feeling or voice to act in a manner of guiding you towards the right resolution. Based on Gandhi’s list of dangerous human virtues, pleasure without conscience is the most dangerous virtue of the seven. It’s the most dangerous although the conscience helps form decisions. When delivering precise decisions, knowledge becomes

Most  religious  leaders  come  to  power  through  elections  or  appointment.          However,  the  leader  of  the  Gelug  school  of  Tibetan  Buddhism,  the  Dalai  Lama,  is  simply  found.          Buddhists  believe  in    reincarnation,    the  idea  that  a  person’s  soul  never  dies  and  is  instead  born  into  a  new  body.          Additionally,    the  death  of  one  Dalai  Lama  spurs  the  quest  for  a  young  person  born  with  that  special  soul. The  search  for  the  fourteenth 

There are two different types of avoidance attachments: fearful and dismissive. People with either of these avoidance attachment styles often say that they are uncomfortable being close to others; and they find it hard to trust and depend on others. They get nervous when anyone gets too close to them, or when romantic partners want to be more intimate with them. People with a fearful style of avoidant attachment often have mixed

In “Ethics and The New Genetics” the Dalai Lama mentions that society lacks a moral compass due to social and economical boundaries with new science and technology. While doing so he discusses unbiased opinions about genetic advancements- medicine, cloning and genetically modified food- in society today, keeping in mind the long-term effects genetic changes have on society as a whole.

As stated above, apathy can help motivate some people. In fact, the Greeks had an entirely different idea behind the word apathy. In the original Greek word, apatheia was defined as the insensibility to pain or suffering. The Greeks had an idea that one should push through and even ignore pain. In this way of thinking, the Greeks believed being they could be objective or impartial due to non-suffering. When properly reflected upon, apathy can, in fact, inspire a person to push past the fear of pain or failure. It is important to understand that failure will happen, yet when it does we must bounce back, learn from our mistakes, and press on. We cannot hide from failure, it will come regardless, or we will grow apathetic to the situation. If we truly have an interest in the goal, then it is imperative to stand up and face what may happen. While it may hurt, and may even in fact frighten us, we must push forward. We must not concern ourselves with the pain, the fear, and the failure and focus on the goal. We may learn from all of these.

Abandonment issues are waking up with tear-stained pillow plastered to your face. A white path of sorrow left on your face from the night before. Fear of abandonment is a feeling that never goes away. It is the feeling of pins and needles on your skin when you're nervous. If you've ever felt this you don't know why you felt this or how it even began. It is the feeling of running across hot coal just to make it to the finish line but still not winning. It is the feeling of having to stand

In the excerpt “Ethics and the New Genetics” by The Dalai Lama, also referred to as Tenzin Gyatso, demonstrates the use of new emerging uncoverings that scientists have made in genetic technologies and how progressive they are being enhanced to become. He argues how researchers are speaking about being able to developes the genetic make-up in productions to assist those who can not or have the convenience of having edible goods. Another thing that he speaks up about is how researchers have also detected a couple of particular types of making exact copies. One type of replication also referred to as cloning is remedial and the other is reproductive. In the Dalai Lama’s excerpt he stated that there is an exact time and place for when the

In the last century, scientists succeeded, to a great extent, to reduce humans from many different components into just a genetic component, disregarding all other components, especially the spiritual one. Sadly, the majority of the people have fallen into this trap. As empathy is one of the many expressions of the humans’ spiritual component, spiritual component itself is a reflection of human connection to the Creator. When human spirituality is in danger, it will naturally reflect negatively upon the person’s empathy. He will be careless and heartless about the life of others as well as his life, the condition of the neighborhoods and the society at large will deteriorate with him. Because the people all over the world are closely connected

The Dalai Lama has also challenged adherents to accept the fate that is given to them and make the greatest use of their reincarnated form. As a young child he was unable to reject the position of ‘Dalai Lama’ however he has managed to utilise this position to the best advantage and has bettered the world through this. He has pushed for the bettering of the world for both religious and secular societies. His messages of peace, tolerance and the renunciation of the desires of anger and revenge have resonated with people globally.

Buddha believes that our senses and conditioning are the problem as we are deceived that these are bad things. He says that the senses can be tricked and that we have been conditioned to believe things that could be false. That is why is has his four noble truths. First he believes that life is suffering. This could be shown through the fact that we grow old an die. This is just a part of our life that we can not control. That is why suffering has to be just part of life. The second noble truth is that cravings are the source of suffering. That is that if it wasn’t for us wanting something then it would have no effect on us if we didn’t get it. This includes what people think of us. We have a craving for people to like and accept us, and when

As I was mindlessly scrolling through my news feed, I took an extra glance at a video titled ‘Lady Gaga and the Dalai Lama talk kindness’. Needless to say I didn’t pay much attention to it. Not too long afterwards it was announced that Lady Gaga is now banned from China because of that video. This sparked my interest quite a bit actually and I wanted to know more. The video itself showed nothing offensive or jaw dropping, yet still the Chinese government took the liberty of firewalling the video. Therefore, making it legally impossible for anyone using China’s web browsers to watch it and make a legitimate opinion on the video for themselves (Chinese Anger). After doing some brief research I learned that his holiness the Dalai Lama himself, who is to Tibetan Buddhism as the Pope is to Catholicism, has been in exile from China since 1959. Now why would the Chinese government have such an important religious figure such as the Dalai Lama in exile and take the time to ban someone for simply having a publicized chat with him?

My definition of mindfulness is being in the here and now, paying attention to everything in the moment, and being nonjudgmental of your thoughts or feelings. A model for being mindful versus egoically-driven is by being aware of your thoughts and feelings of your ego in order to be mindful. However, if you let your ego’s thoughts and feelings take control of your mind then you are egoically-driven. For example, the ego is all of my thoughts and feelings that are a negative habit. When I am mindful, I am aware of those negative thoughts and feelings and I can now change my thought process that allows me to reduce my anxiety. Psychopathology is described in mindfulness terms as our awareness being stuck in negative habits that

Among world leaders, there is no one like His Holiness the Dalai Lama, religious and political leader of Tibet and winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize. Brought up from an unusual childhood, he became head of the state of Tibet at age 16, and was later forced into exile by the Chinese government. Despite all the hardship he had to endure he does not give up his fight for freedom and treats all sentiment beings with love and compassion. Through his fight for freedom, he has proven himself to be the spiritual and political leader whom the people of Tibet love.

Apathy. A lack of emotional interest, for our purposes, for other human beings. How have we become a race of unfeeling automatons? Have we evolved, or rather conversely, devolved, into a species with no compassion? What triggers this indifference to the plights of individuals not in our own inner sanctums? We feel for ourselves, our families, our friends, don’t we? Wait, DO WE?! The answer may be a surprise if we delve past the surface response. Why has this happened? That is the real question that should be asked.