His Holiness the Dalai Lama has three main commitments, which guide his actions in the world. The first commitment is to exemplifying and encouraging humanistic, secular ethics—simply being a good human being. The second commitment is to interfaith dialogue and religious harmony. The third commitment is to the preservation and celebration of Tibetan culture. A considerable portion of the Dalai Lama’s work in the world is related to the second commitment. The Dalai Lama has forged alliances with other high profile religious leaders like the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and regularly participates in interfaith forums, conferences, and events around the world. Before His Holiness was a household word, he had already been demonstrating his commitment to interfaith dialogue. As early as 1968, the Dalai Lama met with prominent Christian philosopher and Trappist monk Thomas Merton. The Dalai Lama and Merton share in common their personal commitments to their own faiths and traditions,…...

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Works Cited

“The Dalai Lama and Thomas Merton.” The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. Retrieved online:

His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Beyond Religion. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2011.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Good Heart. Boston: Wisdom, 1998.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Book of Joy. New York: Avery, 2016.

Martin, James. “What the Dalai Lama Learned From Thomas Merton.” America Magazine. May 25, 2010. Retrieved online: https://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/what-dalai-lama-learned-thomas-merton

“Three Main Commitments,” (2017). Retrieved online: https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/biography-and-daily-life/three-main-commitments

http://merton.org/DalaiLama/

Ethic Compassion Dalai Lama
The ethics comparison: Dalai Lama

Buddhism is a religion which is adopted by millions of people all over the world, may be because it is practical, technical and liberating. Dalai Lama is a Buddhist leader, widely known as the Ethic of Compassion, has made a discussion on 'nying je chenmo', compassion. According to Dalai Lama, a true compassion is regardless of any condition or effortlessness, which involves one being there for the other with the complete intention of stopping him from undergoing the suffering under which the sufferer has fallen (Lama, 2006).

When a person reaches to the position of 'nying', he seems to be at the highest level of compassion, under which he cannot even bare the slightest degree of suffering imposed upon others and immediately takes action to stop it. Now a day's all of us are busy in our daily routines, doing jobs or studying or…...

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References

Lama. DH H. (2000). The Reality of Altruism: Toward a Secular Ethic of Compassion. As cited in Boaz, D.P. (2000). A New Secular Ethic of Compassion: The Foundation of Morals. Available at: http://davidpaulboaz.org/Excerps_of_Mind/ANewSecularEthicofCompassion.pdf

Lama. DH H. (2006). The Ethics of Compassion. Ethics and Morality.

freedom exile, review Dalai Lama's reputation role west?
Freedom in Exile

The Dali Lama has become a symbol of the oppression of the Tibetan people at the hands of the Chinese, and of oppression of all marginalized people everywhere. He has shown strength and courage as an ambassador in exile from his homeland. Yet he also inspires others because he is a symbol of someone who leads a life founded upon peace and love. Although he has suffered at the hands of the Chinese, he does not advocate a policy of ill will and vengeance, and rather prays for the peace of the entire human race. This is the essence of the theme of his autobiography, entitled Freedom in Exile. Although has lived in exile since 1959, he is still free -- free because of the good graces of the estern democracies that support his cause, but also because he is…...

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Works Cited

Dali Lama. Freedom in Exile. New York: HarperPerennial.

uddhism
His Holiness, the Dalai Lama resides outside of Tibet in exile, after the Chinese led invasion in 1959. The invasion, in the words of the Dalai Lama, "was totally unjustifiable: the Chinese army had forcibly entered Tibetan territory while peaceful negotiations were actually going on" (My Land, pg75). The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader in uddhism and though he resides outside of Tibet, he is still a beloved leader to the Tibetans. He is said to be the reincarnation of the Dalai Lamas who came before him, whom in turn, are the reincarnation of the odhisattva of Compassion (Freedom, pg11). Tibetan uddhist monks are referred to as Lamas.

The Tibetan branch of uddhism is referred to as being much smaller than the two major branches of uddhism which are called Theravada and Mahayana. The Tibetan branch is called Vararayana. This is also a branch of Mahayana, and means that the…...

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Bibliography

Gyatso, Tenzin, Dalai Lama My Land and My People

Warner Books, December 1997.

Gyatso, Tenzin, Dalai Lama The Path to Freedom: Freedom in Exile & Ancient Wisdom, Modern World

Abacus Books, London, 2002.

HH Ethics
In Ethics for a New Millennium, His Holiness the Dalai Lama discusses ethics from a universal perspective that transcends both religion and the jargon of scholastic philosophy. The study guide that accompanies Ethics for a New Millennium states, "with the growing secularization and globalization of society, we must find a way that transcends religion to establish consensus as to what constitutes positive and negative conduct, what is right and wrong and what is appropriate and inappropriate," (Los Altos Study Group 2). The Dalai Lama opens Ethics for a New Millennium with a general discourse about the nature of ethics, and the goal of ethics. For the Dalai Lama, the goal of ethics is relatively simple: to maximize happiness for all people. However, the Dalai Lama is not a utilitarian The Dalai Lama combines the traditionally utilitarian view that ethics serve the greatest good for the greatest number, with a…...

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Works Cited

His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Ethics for the New Millennium. New York: Hudson, 1999.

Los Altos Study Group. "Study Guide for Ethics for the New Millennium. Retrieved online:  http://www.dalailamafoundation.org/dlf/en/documents/enm-study-guide-2007-09-07.pdf

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The film, documentaries and the last docudrama are exceptional production pieces by notable directors and producers. Crouching tiger-hidden dragon defies the usual mantra of strength only attributed to men. Jen effectively acts as person having higher morals. The martial arts performance was exceptional, an unusual feature in Hollywood. Islam, the empire of faith is another documentary made on the rise of Islamic empire and the life of Prophet Mohammad having a great impact on establishment of religion. 'Gandhi' also remains an unquestioned production classic that eloquently portrays Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the unquestioned leader of India. The film sheds light on Hinduism as a religion and its faith and dogmas. Lastly, Kundan is a docudrama based on life of Dalai Lama. 'Kundan' might not have justified the stature of Buddhism in history of mankind but the piece of production remains an earnest effort on part of Martin Scorcese…...

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Bowker, J. & Bowker, D. (1997). World religions. Dorling Kindersley.

Chan, K. (2004). The Global Return of the Wu Xia Pian (Chinese Sword-Fighting Movie): Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Cinema Journal, 43(4), 3-17.

Conze, E. (2004). Buddhism: Its essence and development. Windhorse Publications.

Driver, M.W. & Ray, S. (2004). The medieval hero on screen: representations from Beowulf to Buffy (Vol. 56). McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub.

3. There is the cessation of suffering (duhkha-nirodha); and 4. There is a path leading to the cessation of suffering (duhkha-nirodha-marga)." (illis)

In Buddha's opinion, suffering (duhka) can be represented through any kind of pain and regardless of its form. The best representation of suffering can be presumably felt when a change from a state of happiness to a state of unhappiness occurs.

The cause of suffering (duhka-samudaya) states that most of the suffering that humans feel is because of their desires. Most humans are inclined to wish for something that they believe would grant them happiness. However, in most cases, the goal set by some might not have the desired effect on them once it has been achieved. In order for people to leave suffering behind, they would need to understand that the human nature does not necessarily depend on granted wishes.

The cessation of suffering (duhka-nirodha) refers directly to people liberated…...

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2. Keown, Damien V., Prebish, Charles S., Husted, Wayne R.. 1998. HUMAN RIGHTS and UNIVERSAL RESPONSIBILITY. Curzon Press.

2. Sundaram, P.K. Om Sakthi Spiritual Movement. Available from:  http://www.omsakthi.org/essays/buddhism_peace.html 

3. Tenzin Gyatso, H.H. The XIVth Dalai Lama. His Hollines, the 14th Dalai Lama. Available from:  http://www.dalailama.com/page.233.htm 

4. Traer, Robert. Religion and Human Rights. Available from:  http://religionhumanrights.com/Religion/Buddhist/buddhist.fhr.htm

movie proposals. These would be the mission for the firm and its basic proposals, the company's "must" objectives, the company's "want" objectives and the estimated ROI for each of the for movies. This report will evaluate each of the movies as perceived by the four criteria previously mentioned and will subsequently make an overall evaluation and reason the best choice for the company.
The first movie, "My Life with Dalai Lama," perfectly complies with the main ideas of the company's mission. First of all, from a creative point-of-view, the idea to present the life of a personality through the eyes of a snake and through the eyes of other animals befriending him is new, interesting and creatively a positive aspect. Further more, to some degree it is also championing environmental concerns by presenting the role of animals in the life of a personality of 20th century history, bringing the animal…...

' (Davidson; Lutz, 175) The target of such function is to better comprehend the manner varied circuits are combined during the meditation to generate the mental and behavioral variations which are indicated to prevail due to such experiences, incorporating the promotion of enhanced welfare. (Davidson; Lutz, 175)
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2006, vol. 188, no.3, pp: 88-89.

Aydin, K; Ucar, A; Oguz, K.K; Okur, O.O; Agayev, A; Unal, Z; Yilmaz, S; Ozturk, C.

Increased Gray Matter Density in the Parietal Cortex of Mathematicians: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study. American Journal of Neuroradiology, November-December 2007, vol. 28, pp: 1859-1864.

Ball, Jeanne. Keeping your prefrontal cortex online: Neuroplasticity, stress and meditation. The Huffington Post, 11 August, 2000. p. 4.

Davidson, ichard J; Lutz, Antoine. Buddha's Brain: Neuroplasticity and Meditation.

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, September, 2007, pp: 172-176.

Formica, Michael J. Mindfulness practice in everyday life. Psychology Today, June 30,

2008. p. 17.

Giannakali, E. Meditation…...

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Arnone, D; Schifano, F. Psychedelics in psychiatry. The British Journal of Psychiatry,

2006, vol. 188, no.3, pp: 88-89.

Aydin, K; Ucar, A; Oguz, K.K; Okur, O.O; Agayev, A; Unal, Z; Yilmaz, S; Ozturk, C.

Increased Gray Matter Density in the Parietal Cortex of Mathematicians: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study. American Journal of Neuroradiology, November-December 2007, vol. 28, pp: 1859-1864.

Patel
Mentors helped mold Eboo Patel by giving shape to Patel's dreams and shedding light on the paths that the author might take to reach his goals. Working with mentors also gave Patel insight into diversity, and revealed worldviews previously hidden from everyday sight. Patel honors his mentors for their varied contributions to his intellectual and spiritual development. In Acts of Faith, Patel spends a great deal of time discussing his mentors because he also wants to show his readers that their success depends on the cultivation of deep and meaningful relationships with other people. Mentors are guides, teachers, and confidents. They can serve in the role of coach, by inspiring and cheerleading. Mentors can also offer constructive criticism when those in their tutelage need it the most.

Although Patel honors a plethora of people that inspired and motivated him to create the Interfaith Youth Core, he focuses on a select few…...

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Reference

Patel, Eboo. Acts of Faith. Boston: Beacon, 2007.

In fact, both Weiner and Cutler have described the same thing, in a sense, yet through very different lenses. For some, money becomes less and less important if there is enough, but for others who truly know happiness, this is something that truly has no bearing on how one leads his or her life.
How ociety and Media Impact One's Happiness

This last section will describe how media impact happiness. For even if a person is truly happy, there are always outside forces that can disturb this sense of well-being. The media in this country in particular makes happiness seem as though it is solely constructed through money and power. In fact, it is duet to this wrong concept of what happiness means that most people believe that happiness is objective, for all agree on this very definition.

However, as can be seen from the paragraphs above, money is only a means…...

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Aristotle. "Nicomachean Ethics-Book X." The Internet Classics Archive (350 BCE). Print.

Aristotle. "Nicomachean Ethics-Book II." The Internet Classics Archive (350 BCE). Print.

Aristotle. "Nicomachean Ethics -- the End." The Internet Classics Archive (350 BCE). Print.

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The book's second section generally has more to do with a comparison of Buddhism to other modes and methods of thinking and understanding the world. This begins with the author's relation of Buddhism to his experiences of Catholicism, but continues in many other forms. In the eighth chapter of the book, the seemingly basic concepts of work, money, and earning are delved into with some surprising conclusions. A practicing and entrepreneurial Buddhist recounts a disagreement she once had with her father, equating earning money in a non-rewarding job with selling out before realizing the full realities of the need for money in the modern age in a way that is decidedly un-Buddhist (pp. 94). The author definitely broadens and deepens his understanding of Buddhism by examining it from a variety of such unusual and unexpected perspectives, and this definitely aids in the readers' own appreciation of the complexities of…...

Tibetan uddhism's doctrine that human consciousness has a primordial oneness with the universe and is eternal is perhaps best understood through a comparison with Western thought on the subject. The study of human consciousness by Western civilization has been dominated by scientific materialism. As a result, although major breakthroughs have occurred in understanding mind and body phenomena, the tendency has been to reduce the mind to no more than biological processes in the brain.
This conceptual framework of human consciousness is supported by the theory of evolution, which maintains that human emotions and behavioral traits are necessary for survival in the outer physical universe.

Viewed from this context, the assumption that human consciousness ceases at the moment of death seems fairly logical. Tibetan uddhism, however, has a very different view of the origins, nature, and role of consciousness in the natural world.

In stark contrast to Western beliefs, Tibetan uddhism holds that nothing…...

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Becker, C.B. Breaking the Circle: Death and the Afterlife in Buddhism. Carbondale, IL:

Southern Illinois University Press, 1993.

Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of Nature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1945.

Gyatso, T. "The Key to the Middle Way: A Treatise on the Realization of Emptiness." In The

Myths
Myth of Marriage and Children

Joseph Campbell's The Power of Myth is a book that can potentially transform the reader's consciousness. Beyond being informative, Campbell's analysis of cultural myths is profound; it provokes genuine introspection. The author refers to the spiritual in whatever he speaks about, and yet he never lapses into religious diatribe or dogma. Subjects like marriage are elevated beyond the social to the psycho-spiritual. For example, he calls marriage "primarily a spiritual exercise, and the society is supposed to help us have the realization. Man should not be in service to society, society should be in the service of man," (8).

In light of modern society, Campbell's words hold new meaning. In America, we have few true rituals because we have turned our attention outward instead of inward. The wisdom of life is being denigrated through a preoccupation with technology and material goods. There is little sense of the…...

Today, the Dalai Lama works tirelessly to bring attention to the Tibetan cause, to illuminate human rights abuses by China and to move forward in creating an autonomous, if not independent Tibet. The quest for Tibetan independence and, subsequently, the quest for Tibetan autonomy, have both been informed by this distinct orientation of the Buddhism. The Tibetan mode of Buddhism has historically been a channel for political resistance and the vocalization of protest against injustice. As the text by Fisher indicates, Buddhists have "often been non-violent social activists, protesting and trying to correct injustice, oppression, famine, cruelty to animals, nuclear testing warfare, and environmental devastation. E.F. Schumacher preached what he called 'Buddhist economics,' to restore willingness to live simply, generously, and humanely with each other." (p. 161)

These are the very principles which underlie the global endeavors of the 14th Dalai Lama and which have garnered support from international human rights…...

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Works Cited:

Fisher, M.P. (2011). Living Religions, Eighth Edition. Upper Saddle River: Pearson

Prentice Hall.

How Religion Contributes to Shaping Individual Morality and Ethics
Religion plays a significant role in shaping individual morality and ethics by providing a framework of beliefs, values, and norms that guide conduct and actions. Through its teachings, rituals, and practices, religion influences how individuals perceive the world, their place in it, and their responsibilities to themselves and others.
Cognitive and Behavioral Influence:
Religion offers a comprehensive worldview that explains the nature of reality, the purpose of human existence, and the consequences of behavior. This worldview provides individuals with a set of guiding principles and beliefs that shape their perception of right and wrong.....