Essays on Dalai

Rubin a professional writer living in New York City is a mother of two lovely daughters. She woke up one morning to a realization that there was a need for her to improve her level of happiness. According to the Rubin statement, "I was in a danger of wasting my life" the author at this point gives a hint on what life entails. In as much as each and every individual has various unique elements that give meaning to a description of life, happiness is a standard feature in every person because human beings are social beings. According to ...

If 10 different people were asked if they were happy, there is the possibility of getting a positive answer. The majority of people believe that a happy person encounters more positive life experiences than negative life experiences. This is also means that each individual has their own way of defining happiness (Khoddam 1). This paper will discuss two approaches to happiness by two different individuals to include McMahon and comments received from the Dalai Lama when interviewed by Dr. Howard Cutler. McMahon asks a very serious question at the very beginning of the article “Doesn’t every American want ...

I. WHAT IS HAPPINESS? II. WHAT THE DALAI LAMA AND D. GILBERT SAY ABOUT HAPPINESS

A. THE DALAI LAMA’S VIEW

1. Desires – are they good or bad? 2. Self-satisfaction as the moving force. 3. Greed as the obstacle to happiness. 4. Two ways to be happy. B. DANIEL GILBERT’S POSITION. 1. Parents happiness with children 2. Reasons of parents’ unhappiness. a. Overexpectation. b. Children as a natural way to feel happy. c. The only source of happiness. III. PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TWO APPROACHES FROM THE POSITION OF INDUCTION AND DEDUCTION. IV. THE FIRST APPROACH IS MORE PROFOUND, AND THE SECOND APPROACH IS ...

Philosophy 223

Exam is open book, open notes, however, there should be no internet use or looking at other sources (besides the Kyabgon Traleg book The Essence of Buddhism and The Monk and the Philosopher) and no talking to anyone about the exam, etc.

Remember, “Karma means nobody gets away with nothing.” Ruth Denison

Please observe the academic honesty policies of the College. I am obliged to report any suspicion of violation. See the Dean’s office or me if you have any questions. Especially in a take-home exam situation, it is important to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Also, give credit to other sources, even if just to say, ...

Philosophy 223

Exam is open book, open notes, however, there should be no internet use or looking at other sources (besides the Kyabgon Traleg book The Essence of Buddhism and The Monk and the Philosopher) and no talking to anyone about the exam, etc.

Remember, “Karma means nobody gets away with nothing.” Ruth Denison

Please observe the academic honesty policies of the College. I am obliged to report any suspicion of violation. See the Dean’s office or me if you have any questions. Especially in a take-home exam situation, it is important to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Also, give credit to other sources, even if just to say, ...

In the beginning of his first topic of discussion Inner Values in an Age of Science, he is expressing how you do not solely need to rely on the blessings of something there is also the action that is needed to be taken. Although he does still value blessings and prayers, they are just psychological benefits for everyone religious or not. He continues to compare prayer to modern science. Prayer does not come close to the success stories from modern medicine, for instance, he explains how you can pray for all kinds of things but medicine advances are what ...

An important milestone in the history of religion was the emergence of the world's religions, which, in contrast to the ethnic and regional religions, have grown to and achieved an interethnic character. Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam – is the result of a long development of political, economic, and cultural contacts between countries and peoples. World religions emerged in the era of great historical turns, transitions from one to social relations the other. Despite all the differences and disagreements between world religions, there are such common characteristic features among them: 1) These religions brought the idea of equality of the coreligionists ...

Overview

Before the invasion of Chinese in 1949, Tibet was once an independent state for over two millennium. In later part of 1949, China attacked Tibet and officially occupied the nation in 1951. In 1959, a number of rebellions against the Chinese ended in uprisings in Lhasa for the purpose of gaining independence. During those periods, China creased the revolts, slaying an over 87,000 Tibetans in Lhasa. Tenzin Gyatso, a Tibetan leader, went to India along with his 80,000 supporters. The International Commission of Jurists termed the Chinese invasion genocidal. Tibet had all the characteristics of statehood based on the ...

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual as well as the sequential leader of Tibet. He has had to face numerous challenges since his accent to the leadership mantle, being sent to exile in 1959 at a time when the Chinese occupied Tibet. Since then, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been vigorously advocating for non-violence in his home country. As a result, the Dalai Lama has travelled the world over in a bid to give lectures on Buddhism teachings. This is in an attempt to make the teachings readily accessible to all nations worldwide. During his worldwide lecture tours, the Dalai Lama ...

Philosophy of Compassion in Regards to Propagating Buddhism

The Dalai Lama is both a spiritual leader is both and temporal leader of Tibet. He was exiled by the Chinese who invaded his Takster homeland, northeast of Tibet in 1959. In the heels of violence that broke, he fled to India after he could not prevent the violence. It is from Dharansala city that he has been leading the people of Tibet for more than forty-two years where he has formed an alternative government. In an effort to claim liberty for his people from the Chinese government, he crafted a constitution whose principals were based on Buddhism and the ...

Samsara, commonly known in English as reincarnation, is a Sanskrit word meaning the “continuous flow,” or the cycle of life that every being experiences, from birth to death and then rebirth (Sharf). Samsara also relates directly to the way one’s actions influence one’s cycle of birth and rebirth; actions have consequences, and when one acts in positive ways, one’s karma is positive; the inverse is true when one acts in negative ways (Sharf). Every Buddhist society recognizes the cycle of Samsara, although each society recognizes slightly different aspects of the process. According to Chinese Buddhism, the life ...

Introduction

It is popularly believed that the original Tibetan culture under the Dalai Lama was spiritual, non-violent and free from corruption, lust, and greed and that Tibetans lived happily in pre-1950 period before the invasion of the country by China. However, it is claimed by China that the reality was far from true as Tibetan society was marked by corruption, lust, greed, and barbarity. Not a long ago, the head of the Chinese administration for religious affairs, Ye Xiaowen, claimed in a published article in a state-run newspaper 'China Daily' that "History clearly reveals that the old Tibet was not the Shangri-La that ...

Dalai Lama’s article on preservation of Religious Harmony conveys the combined effort of the various religions teaching the control of mind for a peaceful world. As we look closely at our technical world, it is evident that most of the sufferings are a result of the disturbed human mind. Although many a solutions have been provided yet it has proved to be successful. Dalai Lama himself being a religious practitioner believes that every person has the right to follow or not follow certain religion. But once a religion is accepted the important part is to abide by it sincerely and not misuse it ...

Introduction

In the competitive business environment, business must employ strategies that will ensure its survival and relevance in the market. The business must make sure its products reach all its consumers both rich and poor in the society. Additionally, it must assess the market to evaluate how its previous strategies have position the business in the market and check whether to employ a new strategy or not. Thus, if the previous strategies have not brought any significant improvement of the business in the market, then it would be wise to change tactics of doing business. One of the strategies a business can ...

His Holiness, the fourteenth Dalai Lama is the head of the Tibetan Buddhism, a spiritual leader that is revered worldwide, and the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Born on July 6, 1935, to a peasant family, the Dalai Lama was identified at the age of two, based on the agreement of the Tibetan custom. He was recognized as the “reincarnation of his predecessor, the thirteenth Dalai Lama” (Varela, n.d). In general, the Dalai Lamas represents the materializations “of the Buddha of Compassion, who choose to reincarnate for the purpose of relieving suffering” (Valera, n.d.). As the winner of the Nobel Prize ...

Buddhism, just like any other religions of the world has different facets. The different groups involved have their chosen concerns which they embrace more than anything else. The same applies to the traditional forms of Buddhism and the more socially engaged form of Buddhism. As the Dalai Lama says, Buddhists have engraved their practices in compassionate actions and it is what defines Buddhism (Heinrich 9). Engaged Buddhism on the other hand defines those compassionate actions to be consciously placed and practiced more in public. The difference between the two therefore lies on the how; compassionate and affectionate one is ...

Religious studies

Buddhism and Yoga are correlated customs that evolved in the same spiritual background of the ancient India. The two traditions have many similar terms, follow the same principles and also share the same practices. This maybe explains why there is such confusion in differentiating the two as most people see yoga and Buddhism as alike. The differences between the two traditions are less common to the people from the west than their resemblances. People who study these traditions tend to think that one is borrowing some practices and terms or principles from the other. However, not only the ...

Leadership refers not to the position or power of a person; it is a particular person’s relationship with his or her followers/community. Ethics is not focused on the individual; it is about an individual’s relationship with the people around him or her. Therefore, leadership ethics relies on the web of relationships within the community. Workers or followers will conduct their behavior based on what the leader shows them. The leader is the one who sets the standards in an organization, and his actions directly impact all those around him or her, creating the mood set in the community. The ...

Elusive Objectivity: Historical Interpretation and the Reality of Sino-Tibetan Relations

Many of the various histories written about the tumultuous relationship between China and Tibet offer polarized accounts of an international controversy that has come to define the struggle for ethnic identity and political autonomy. Indeed, it is a conflict fought as much in the media and the international consciousness of the global community as it has been contested on the battlefield and behind closed doors between charismatic political leaders like the Dalai Lama and Mao Zedong. The historians and authors who have chronicled a struggle that spanned the 20th century have, in general, seen the matter in terms of Tibetan sovereignty ...

INTRODUCTION His Holiness is a Tibetan spiritual leader as well as a temporal leader of Tibetan people. As he always states, the life of His Holiness is always guided by three major commitments, namely: the promotion of basic human secular or values ethics in the interest of human happiness, fostering or inter-religious harmony and the entire welfare of the Tibetan people, focusing on the survival of their identity, religion and culture (Farber, 2009). His Holiness fulfills these commitments through his various activities, his public speeches, widespread international visits and publications. His Holiness the Dalai Lama always says that the Tibetan ...