Essays on Dalai Lama

Introduction In society today, religion is always thought to be correlated with conflict more often than peace. Those aspects and effects of religion tend to be less emphasised or even forgotten completely. In this essay, I will highlight the effect that peacemaking in religion has on a contemporary audience. An example of peacemaking today in...

The Dalai Lama is a spiritual and political leader, who elects to be called a “Tibetan Buddhist Monk” (Reputation; book 1; Dalai Lama; pp 200). He is depicting himself as a humble – down to earth religious leader. However, his appearance on global platforms seems to contradict the image of a pious and self-effacing monk....

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama is easily the best known and must loved spiritual leader in the modern world. He is a prime example of Buddhist love and kindness. He was only two years old when he was identified as the reincarnation of the thirteenth Dalia Lama, but wasn’t officially named until the age...