Essays Tagged: "Dalai Lama"

Tibet

lación de Tíbet.Además, en el año mil novecientos cincuenta y nueve, el Dalai Lama de Tíbet se escapó del país. Ahora está viviendo en India com ... cute;s. Ahora está viviendo en India como un exiliado con el resto del gobierno tibetano. El Dalai Lama es el líder espiritual y político del país. India es el país ...

(2 pages) 88 1 2.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Dalai Lama- A Leader Of Peace

The Dalai Lamas, each a Buddhist monk, have been traditionally the spiritual and temporal leaders of Tib ... e 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 (of wisdom)". Each Dalai Lama b ... ch means "Ocean (of wisdom)". Each Dalai Lama beleives that he is the reincarnation of the previous Dalai Lama and all are incarnations of Avalkitesvara, the Buddha of Compassion. Avalokitesvara is be ...

(1 pages) 98 1 4.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Buddha

using harm to the slightest thing is perplexing. I remember in the movie Seven Years In Tibet, the Dalai Lama wanted to build a movie theater. They could not build it immediately due to the fact the ... ollowers are reborn and detached from their suffering.This rebirth is shown directly through the Dalai Lama. This is because they believe that he is the reincarnation Buddha in human form. They b ...

(4 pages) 37 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

The Devotion of Ramakrishna

the type of man he was; he would sacrifice a great deal in order to aid others. Much in the way the Dalai Lama suffers through samsara to help all those on the path to enlightenment, Ramakrishna devot ...

(12 pages) 49 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

Texts discussed are: This Lime Tree Bower My Prison'-Coleridge 'The Wind in the Willows' - Kenneth Grahame 'The Art of Happiness - His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C.

Willows' by Kenneth Grahame, and 'The Art of Happiness - A handbook for living' by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler has given me insight into a very convoluted notion.There are many im ... can be a risk rather than an enjoyment. My related text for journey is a factual book by the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler called 'The Art of Happiness'. This book relates to the imaginative ...

(4 pages) 36 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Essay for literature of the haulocaust class. Essay on book by Simon Wiesenthal called "Sunflower."

would have done I seem to relate more to the approach of Stein and Heschel rather than that of the Dalai Lama or Dith Pran. I tend to side with them for one reason. I believe that Karl decided to con ...

(3 pages) 51 0 5.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Tibetan religious practics before Chinese political manipulations.

politics, it becomes an unchallangable power. Among the very few people who possess this power, the Dalai Lama is one of them.However, politics in Tibet had never been as significant as today. It had ... e British troops.Problems began to emerge after the delaration of the Independence of Tibet by 13th Dalai Lama. Wars against the Hans and the escape of the 14th Dalai Lama to India drove Tibet more po ...

(4 pages) 49 0 3.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Essay about a talent, experience, contribution or personal quality I hope to bring to the University of California.

highest plateau on the earth; to me, it was the primary resource gathering for my Extended essay on Dalai Lama and the Chinese communist party.Being a Chinese, writing my extended essay topic on somet ... aded by my own country which was now still fighting for its independence. Its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama was forced to flee to India. Tibet should be an independent country! After knowing all th ...

(2 pages) 68 0 4.1 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Research Question: How does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) use religion as a tool to achieve its political target?

st Party (CCP) taken direct control over Tibet, and the escape of the highest spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Tibetan people's life have been completely changed. With the incoming of Hans and foreig ... ery single step. They may still pray in front of the Panchen Lama's picture every morning (the 14th Dalai Lama's picture is banned in the region). However, what they care more now might be where to ta ...

(15 pages) 66 0 3.7 Dec/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

The Teacher - The Dalai Lama of Tibet

eoning group in the West who are sceptical about TibetanBuddhism and its most prominent member, the Dalai Lama. They say they aresuspicious of the increasing number of wealthy and glamorous people who ... e convenient to sit onthe couch and watch 'The Teacher'.In it, His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, talks about the mostsimple tenets of Buddha's teachings - which will perhaps explain the ...

(3 pages) 34 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Tibetans

rs ago has caused a cultural war. Although the Tibetan's and their leader His Holiness the 14th the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyasto have chosen to try and peacefully resolve their occupation by the Chinese g ... as been arresting those of the highest value among the Tibetans for not denouncing his Holiness the Dalai Lama.The occupation of the Chinese government will also no doubt dramatically affect Tibetan s ...

(1 pages) 21 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

The Art Of Hapiness

lly written by Howard Cutler, an American psychiatrist who has done a serios of interviews with the Dalai Lama. This book is the sum of all of the conversations and meetings between the Dalai Lama and ... gure Head of Tibetan Buddhism and the Tibetan Government in exile centered in Dharmsala, India. The Dalai Lama has written many books of his own about his life and traditional life in Tibet; My Land a ...

(4 pages) 7 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Human rights in tibet

any occasions, though. This lead to the National Uprising in 1959, and after that, the exile of the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, and many governmental leaders (Office of Tibet 1).During and ... have only learned a fraction of there is to find out (TCHRD 1).To remedy all of these problems the Dalai Lama proposed a Five-Point Peace Plan. He released this in 1987, and the Chinese were quick to ...

(7 pages) 33 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

360 Degree EvaluationsChina An

to militarily force China out of Tibet? During the 1600's Tibet was a very powerful country and the Dalai Lama was introduced as the leader or Tibet. China controlled Tibet in the Early 1700's. The Br ... Even after 1911, China still claimed Tibet as an area within the Chinese domain. In the 1920's the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama fought over political affairs. Panchen Lama left Tibet and went to C ...

(4 pages) 1001 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Kundun

Kundun is a film depicting the life and times of the fourteenth spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama. He was a great man of numerous good qualities, which were clearly shown in the movie. He ... to lead his people and would do it with dignity. He had to live up to the expectations of the last Dalai Lama, another great man indeed, since he was looked at as his reincarnation. Having to live up ...

(2 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Tenzin gyatso, 14th dalai lama and his contributions to Buddhism

like any other normal child until the age of two when he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama before him. When he was fifteen years old he took on a huge role and became a political l ... f Buddhist philosophy. Since 1960 he has been living in exile in Dharamsala, India.ContributionsThe Dalai Lama has made many contributions to Buddhism and has changed it in many ways for the better. O ...

(5 pages) 13 0 0.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

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 strugg ... es and he is recognized as a charismatic figure and noted public figure. Tenzin Gyatso is the first Dalai Lama ever to travel to the West, where he has helped to spread Buddhism and to publicize the c ... age of two, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are considered the manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, who choo ...

(4 pages) 12 0 3.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Tenzin Gyatso Tibet Spiritual Leader and Head of State

lways consider myself as a simple Buddhist monk." Yes, indeed, Tenzin Gyatso, his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, is a Buddhist monk, but a very special one. Not only is the Dalai Lama the spir ... ad of state of Tibet- in exile - and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Among all other world leaders, the Dalai Lama is certainly a very special kind of leader. His residence used to be Potala Palace in Lha ...

(6 pages) 15 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Ib Tok Essay

agreement�concerning the peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951. It was supported by the 14th Dalai Lama and he acknowledged Tibet as a part of China. Whereas Tibetans claim that the 17-point ag ... 40,000 PLA troops had already seized Tibet's eastern provincial capital, Chamdo. In Tibet, the 14th Dalai Lama could not freely express his disapproval but he repudiated this Agreement after he went t ...

(7 pages) 28 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Believe Within

her mental disposition, natural inclination, temperament, belief, family, and cultural background. (Dalai Lama 132)As I began my reading of the Dalai Lama, his words brought me to reflect on my own sp ... we need five billion different religions, because there is such a large variety of dispositions." (Dalai Lama 132). The Dalai Lama spoke straight to my heart with those words, which reminded me of th ...

(5 pages) 28 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith