internment camp in India during WW II. His memoir has become a bestseller and had been translated in 53 different languages. Through his storytelling‚ he has introduced the western world about the mystical kingdom of Tibet and its god king the Dalai lama‚ and furthermore intensifying the western fascination of “Shangri-la”‚ a mythical paradise in Tibet. In this vivid and astonishing memoir‚ Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first westerner ever to enter the isolated kingdom
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Using the Dalai Lama as a role model‚ and relying on key buddhist teachings‚ Buddhist adherents learn to journey through their path to enlightenment by living their daily lives based upon the Buddhist principles. This includes living according to teachings such as the Eightfold Path‚ the Five Precepts‚ the Four Noble Truths as well as the Three Jewels. However to reach Nirvana and attain enlightenment‚ individuals must not only learn and acknowledge the Buddhist teachings‚ they must live it. It includes
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Tashi Lhunpo monastery? Secondly‚ he speaks through a human medium. He said to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at Dromo Dhungkar Monastery in 1951 he came directly from the pure land of Lama Tsonkapa. Kyabje Pabongka also wrote it in the Life entrustment ritual that he is the one who comes from the pure land of Je Tsonkapa. If it is so easy for him to go directly to the heavenly abode of Lama Tsonkapa as he pleases‚ then how come that he could not enter Tashi Lhunpo monastery where there is no
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In "Compassion and the Individual‚" Tenzin Gyatso‚ the fourteenth Dalai Lama‚ describes a good person as good mental and physical health care. what i take from this is that you have to put people before yourself and care about everyone not just yourself or your family. the physical part could mean you have excellent health and donate blood or organs to people‚ or become a organ donor after you have passed away. the mental also could mean that you have good mental strength and can be in certain situation
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In Acts of Faith by Eboo Patel‚ Brother Wayne helped Eboo along his path because he wanted the interfaith youth movement to be more active‚ and believed that Eboo could be an influential part of the success and improvement of the youth interfaith movement on a global level. Brother Wayne encouraged Eboo to search for and work toward more. This lead Eboo to create his own interfaith youth group called Interfaith Youth Core‚ which he is the founder and director of. Brother Wayne gives Eboo “wings”
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(Dalai Lama‚ 80) With this in mind‚ the idea of manipulating a child’s genes for the creation of children with enhanced characteristics‚ whether cognitive or physical‚ begins to be questioned. It is mentioned several times in Dalai Lama’s article that our actions and how we use these technological breakthroughs should be motivated by the concept of compassion and general
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many people‚ especially from Kham and Mongolia‚ coming to seek his blessing. He was a brilliant philosopher. He would often defeat the 5th Dalai Lama in philosophical debate‚ which consequently sparked jealousy in the hearts of the Dalai Lama´s personal staffs like Desi Sonam Choephal and others. How far is the story true? There were many great gelugpa lamas contemporary to Tulku Dhakpa Gyaltsen. If Dakpa gyaltsen’s was so famous‚ then‚ why had they not written on his scholarly brilliance and fame
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is the Christian superstar who is recognized for being “awesome” in a multitude of extremely different ways than pop culture recognizes Lindsay Lohan as a star ( for her amazing fashion sense despite her continued drug induced stupor…) Thus‚ the Dalai Lama within Tibetan Buddhist religious idealism proves to be recognized as a identifiably divergent type of
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finally‚ China makes the clichéd argument of progress driven by higher income and infrastructure that has been seen in the region. However‚ all these claims are clearly hollow and are drive by manipulated data. The reality as has been argued by Dalai Lama is that progress‚ as discussed in the earlier sections‚ is lopsided and has led to increase the gap between the rich and the poor. As far as the demography goes‚ it is a fact that the population of non-Tibetans has risen in the region reducing Tibetans
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Garment”. Initially‚ 5th Dalai lama did some small-scale tantric rituals several times. In the year 1675 when he led an extensive wrathful Fire ritual to subdue the violent spirit of Trulku Dhakpa Gyaltsen. The great 5th Dalai Lama was accompanied by seven different tantric adepts like termagant lingpa and Rigzing chenmo Dorjee Drak‚ etc. As a result of it‚ everybody felt the real smell of burning flesh which convinced them the success of the performance. Both 5th Dalai lama wrote the success of
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