My First College Class Experience The transition from high school to college in itself is a frightening experience in some way for everyone whether it be moving away from home or the vastness of a college campus others learn from these new experiences. Many very important lessons are learned outside the classroom in college but there is also so much to be learned about who you are in the classroom as well. When someone first sees Composition I on their schedule the first day of college they
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The 14th Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of a branch of Tibetan Buddhism called the Gelug or the ‘yellow hat’. Throughout the years there have been fourteen Dalai Lamas who are a crucial part of the Tibetan Buddhists religion. Historically the Dalai Lamas role is being the chief or high priest of Tibetan Buddhism. Religiously the Dalai Lama is thought to be a manifestation of the bodhisattva of compassion‚ Avalokiteśvara . When a Dalai Lama dies they search the
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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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School Captain’s speech at year 12 farewell assembly on 23 September 2005 Good Morning Ladies‚ gentlemen and my fellow students of year 12 2005. Before I begin my speech I would like to recite a quote by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It reads: “Learning and education are important because they help one develop conviction of the need to change‚ and help increase one’s commitment. This conviction to change then develops into determination. Next‚ one transforms determination into action- the strong
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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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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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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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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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