of his own religion. The religious leader of Tibetan Buddhism is called the Dalai Lama. The way that the Dalai Lama is chosen can seem very strange to those who do not know the religion. An example of this is when a Dalai Lama died and a five-year-old child was chosen as the next one. When he died‚ the monks found a boy who was born around the time of his death. When they placed objects that the previous Dalai Lama had owned‚ the child had said that the objects belonged to him. The boy was named
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Lama 1 Sandip Lama Instructor Kennedy Anthropology 3 12 September 2014 You are what you speak In the article “Whorf Revisited: You are what you speak‚” the writer Guy Deutscher talks about Sapir - Whorf’s famous controversial hypothesis. The ethnography is written in style of realist‚ because the theories are looked at objectively and scientifically. The article is also written in critical style‚ since list of measurements‚ evidences are given‚ and it is written analytically. The range of the
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interacting with Tibet as if it were an independent nation‚ however‚ consistently recognizing Chinese authority‚ rather than Tibetan autonomy. For example‚ Goldstein writes that in 1943‚ President Roosevelt‚ in communication with the 14th Dalai Lama‚ referred to the Dalai Lama by his religious title‚ rather than as the “leader” of Tibet‚ which allowed the President to successfully avoid gaining attention from China‚ and also allowed the U.S. to avoid recognizing Tibetan autonomy (1). Indeed‚ due to such types
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INTRODUCTION The Sherpas are an ethnic group of Tibetan origin who occupy the high valleys around the base of Mount Everest in northeastern Nepal. In the Tibetan language‚ Shar Pa means "people who live in the east‚" and over time this descriptive term has come to identify the Sherpa community. According to Sherpa tradition‚ the ethnic group migrated to Nepal from the Kham region of eastern Tibet over a thousand years ago. Historians‚ however‚ suggest that the Sherpas were nomadic herders who were
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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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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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us to “gain understanding–of God‚ texts‚ others‚ and ourselves–if we are willing to put ourselves second and our interpretative theories to the test of the text” (34). This leads to finding corrective for a weak and irrelevant pulpit. According to Lama‚ it is “a prophetic message that sapiently sets forth the whole counsel of God” (34). Interpreting Scripture in Northeast India needs to reflect
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MMU/Fin/PU/001 Ver.1‚ Rev. 0 01.03.2012 UNIVERSITI TELEKOM SDN. BHD. (436821-T) CYBERJAYA CAMPUS 63100 Cyberjaya‚ Selangor‚ Malaysia Tel 603-8312 5079 / 5122 /5050/5029 Fax 603-8312 5030 MELAKA CAMPUS Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama‚ 75450 Melaka‚ Malaysia Tel 606-252 3161/3982/4212/3759 Fax 606-231 5605 Url : www.mmu.edu.my /www.proc_cyber@mmu.edu.my / www.proc_melaka@mmu.edu.my FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW BKP2014: MANAGING KNOWLEDGE PERSONNEL TRIMESTER 1 2012/2013 TEAM ASSIGNMENT (30% marks)
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able to develop compassionate behaviour‚ we will experience more inner peace and happiness‚ both mentally and physically. The Dalai Lama says that Ultimately‚ the reason why love and compassion bring the greatest happiness is simply that our nature cherishes them above all else. The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence. (par. 8) The Dalai Lama presents compassion in a bit of a paradox: it is in the giving of compassion that we actually receive the most inner peace and happiness
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(disambiguation). Not to be confused with Lama. Llama A llama lying down Conservation status Domesticated Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Camelidae Genus: Lama Species: L. glama Binomial name Lama glama (Linnaeus‚ 1758) Domestic llama and alpaca range (according to Daniel W. Gade) The llama (English pronunciation: /ˈlɑːmə/; Spanish: [ˈʎama] locally: [ˈʝama] or [ˈʒama]) (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American
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