The Dalai Lama is the figure head of modern Buddhism. With his political acumen and arresting personality the Dalai Lama and become the face of Buddhism to millions of Buddhist and non-Buddhism around the world. He has modernized promoted and lead Buddhism for over 50 years and during this time has made a profound impact on the religion. The most important impact made by the Dalia lama is the promotion of Buddhism. The Dalai Lama left Tibet in 1959‚ since then he has preached Buddhism to the
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In order the answer the question of what happiness is and where to find it the Dalai Lama suggests an optimistic spiritual path to find it to introduce readers to the subject in his article‚ “New Ethic for a Small Planet”‚ while Andrew Guest’s “Pursuing the Science of Happiness” reviews different findings of researches in several fields as well as his own. Reading these two together‚ with the Dalai Lama’s article first and Guest second‚ readers can gain a holistic view of the topic and a tangible
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The election of Cardinal Karol Wojtyła as Pope‚ on October 16th 1978‚ had great significance for those living in countries that were oppressing a sense of dignity‚ solidarity‚ and freedom. After 456 years of Italian popes‚ the election of the very first Slavic cardinal‚ who chose the name John Paul II‚ was the stimulus required to commence a wave of changes throughout the oppressed Communistic countries of Eastern Europe. His first pilgrimage to Poland - on the 4th of June 1979 - awakened in the
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The 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II to Nicaragua The 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II to Nicaragua The reformed-minded Catholics in Nicaragua hoped that the Pope was going to say some words of consolation to the families which daily lose loved ones to the counterrevolution‚ especially since just days before 17 outstanding members of the Sandinista Youth Organization‚ killed in an ambush‚ and had been buried after a memorial
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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 their
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Dalai Lama A reputation is one of the most important things a person can have in life. It is the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something and it may decide your whole life and decide how successful you may become. A reputation or the way some one looks at you can be viewed as the way you dress‚ your education level or the people you are associated with and sometimes people are given a reputation by the acts of the people in their family. Many people cannot
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Tenzin Gyatso is the XIVth Dalai Lama. His “attained special insight” of Buddhist teachings as a bodhisattva means that he is able to help teach and guide Buddhist individuals and the community towards Nirvana. The Dalai Lama has written 72 books that explain the Buddhist teachings‚ his most influential being Art of Happiness. His translations of the Tibetan Book of the Dead into other languages has allowed Buddhist from all over the world‚ especially the West‚ to access teachings and knowledge that
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person? D. What are the Dalai Lama’s different/conflicting reputations? II. Body Paragraph 1: A. The Dalai Lama’s reputation in Tibet B. Who is the Dalai Lama? 1. The Tibetans’ spiritual leader 2. The Tibetans’ political leader 3. A living Buddha III. Body Paragraph 2: A. The Dalai Lama’s reputation in the West 1. How do the people in the West view the Dalai Lama? 2. What are the reasons that the Dalai Lama is having this reputation in the West? IIII. Body Paragraph 3: A. The Dalai Lama’s reputation in
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Pope John Paul II at Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Pope John Paul II‚ a vocal advocate for human rights‚ in his speech given in front of Israel’s Holocaust memorial‚ Yad Vashem; implies that both people of Jewish and Christian belief should actively strive towards a better relationship between the two religious groups. He begins to develop this implication by stating that the Christian people shall never dare to forget the tragic horrors that the Jewish people endured. The Pope then claims that
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The Dalai Lama should be reinstated as the political leader of Tibet. The current Dalai Lama is the 14th in line and was inducted as the Dalai Lama at the age of fifteen. The Dalai Lama has done many great things for Tibet over the course of time. He negotiated a peace treaty that gave Tibet religious and economic affairs along with other many other things. The Chinese government invaded Tibet in 1950 and had some brutal attacks on the nation of Tibet. This forced the Dalai Lama and other leaders
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