Jessica Lynne Hennion Professor Moberg English 120 September 14th, 2014 Happiness Forecast Essay Tenzin Gyasto, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, wrote an essay about happiness and compassion called, “Compassion and the Individual”. In the beginning he stated, “I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.” It would be pretty unique for an individual to not desire that, however it might take a bit more convincing for some to see that it is true. Happiness isn’t universally mandated by a cookie cutter
reputation in the west, the Dalai Lama’s name was tarnished by the Chinese government. “Dalai Lama means something like ‘ocean of wisdom’” (waterhouse, 2008, p.207). He is a divine teacher from Tibet. Generally, the Dalai Lama is a spiritualistic and political conductor of Tibet. He earned this title “in the second half of the eight century” (waterhouse, 2008, p.207). Furthermore,
Talking about diversity, it is a wide-range word that may spawn many ideas. Some may think of the British street dance group. Unfortunately I am not going to talk about that. Diversity is too general that provides many things we see and be involved in our daily life. According to Cambridge Dictionary, diversity means the fact of many different types of thing or people being included in something; a range of different things or people. It can also be defined as the fact that there are many different
human rights activists is H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama is one of the most respected, well-deserved, and important contributors to helping the Tibetans gain human rights. Carefully selected by Buddhist monks, the Dalai Lama has fulfilled their wishes and has become a powerful religious leader and a human rights activist with many accomplishments through his peaceful methods. From being a young child all the way through his adulthood, the Dalai Lama has definitely
Dali Lama is a universal symbol of peace and tolerance. He has a global presence and uses it to make a powerful and positive contribution to humanity. He is a powerful example of what it means to practice compassion and speak up for freedom for all human being. The most interesting thing I learned about the 14th Dali Lama is that he is interested in science. He said that if science proves some beliefs in Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism would have to change. I also found out that he has worked with
fourteenth Dalai lama Tenzin Gyatso. The Dalai Lama is considered one of the most important religious personalities in the world, our main focus in this essay will be on the fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso. He was born in (1935) and was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of the thirteenth Dalai lama and receiving a doctrine in philosophy at the age of 25. Dalai Lama means the ”ocean of wisdom” and the word Lama means “Guru “ in Indian meaning a teacher. The Dalai lama
existence when the refugees entered Delhi, escaping the border areas because of disturbances by Chines armies, during early 1960s. They were earlier allotted land near those borders, by the Indian government, after the Tibetan uprising and the escape of Dalai Lama to India. At this place, we witnessed a lot of people that had already moved on with their lives, and accepted their current situation in India. They do some work to earn their livings and are living a relatively comfortable lives as compared