Upon comparing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dalai Lama it becomes apparent that the two share many similar doctrines and beliefs. Although they come from two totally different backgrounds it seems as though their overall goals and dreams coincide. The most striking similarity is that both men advocated/advocate for peace and nonviolent solutions to problems. While they may have approached matters differently the goal was the same. Analyzing both men one begins to see that they are admired by so many people because of their philosophies.…
The book I picked up for review is “An Open Heart” by The Dalai Lama. The title of the book indicates how one can actually become compassionate towards others, how can one transform from self centered heart to generous heart .The book depicts the Buddhist psychology and their way of living that can be adopted by anyone of any faith. Author has discussed various meditation techniques .This book will help to break free the reader from mental blocks set by him and will make him think about his role in making world a more loving and peaceful place.…
As the 14th Dalai Lama wrote in his book Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World, ¨Recognizing our shared humanity and our biological nature as beings whose happiness is dependent on others, we learn to open our hearts, and in doing so we gain a sense of purpose and connection with those around us¨ (H.H. Dalai Lama 73). Thus, when one performs an act that opens his heart and connects him to the world around him, he is sharing his humanity. People must understand the necessity of shared humanity in their lives because the aspects it encompasses are what distinguish them as human beings. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck demonstrates the validity of humans being able to share their humanity through love and sacrifice.…
While Chinese at first acknowledged Buddhism and shielded its arrangements, throughout the hundreds of years others progressively investigated Buddhism's nonattendance from past writings and utilized it as a substitute for political and social issues. At the point when there was no domain to uphold laws, Buddhism picked up ubiquity, yet after majestic power reemerged, Buddhism confronted mounting restriction. An extra record that demonstrates the genuine quantities of believers to Buddhism amid this time, ideally in a chart, would be valuable in figuring out if or not the creators' stresses in archives against Buddhism were grounded.…
There is the constant Hindu idea that social duty and obligation are far more important than personal desires.…
As people mention the virtue, generosity, they always conceive of an image of a wealthy philanthropist who donates his money to people in need. However, in my opinion, the concept of generosity exceeds the narrow connotation of giving to others, and not only can rich people become generous; rather, generosity comprises of empathy to share others’ feelings, magnanimous tolerance towards other people, and returning to them with kindness.…
Appiah poses a question: What do we owe strangers by virtue of our shared humanity? Appiah’s answers this with his personal story, history, literature, and philosophy. Pre-historic hunter-gatherers encountered fewer people in a lifetime than we would on a single day walking down the streets of Delhi, or New Orleans. Centuries ago, people lived in a world where they were isolated, and unable to communicate between different countries. Today we live in a world where most of what we do can affect people in other countries. According to Appiah we are responsible for every other human being. Appiah’s understanding of the responsibilities of a human being is that we should understand, and tolerate other countries, but not all people may actually want to accept other beliefs. We should be able to understand and tolerate other countries beliefs because that is how we are responsible for every other human being. Appiah gives many examples in his writing regarding these two factors.…
Everyone, every day, has a chance to show compassion to someone in need. When people are driving down the road and see others, homeless, sitting out by the road just waiting for someone to show them a little compassion and help them out. That is a chance to show some compassion even on a small scale. I know I usually don’t take these opportunities to show compassion, but why? Why is something so simple and easy as handing a dude a dollar on the street hard for me to do? This is probably due to the fact that I don’t like to be out of my comfort zone when dealing with strangers. Who knows what this raggedy man is capable of doing. What if he isn’t even really homeless, and just looking for some easy money. In the end, this man that sits on the side of the road all day long wants the same thing as me, in the Dalai Lama “The Ethics of Compassion” the author writes “…whether fortunate or unfortunate, distant or near, they desire to be happy and not to suffer.” How would I live differently if I took the ideas of this author seriously?…
Auditor General: provides SCOPA with reports in order for SCOPA to ensure that states funding are accounted for.…
Almost everybody I have ever met can recognize a Buddha statue, but few folks who I have ever associated with understand the meaning of the Buddha. Myself included was one of those folks blessed with such ignorance. When the term Buddha was brought up, all I thought about was the pudgy bellies of myself and fellow offensive lineman on my high school football team. Nirvana! Hey isn't that one of the great rock bands of the early nineties? Right? In this paper, I will explain who the Buddha was and the deep meaning of the message that Prince Guatama preached.…
The purpose of this essay is to question the readers. Ascher wants the audience to analyze themselves to determine the reason behind why people show kindness, whether it is out of fear, pity, or compassion.…
In this Hadith shown that for us to be kind, we ought to be sensitive and tenderhearted. Our kindness ought to come from deep within our heart. It was clearly stated that Prophet emphasized Muslim to be kind to Allah’s creatures out of love for Allah, and out of love and appreciation for Allah’s creation. The kind and tender deeds of these creatures is an act to be rewarded by Allah Almighty. Our kindness is supposed to extend to everything around us. For examples, we need to be kind to the needy and the orphans and to feed, help and say kind words to them is a true act of piety. Furthermore, our kindness should involve not only helping hand, but also spending our money to help people. Spending our own wealth to help others that are less fortunate is an important…
How can people make the life of others better? This is an important question that everybody has to ask themselves. However, not everyone can to answer it. It sounds easy, but it is not. Mahatma Gandhi said, “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” This phrase is the beginning of many changes in their attitudes. For example, some people donate organs, other people work as volunteers in natural disasters, and others opt to donate relief aid to children or seniors in natural disasters or holidays.…
The Dalai Lama explains that greed is an excessive desire for wanting more and even if we obtain the items, we are still not satisfied. Therefore, contentment is the true antidote for greed because we should not want more, but rather to desire and appreciate what we have. The author Cutler explains the difference between happiness and pleasure by stating that true happiness relates more to the mind and heart. Furthermore, happiness that depends on mainly physical pleasure is unstable on account of one day it’s there and the next it may not be. It took me over thirty years to decide to return to school and rekindle my love for learning. I must admit that I have always desired to return to school, but raising three children and being a stay at…
It was Aesop that said “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted,” and Mother Teresa said “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” Kind acts are never a waste, even if it takes your attention off of material things like money and fortune. The smallest acts, or even words, although easy to do, can spread like an echo and create a chain reaction, making others do other good deeds. Although short, this poem has a powerful and well known meaning,…