Essays Tagged: "Tibetan Buddhism"
Dalai Lama- A Leader Of Peace
temporal leaders of Tibet. The Dalai Lama is also the head of the Dge-Lugs-Pa (Yellow Hat) order of Tibetan Buddhists.The title "Dalai" is a transcription of the Tibetan "Ta le", which means "Ocean (o ... birthday is traditionally honored with things like dances, picnics and singing. In accordance with Tibetan tradition, he was recognized at the age of two as being the reincarnation of his predecessor ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Little Buddha: Beliefs of Buddhism
d was a simple, ordinary boy who lived in Seattle. However, his whole life changed after a visit by Tibetan Monks. The leader of these monks was Lama Norbu. He taught Jessie the fundamental ideas of B ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Paranormality & Spirituality
Film Review of ' a saeson outside'
lence, through legends of 16th century Mughal attacks and through records of the aggression against Tibetan monks and families. This visual essay searches for a wisdom to transform conflict through a ... lores the philosophy of non-violence, even as covert videos show gangs of Chinese soldiers clubbing Tibetan monks. When Kanwar questions a monk whether all the injustice meted out to them does not dem ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Research Question: How does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) use religion as a tool to achieve its political target?
ires its people's loyal beliefs and unquestionable, sometimes irrational, devotion to it. Likewise, Tibetan Buddhism, a religion existed for centuries in the highest plateau on the world, had been bel ... ighest plateau on the world, had been believed, highly esteemed, and set above everything among the Tibetans. The Tibetan people believed that material progress alone would not give lasting pleasure o ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
The Teacher - The Dalai Lama of Tibet
There is a burgeoning group in the West who are sceptical about TibetanBuddhism and its most prominent member, the Dalai Lama. They say they aresuspicious of the in ... sing number of wealthy and glamorous people whoflock to teachings by an ever more visible number of Tibetan lamas aroundthe globe.Surely, they reason, there must be something rotten in the state of De ... too much to beauthentic? Is Richard Gere really a Buddhist?Criticism is no bad thing. In fact, the Tibetans, with their monastictradition of logic and dialectic debating, would welcome these sceptics ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The Art Of Hapiness
ations and meetings between the Dalai Lama and Cutler.The Dali Lama is the religious figure Head of Tibetan Buddhism and the Tibetan Government in exile centered in Dharmsala, India. The Dalai Lama ha ... le (1990), and My Tibet (1990). He also has written many books about the doctrines and practices of Tibetan Buddhism.Since the Dalai Lama did not write the book you question whether or not the Dalai L ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Religious Developments in Asia
t mountains, a vast arid plateau and great river valleys make up the physical homeland of 6 million Tibetans. It has an average altitude of 13,000 feet above sea level (Tibet at a Glance 1996). Tibet ... altitude of 13,000 feet above sea level (Tibet at a Glance 1996). Tibet is the traditional home of Tibetan Buddhism which, historically, has played an extremely important part in the lives of the peo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Asian Influence
on of an earlier personage, most often an important teacher." Penor Rinpoche, the Supreme Head of a Tibetan Buddhism school believes that Chungdrag Dorje, a 17th century Tibetan Lama, is reincarnated ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Tibet
ies work". However, in the case of Tibet, it is a direct result of the Chinese government depriving Tibetan people, human beings just likes us, of these freedoms.The Chinese government has treated the ... people with no respect what so ever, they have been raped, beaten tortured every day just for being Tibetan (Source 7). They are subject to racial prejudice and cultural assimilation for the Chinese p ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Tibet
ies work". However, in the case of Tibet, it is a direct result of the Chinese government depriving Tibetan people, human beings just likes us, of these freedoms.The Chinese government has treated the ... people with no respect what so ever, they have been raped, beaten tortured every day just for being Tibetan (Source 7). They are subject to racial prejudice and cultural assimilation for the Chinese p ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Nobel Peace Prize Winner: Tenzin Gyatso Work of Eternal Peace: the 14th Dalai Lama
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. He has struggled to bring the world's attention to the plight of the Tibetan people ... publicize the cause of Free Tibet.His Holiness was recognized at the age of two, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are cons ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Tenzin Gyatso Tibet Spiritual Leader and Head of State
bet, is a Buddhist monk, but a very special one. Not only is the Dalai Lama the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, but he is also the head of state of Tibet- in exile - and a Nobel Peace Prize winn ... , he was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama in accordance with the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhists believe that the current Dalai Lama is a reincarnation of a past ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism and Sacred Sound
Tibetan Buddhism and Sacred SoundMusic is a form of expression that can reach the inner most parts o ... ace for the conservation of the sacred sound. After listening to some of the musical samples of the Tibetan worship ceremony, it reminds me of a form of awakening. A determined and powerful mind can t ... termined and powerful mind can transcend through music and find greatness in the sound. A uses many Tibetan Buddhist worshipers seek in their daily devotionals. Buddhism integrates an assortment of pr ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism
Lysistrata
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Buddhism in Tibet
Harry DenoncourtProfessor Hoffman22 October 2014Global Human IssuesTibetan DiaryThe Tibetan Diary written by Geoff Childs this book is a non-fiction book about the Tib ... ety and their complex cultural. The author goes into further detail about the everyday lifestyle of Tibetan people living in the Nubri Valley in Nepal. Geoff Childs goes into the struggle that the peo ... ed the culture.The author does an excellent job of story telling his journey's when he explored the Tibetan villages. He also does a very good job of going back and forth between is reactions to what ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism