If I could have dinner with five people dead or alive I’d want to have dinner with J.K. Rowling‚ Daniel Radcliffe‚ Marie Antoinette‚ Oprah‚ and God. My reason for these choices are that these individuals each have a story that had some sort of impact in the world whether it be creation or imagination. Regardless of how much time goes by they will still be remembered as a part of what made the generations the way they were. The first person I’d want to have dinner with would be J.K. Rowling this
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their own religion. Dalai Lama and John Hick’s both believed that no matter what their religion a person will choose whatever religion is true for their lifestyle. The true goal is to get to the afterlife and both philosophers believed that each religion was there to better a person’s life and get them closer and closer to their end goal which is an afterlife full of happiness and love. Is this not what every person wants in the end to be happy‚ so why not believe what the Dalai Lama and John Hick spent
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“If you want others to be happy‚ practice compassion. If you want to be happy‚ practice compassion.” This is a very wise and true quote said by the Dalai Lama. One that took me a long time to accept and later embrace. In the last six months I have endured many hardships and out of it all have learned many valuable lessons. But the most important of those lessons was that happiness is gained through love and compassion. This lesson took me a very long time to learn. Previous to my unwind journey you
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Lauren Aming 14 January 2011 ENC 1102-092 Marquart Dalai Lama Reader Response In the excerpt “Ethics and the New Genetics” The Dalai Lama‚ also known as Tenzin Gyatso‚ presents to use the new arising discovery that scientists made in genetic technologies and how advanced they are becoming. He discusses how scientists are talking about being able to change the genetic make-up in produce to help those who cannot or have the advantage of having food. Another thing he brings up is how the scientists
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Prayer Role Model Essay - Dalai Lama For the last decades‚ two world wars within fifty years and countless terrorist attacks‚ genocides all over the globe creates one of the bloodiest era in human history. Due to the violence‚ competitive human nature‚ most individuals nowadays are controlled by the pace and pressure of society‚ hence‚ impotent to achieve inner peace‚ “a state of harmony‚ the absence of hostility” (Self Growth). However‚ a few were able to successfully manage a peaceful mentality
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captured by the British while climbing one of the world ’s highest peaks. He became the prisoner of war somewhere in India‚ but eventually‚ he escaped and made his way to Tibet‚ where he met Dalai Lama‚ who was considered the Holy Lord‚ defender of faith‚ and ocean of the wisdom by the Tibetans. The young Dalai Lama befriends him. Harrer learns to appreciate the Tibetan peaceful way of life. He remained there until 1950‚ when he was forced to flee the country in the wake of the Chinese incursion. After
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requires you to do several things: 1) Despite the differences that exist between the Dalai Lama’s understanding of the relationship between religion and ethics and Pope John Paul II’s understanding of the relationship between religion and ethics‚ it is clear that each thinkers’ ethical system has much in common with the other. In the first step of the paper‚ you need to identify two major similarities between the Dalai Lama’s ethical thought and Pope John Paul II’s ethical thought. 2) In the second
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This writer feels that the main philosophy being put forward in the first two sections of the book “Essence of Happiness” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler‚ M.D. is that happiness is a process of learning and training the mind to always see the positive in any situation or circumstance within oneself and others. To also develop a deep understanding of warmth‚ kindness‚ and compassion. When we do this we transform ourselves and our lives become more meaningful and peaceful‚ hence
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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
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trina brown 199 Mon de Drive pheniox‚ Arizona 07509 September 3‚ 2013 Dr. I.C. Mann Smithsonian Institute Natural History Museum Room 212 P.O. Box 37012 Washington D.C. 20013-7012 Dear Dr.Mann‚ Hello‚ my name is Hannah Formanek. I have studied the National Geographic documentary on Otzi the Iceman in my honors 9 Literature class. I would appreciate your consideration of my opinion. I would believe that Iceman ritually killed. I have many reason I believe this. One reason
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