why each religion must be studied and learned. To run any successful government society as a whole needs to have a full understanding of all religions. The Dalai Lama‚ Madeleine Albright‚ and Thomas Friedman all give ideas to how this can be done. When you are elected into any political position you have a lot of new powers. The Dalai Lama said “with great power comes great responsibility”‚ this is very true when it comes to government. Political figures have a responsibility to give the people
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Dalai Lama’s full name is Lhamo Dondrub. Dalai Lamas are important monks of the Gelug school. He is the head of the Buddhist religion. This quote has a lot of impact on me. The quote is telling us when we teach kids to make them smart people‚ we must not forget to educate them
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After reading Eboo Patel’s Sacred Ground‚ I have attained a better understanding that the concept of diversity in itself is not enough if we are to be truly free from religious oppression. Patel discusses pluralism along with diversity as being necessary to understand and promote religious freedoms universally. In today’s world it is safe to say that overall‚ most progressive societies have embraced diversity to some extent‚ but these same societies struggle with the concept of pluralism. To be diverse
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Sharon Salzberg Sharon Salzberg is a remarkable lady who has spent her life devoted to insight meditation in order to find peace for the tragic loses of both her mother and father when she was young. She first encountered Buddhism in an Asian Philosophy class while she was at the State University in Buffalo‚ New York. This was in 1969 and it seemed to inspire her so much that the next year she decided to take an independent study trip to India. During her trip to India‚ she wanted to find‚ “
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Albert Einstein believed that‚ “the religion of the future will be a cosmic religion that should transcend a personal god and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both natural and spiritual‚ it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things‚ natural and spiritual and a meaningful unity” (Jammer‚ 1999). Buddhism qualifies as a religion depending on one’s point of view. If religion is defined as a system of worship or devotion to a higher deity then Buddhism does not
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According to the Spence‚ Dalai Lama intended to implement the full democracy in the future. He believed that the most urgent concern at the time is the massive influx of Chinese settlers into Tibet. In addition‚ Tibetans are rapidly being reduced to an insignificant minority in their
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Self-power (jiriki) -In Chan Buddhism emphasized as necessary and sufficient for enlightenment. In Pure Land‚ insufficient without Amida. -In Zen‚ spiritual achievement attained solely by one’s own efforts. Self-power forms basis of both Rinzai and Soto schools of Buddhism. -Experiencing truth for oneself and not accepting testimony of another. -In Pure Land‚ one cannot become enlightened themselves through their own efforts because people have become so defiled so it is impossible. They must
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10th century A.D. He is considered the founder of the lineage and‚ in addition‚ he received four special transmissions (Tib: bka-babs-bzhi) for which he became the lineage holder. [pic] The leader of Tibetan Buddhism: the Dalai Lam[pic] The fourteenth Dalai Lama is the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion and is presently leader of one branch of Tibetan Buddhism "The Way of Virtue" (Gelugpa). Is a Tantaric school of Buddhism the Kadampa tradition is
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TRE6A91D620101110 [accessed 23rd July 2012] Steinberg‚ D. I. (2010) Burma/Burma What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press. New York. The Economist (2012). Aung San Suu Kyi and the Dalai Lama. [online]. Available from http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2012/06/aung-san-suu-kyi-and-dalai-lama [accessed 20 July 2012] U.S. Department of State Diplomacy in Action. Burma 12/07 [Online]. Available from http://www.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/burma/88022.htm [accessed 22 Jul 2012]
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Utopia through Materials? Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a novel about a materialistic society that has forgotten social interaction with each other. This materialistic society is where Bradbury believed society today is headed. The materialistic society in Fahrenheit 451 created through Bradbury’s cynic views of society. His views of society are over-exaggerated in contrast with today’s events‚ especially in the areas of censorship and media mediocrity. The purpose of
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