Dalai Lama's Analysis

“Glinting orange through the green creepers, the Kombi family's mud-hut is barely visible now. Alphonse Kombi was murdered by militiamen in February. His wife, Bimosa, watched them eat his heart before they raped her, neighbours say. The trauma drove her insane. Two of the Kombis' four children had already died of malnutrition. Then, a fortnight ago, a distant relative came to collect the two survivors - an emaciated eight-year-old and four-year-old… ‘I have come to try to prevent these ones from dying," said Mr Kiyana, pointing to the two boney forms slumped on the ward's concrete floor. With their skin drawn tight over fragile bones, the children's

The People’s Liberation Army, during the early years of the People’s Republic of China, invaded Tibet due to its rich mineral resources and its tangential historical relationship with China. The current Dalai Lama was extremely young and just recently installed, making his life analogous to the struggles of the Tibetan people. After various early struggles for independence between the Tibetan people and China, the Dalai Lama was forced to flee into exile. Since then he has been espousing a vision for Tibet encompassing autonomy within China. Mishra’s article also discusses the governmental, social, and cultural aspects of the Dalai Lama’s life and the Tibetan independence movement. But, perhaps most important, the piece emphasizes the Dalai Lama’s modernistic and progressive attitudes, including a belief that he might be the last Dalai Lama as he considers the institution to have “outlived its

Tibet is located to the south-west of China, bordering India, Nepal, Burma and Bhutan. Originally, Tibet was made up of 3 provinces: U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo. The mainstream religion in Tibet is Tibetan Buddhism, different than regular Buddhism. Tibet was ruled by the Dalai Lama, a political and spiritual leader for the Tibetans. The practices of Tibetan Buddhism are part of the Tibetan people’s culture and are incorporated into their everyday life. This way of life is one that values all beings on Earth and is followed by very few people around the globe. Today, Tibet is not governed by the Dalai Lama, and the practice of Tibetan Buddhism is diminishing. On October 9, 1950, China invaded the country of Tibet. The Chinese, under communist rule, overthrew the Dalai Lama as a political leader. Since then, the Tibetan people have set up a government-in-exile that still helps with some Tibetan problems. The Chinese, however, are the ones who own Tibet’s borders and control the government. The people who live there, influenced by the

I wasn't able to watch the movie but I did watch the trailer. In the trailer talked about so much in little time about what happiness really is. As I was watching the trailer happiness doesn't means you have be rich and have all the money in the world to get someone or yourself happy. The trailer shows anything can make me happy. Going to the beach, play games, hanging out with family or friends. I think simple things can trigger happiness. I read both Dalai Lama and John Ciardi's essay, and I didn't feel like it wasn't enough emotion or enough proof of happiness. Because both of the essay focused more on one subject instead go abroad like the movie did.

The 14th Dalai Lama once said, “With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world”. In other words, this means that the key to the meaning of life is to find your purpose in life and using it to positively impact the rest of the world. With that being said , In the past few months I’ve realized that my purpose in my life is to be a successful real estate agent or boss and a humble individual. What led me to this reasoning is I have a passion for the real estate field because it a new adventure everyday and I love the thrill of the chase. The real estate market is very competitive, and everyone for themselves,

His holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, otherwise known as Tenzin Gyasto is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, known to be the reincarnation of Buddah himself. He was born on the 6th of july 1935 to a farming family in Taktserm, Amdo a rural village in northern Tibet. At the age of two he was recognised as the next Dalai Lama in accordance to Tibetan tradition. During his life the Dalai lama has made numerous major religious and global contributions, including the safeguarding of the Tibetan people, his advocating of environmental issues, the promotion of religious interfaith dialogue to create peace amongst all religions, the peaceful political negotiations with china and his publishing’s of many books contributing to the modernisation and promotion of Buddhism. His main emphasis is on love, forgiveness and compassion as he said "if you want others to be happy practice compassion, if you want to be happy practice compassion" These contributions made by the XIVth Dalai Lama have had an extremely significant impact on Buddhism as well as other faiths.

Upon first glance of the extract, it is evident, that despite Buddhists not having a God, they look to the Dalai Lama as 'God-like' or 'kingly', mainly evidence by referring to him as the 'god-king' seen in the extract of the assignment book. The title of the article itself even refers to this title that was given to the Buddhist in question. Their importance was only solidified when they became the heads of the Tibetan state and have been since the fifth1 Dalai Lama. Before the Chinese resolved to bring all Tibetan regions under their control2, the Dalai Lama's were known to be more king-like than just political beings – this ceased in 1904. From the passage extracted from Life Magazine's article, there isn't a single word said against the Dalai Lama and only seems to cover the important, and good qualities of the man in question. Being 'god-king' is one thing, but to be presented with white scarves as he fled from Tibet was a sign of “deep respect”, as white symbolised peace, showing that those whose path he crossed wished him no ill-will. This suggests that he was a reputable man amongst his people, and well regarded by those around him.

The Dalai Lama has three major commitments. One is being a religious and spiritual specialist who boosts global unity of all religions. The other one is to stimulate humanity and its values. The last one is to stand and fight for his followers and emancipate them from China’s grasp after which he will withdraw from politics and concentrate on spiritual and religious matters. It is his belief that all religions, despite their differences, have a standard capacity, which is an enhancement of all good things in people (Thurman

The Dalai Lama is a notable figure hence the exceptional culture from which he emerged. The concept Dalai Lama is associated with history and religion thus these two aspects should be accurately scrutinized by anyone wishing to analyze his reputation. Who is the Dalai Lama? There is no definite answer to this controversial question. However, we can say that he is not only a simple Tibetan Buddhist monk but also the religious and political leader of Tibet. His reputation can be investigated through discussing the issues that cooperated in establishing his image. In other words, issues such as the way he is regarded by the west and the People’s Republic of China, the religious influence, the political impact, and his personal characteristics

During 1950, china invaded tibet and the small tibetan army couldn’t handle the stronger chinese army and had to give in. In 1951, a peaceful liberation took place and was signed by Tibet making many agreements with China. The biggest condition was giving authority to the chinese over Tibet. The upcoming anniversary of this liberation should not be commemorated because this was an invasion on the tibetan culture and on the lives of the tibetan people.

Once the CCP started governing China in the 1940s, it immediately planned to “liberate” Tibet—that is, “to incorporate Tibet into China” (Goldstein, 2006, P.148). In October 1950, the CCP failed to reach a compromise with the Dalai Lama with regards to Tibet’s “liberation,” and eventually invaded Tibet’s easternmost province (Goldstein, 2006, P.148). The Dalai Lama requested urgent help from the US, the United Nations (UN), and Western Europe (Goldstein, 2006, P.148). When none of the appeals were responsive, the Dalai Lama sent a representative to Beijing to negotiate Tibet’s autonomy (Goldstein, 2006, P.148). In May 1951 Tibet signed the “Seventeen-Point Agreement,” which claims to "reunite" Tibet with the Chinese "Motherland" (Sloane, 2002,

Because of the Dalai Lama’s celebrity, many aspects of Buddhism are embraced by the West, such as meditation and in therapeutic counselling. Also, there is a thriving industry in Buddhist related

In the past, falling in love meant you would stay with someone forever. Decades later, you would sit on a porch swing as your grandchildren stole cookies from the kitchen. Back then, the only way a couple would separate is if one of them died in a war. Today, modern children are constantly amazed at how long older couples stay together. In some cases, the aged lovers die within just a few hours of each other. Unfortunately, many modern couples do not realize

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

Over the past few decades, there have been many political problems in Tibet. This can be attributed to the ongoing problem between Tibet and China. Tibet had previously, for many years, been faced with occupation by the forces of the People's Republic of China in their land. This was very alarming to many people, including the highly respected Dalai Lama of Tibet. The Dalai Lama has been a very influential person in Tibet's history and many of the decisions he has made have directly affected the outcome of certain situations pertaining to the relationship between Tibet and China.