Comparison Of Heinrich Harrer And The Dalai Lama

Everything started when the 13th died, and the tibetan government saturated to look the reincarnation of the new Dalai Lama. Using their mythical techniques to find the new Dalai Lama. Turning from the north to the South the suspected that the new ruler will be found in that region of Tibet. They got like a vision of the sacred lake Lhamo Lhatso. Following their vision, a search party that was hosted by Admo decided that they will go there to investigate. When they found a statue of turquoise and gold structure they thought they were even closer and closer to the new ruler. They stayed there the whole night to investigate if their little Lhamo Thondup.e 3 year old son called, Lhamo Thondup. The

The Tibetans and the Navajo Native Americans are from different cultures. The Tibetan’s have lived intertwined with China for centuries. They tried to free themselves from China rules yet they failed. The 14th Dalai Lama fled China and found exile in India. China to this day has total control over Tibetan people. “Using all the tools of repression to deter and punish Tibetan resistance” as stated on Free Tibet. The people of Tibet are dedicated to the Dalai Lama. The monks and nuns play a vital part in the community, furthermore they are viewed as teachers and mentors. The Chinese did not want the Dalai Lama to have the followers that he had. If a person how any paraphernalia of the Dalai Lama could lead to their incarceration and or torture. The Chinese monitors and controls the religious aspects in Tibet. Consequently, the Chinese government found the devotion of the Tibetans to the Dalai Lama as a danger to their political goals. By way of contrast with the conflict with the Chinese government, the monks live a simple life. The Tibetan monks believes in the liberation of all being, personal enlightenment, compassion and nature around us.

In 1950, China sent 40,000 Chinese troops, ironically known as “the People’s Liberation Army”, to invade a relatively large and peaceful country named Tibet for their abundant resources. Due to this national crisis, the position of the 14th Dalai Lama was given to Tenzin Gyatso (“Birth to Exile”). Over the next few decades, China’s harassment of Tibet caused a myriad of problems, such as famines, the destruction of many sacred Buddhist monasteries and other cultural sites, etc. Thirty year after the initial Chinese invasion, the people of Tibet protested out of outrage that nothing has changed for thirty years, to which China responded with brutal force to stop the protesters. Due to the Dalai Lama’s

Tezin Gyatso, the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet, was born in Amdo, China on July 6, 1935 into a peasant family. At the age of two, Gyatso was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, and therefore an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, the Buddha of Compassion. Gyatso’s life as the Dalai Lama began when he was enthroned at the age of four in Lhasa. However his political responsibilities did not arise until 1950 when thousands of soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army invaded Lhasa. In 1959, the Tibetans held the largest demonstration against China’s invasion of their home, therefore declaring Tibet’s already established independence. This was known as the Tibetan National Uprising, which was crushed by the Chinese army. As a result, Gyatso and over 100,000 Tibetans fled across the Himalayas and into India where His Holiness was given political asylum.

The last piece I want to discuss was a 2013 study conducted by Mark Hoekstra and Cheng Cheng. This piece was featured in the Journal of Human Resources, and it examined SYG laws and their effects on homicides and violent crime. In this study, Hoekstra and Cheng tried to determine if SYG laws deterred criminals from committing crimes, because the cost of committing crimes such as burglary increased. Using data from Uniform Crime Reports between 2000-2010, Hoekstra and Cheng found that SYG laws had no effect on burglary, assault, or robbery. In addition, there was an 8% increase in the number of murders and nonnegligent homicides. Hoekstra and Cheng (2013) state this increase in homicides was, “probably due to the fact that SYG laws reduce the expected cost of using lethal force in order to thwart a crime. Given that the cost is lower, more potential victims are using lethal force, thus resulting in an increase in homicides (853).

Although China still has not yet given Tibet its freedom, the country of Nepal has offered refuge to monks, artists, and other Tibetans. Despite being away from their homeland, these people will be able to preserve their culture and with a leader like the Dalai Lama, perhaps one day Tibet will be free again.

Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass.” Auschwitz. Mass genocide. These words can never be uttered without the mention of Adolf Hitler, perhaps the cruelest man ever to walk this earth. Even fiction characters in books and movies have difficulty matching his barbaric status. However, in World War Z, the author, Max Brooks, comes very close to creating a character as evil and cruel as Hitler. Brooks portrays Redeker as a fictitious Hitler, but the difference between Redeker and Hitler is that the people of South Africa needed Redeker’s twisted brilliance, while the people of Germany would have been far better off without Hitler’s psychotic ideas.

The fourteenth Dalai Lama, named Tenzin Gyatso, has been both the spiritual and political leader of Tibet for about sixty-five years. When most people imagine life as a political or spiritual leader they most likely imagine a life of privilege and luxury. His Holiness, however, has lived a life of exile away from his people and his country. When His Holiness was at the young age of fifteen, The People's Liberation Army invaded and took control of Tibet. In order to protect the religion of Buddhism and his life, he fled Tibet and journeyed to the neighboring country of India. Since then, he has been joined by a number of refugees who, to this day, try their best to preserve their religion for generations to come. Can you imagine trying to protect

Well known author and journalist, George Orwell, in his essay, Shooting an Elephant, describes his experiences as a Policeman in Moulmein, Burma during European Imperialism. Orwell’s purpose is to convey the ideal that what is right and what is accepted don’t always align. He adopts a remorseful tone in order to convey to the reader the weight of his actions. By looking at George Orwell’s use of imagery and figurative language, one can see his strongly conflicting opinions on Imperialism.

Happiness is a feeling that all humans seek for in their lifetime. We all want to experience happiness, but we are not all willing to carry out the healthy steps of achieving this bliss feeling. The Sources of Happiness and What Makes a Good Life share some similar, yet also, different opinions on happiness. The Dalai Lama and Robert Waldinger agree that the relationships we invest in can determine our state of mind, but differ on whether we can achieve happiness by ourselves. In The Sources of Happiness, the Dalai Lama expresses that what truly brings us happiness is our state of mind.

However, this trip was unsuccessful and in 1959 the Tibetans were subdued in Lhasa by Chinese troops, forcing the Dalai Lama into exile where he currently lives in northern India (BBC, 2009). Since his exile, the Dalai Lama has worked for peace and democracy. In 1963, he created “The Charter of Tibetans in Exile” which protected the freedoms of speech and belief (BBC, 2009). To promote peace, he addressed the United States Congress in September of 1987 and proposed a Five-Point Peace Plan for Tibet (BBC, 2009). This plan included transforming Tibet into a zone of peace, abandoning Chinese population policy, respecting Tibetan’s human rights and freedoms, protecting the Tibetan environment, and negotiating peacefully with the Chinese (BBC,

While these two viewpoints are incredibly different, points can be taken from both in order to achieve a compromise that promotes humanitarian values and morals without risking the sacrifice of security and culture. I think that the most important thing that the Dalai Lama’s argument proposes is not condemning our fellow man. This is not to say that everyone you meet in life deserves the compassion he suggests to show, but not passing judgment on someone without due cause is a staple of western society. He is right to say that we should not abandon this just because those being judged come from other parts of the world. In turn, the self fulfilment and happiness that come from being a more loving and compassionate person gives enough reason

Whilst examining the world’s leaders, there is no one who compares to the Dalai Lama, who is the religious and political leader of Tibet. The Dalai Lama, (Tenzin Gyatso) had a customary childhood until the age of three, when Regent, one of the senior Lama’s, had a vision that was conclusive to having Tenzin Gyatso as the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. After years of schooling in religion and worldly affairs, he became Head of the State of Tibet at the age of 16, but was later forced into exile by the Chinese government in when Tibet was invaded. Despite all the hardship he has been forced to endure, he refuses to give up his fight for freedom and treats all sentiment beings with love and compassion. Through his fight for freedom, he

“The Dalai Lamas are the manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion who chose to reincarnate to serve the people.” The Dalai Lama means, “Ocean of Wisdom.” The Dalai Lama is a Buddhist monk and is a spiritual and political leader of Tibet. He was born on July 6, 1935 in Takster, China of northeastern Tibet. His original name was Lhamo Dhondup which his name will change to Tenzin Gyatso. (NobelPrize)

About 100,000 people followed him into exile and he established a democratically based alternative government at Dharamsala in Punjab, India, aptly known as little Lhasa. It has cultural and educational institutions and serves as a “capital-in-exile” for 140,000 Tibetan refugees. In the past decade, the Dalai Lama has tried to negotiate with the Chinese while in the main time pleads for help where ignored by United Nations and NATO who have gone to war to defend the Kawaties, the Bosnians and others. Despite the fact that they have forsaken the Tibetan people in favor of selling products to the Chinese masses the Dalai Lama is still fighting for the freedom of his people until this day. He is 63 years old and hopes to return to his country in his lifetime.