Steeped in rich traditions‚ Tibet is a land of rugged‚ breathtaking beauty and intriguing spirituality. But political repression and population engineering are radically changing the cultural landscape. Can Tibet’s traditions‚ ethnicity and customs survive in such controversial and precarious times? To what extent has Tibet been able to maintain its cultural identity? China’s and Tibet’s long and haggard history reached its dramatic climax in 1949‚ the start of China’s invasion and illegal annexation
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A THEMATIC ANTOBIOGRAPHY 1. Birth My name is Dorjee Choedak. I was born on 7th June‚ 1978 at a refugee camp in Mundgod in south India. I was then born to a middle class family with two siblings; my brother and myself. My father’s name is Tseten and mother’s Kalsang Dolma. Frankly speaking‚ being refugees‚ we were not rich but we were surely happy and fully satisfied with what we had back then. 2. Formal schooling Unlike the children inside Tibet‚ who were not sent to school but often either kept
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attention and bliss found in the present moment; the present moment is beautiful and fundamentally perfect. Therefore‚ one must choose to be happy right now in the present‚ because this is all that exists. Many years ago‚ I read a quote by the Dalai Lama‚ which I think is very applicable to this. He reported that when something is wrong‚ you can either fix it‚ and therefore it will work out and there is no need to worry‚ or there is nothing you can do‚ and therefore worrying about it is moot. When
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Let Me Decide A lawyer and feminist‚ Florynce Kennedy‚ once said “If men could get pregnant‚ abortion would be a sacrament”(“MIT Pro-Choice” 2). Florynce said this during a time when women had little to no control over their own body when the subject of abortion is at hand. The conflict of abortion is one that this country continues to struggle with to this day. Members of the American religious community must be made aware that abortion‚ in some cases‚ can be beneficial to both mother and child
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and Ritual in Tibet‚ (California: University of California Press‚ 1973)‚ 55 Kossak‚ Steven‚ Jane Casey Singer‚ essay by Robert Bruce-Gardner‚ Sacred Visions (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 1998)‚ 27 Trans. Glenn H. Mullin‚ The First Dalai Lama’s Six Texts Related to the Tara Tantra‚ (India: Tibet House‚ New Delhi‚ 1980)‚ 7-28 Purna‚ Dharmachari‚ “Tara: Her Origins and Development‚” Western Buddhist Review 2‚ 1997 <http://www.westernbuddhistreview.com/vol2/tara_origins_a_development
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were fighting for their freedom and Chinese governments were killing or bruising the poor unarmed civilians. While the Chinese government had different explanations about that: It was just a terroristic attack to the Tibet civilians plotted by the Dalai Lama revolting group. Both of the sides have shown enough pictures and videos with reports to the public to explain the so called “Truth”. A person with human reason will have a common sense that nowadays every piece of news with political or ideological
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Chapter 7 The Dalai Lama I. Myth Vs. History: Myth is a distortion that cannot be supported by evidence‚ whereas history is an account of the past that is based on a careful interpretation of evidence. In relation to questions of ultimate meaning – such as those concerning death and the reasons why people suffer – people often look to myths for answers. We might‚ then‚ see myth not as a distortion of evidence‚ but as an explanation for things that seem to be beyond rational thought or experience
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jungles. It is an abode of several natural scenic beauties‚ be it beautiful hill slopes‚ jungles or the waterfalls. Mainpat has a large population of migrant Tibetans‚ who settled here after 1959‚ when Dalai Lama and his
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Volunteering has affected my life in many ways. It has changed my attitude on life‚ my goals for the future and I know I would not be here living in Malaysia for one year if I had never began to volunteer. In one of my favorite quotes his holiness the Dalai Lama states that “It is necessary to help others‚ not only in our prayers‚ but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others‚ the least we can do is to desist from harming them.” I believe it is necessary to give in order to receive‚ to make others
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Claire Smith P6590497 Assignment 03 Part 1 THE DALAI LAMA Identify two of the reputations of the Dalai Lama revealed in this newspaper extract and discuss them in relation to Book 1‚ Chapter 7. This essay will discuss and consider two of the several reputations that surround the 14th Dalai Lama‚ as found in the newspaper extract and other sources. well done for giving your reader an idea of the discussion that will follow‚ however‚ try to avoid single-sentence paragraphs. Also‚ it would be
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