differentiates from person to person. On December 10‚ 1989 the 14th Dalai Lama delivered his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo Norway. The Dalai Lama is revered as the head monk of Tibetan Buddhism. Before the Chinese government took control of Tibet in 1959‚ the Dalai Lama’s role included governing the nation. Since then the Tibetan people
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AP World History Ch. 11 Notes * Han empire falls and its territories divided 220 C.E * Warfare among territories causes development of small pox * Ge Hong‚ a Daoist interested in discovering elixir of life * Daoists made significant discoveries in metallurgy‚ pharmacology‚ and math * Tang empire ended in 907 C.E Sui and Tang Empires * Fall of Han allowed many different politic styles. * Sui reunified China and reestablished Confucianism as central philosophy *
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In 1949‚ during the rule of Mao Zedong‚ the Chinese invaded Tibet. In China‚ Mao led the Red Army in order to create a communist government. The Red Army defeated the Kuomintang and the People’s Republic of China became the new face of China. Communist rule requires that all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. However‚ when Mao became the leader of China he ruled through totalitarianism and became greedy with power after the Great
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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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massive influx of Chinese settlers into Tibet. In addition‚ Tibetans are rapidly being reduced to an insignificant minority in their own country. This development threatens the very survival of the Tibetan nation‚ its culture and spiritual heritage. During his speech‚ he pointed out the Five Point Peace Plan and talked about that Tibet to become a fully self-governing democratic political entity. I don’t think that Dalai Lama would improve the situation in Tibet through violence since he emphasized
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in 1642 Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso disputed ruler of Tibet. He is a great scholar and an able administrator‚ therefore earning the name “the Great Fifth”. Dozen years his death has remain a secret hidden from the Chinese Qing emperor Kangxi by the regent Sangye Gyasto. After years of unrest the Chinese emperor finally revates the seventh Dalai Lama and proclaims Tibet A Chinese Protectorate. Grove art Online Tashilhunpo “The Monasteries of Tibet” Tashilhunpo is one of the six great monasteries
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TMA I. Introduction: A. What is “reputation”? B. How is it made? C. Why could there be different reputations for the same 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
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Brahmaputra (Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र)‚ (Assamese ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ নদ Brôhmôputrô)[2] also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra‚ is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia. With its origin from Talung Tso Lake in southwestern Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo River‚ it flows across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges and into Arunachal Pradesh (India) where it is known as Dihang.[3] It flows southwest through the Assam Valley as Brahmaputra and south through Bangladesh as the Jamuna (not
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a Public Limited Company‚ listed with both the bourses of Bangladesh‚ the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange. Upon the emancipation of independence of the country the enterprise of Kohinoor along with its age-old goodwill of TIBET brand name was nationalized and included under the Bangladesh Chemical: Industries Corporation (BCIC). On august 03‚ 1993 the unit was awarded from the management of Sector Corporation (BCIC) as it was acquired by the ORION GROUP under the Privatization
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Zuluk / Dzuluk‚ located in East Sikkim‚ used to be a small village on this route. It was commonly used by traders traveling to Tibet through Jelep-la (“La” stands for mountain pass) as an overnight base. Today it is fast emerging as a new tourist destination in East Sikkim. Zuluk derives its tourism importance due to the excellent view of the eastern Himalayan mountain range including
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