Tibetan Buddhism has been around since the eighth century A.D. Tibetan Buddhism can also be known as Lamaism. The most common locations of where Tibetan Buddhism is practiced are in certain parts of the Himalayas, Nepal, India, Mongolia, and some parts of Russia. By:Virkash Patel and Gina Girimont (Tibetan Flag) ----------->
Dalai Lama
(Leader)
Started 11/07/1950 (age 15) ,Retires 03/10/11 (age 75)
The Dalai Lama was born in Taktser, Qinghai in the year 1935. He was recognized as the 14th Dali Lama on the 17th of November, 1950, at the age of 15. He inherited control over a government controlling an area roughly corresponding to the Tibet just as the People’s Republic of China wished to reassert central control over it. After being the official political leader for 61 years he announced his retirement on the 10th of March, 2011. Many parties in this issue don’t agree with his decision to remove himself from the Tibet movement. After 5 decades of leading the Tibetan movement it is still not perfectly clear who will take over control of the Tibetan movement but it is believed that the spot will be filled by Karmapa Lama. By:Matt Skicki On the 14th of February Dalai Lama had resigned of his power during the speech of the 52nd anniversary of the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. This anniversary had drove Dalai Lama to his decision to retire this time, compared to the many other times that he had mentioned to fulfill but did not. This event had triggered him to make his decision. Dalai Lama had done this to plan to retake Tibet and restore the old feudal theocracy. The reaction of the Tibetans was that they were not ready to let go of the political lama and now Tibetans have no one to look up to. By:Justin Modson
The Dali Lama on the left, Karmapa Lama on the right.
Meditation in Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism was formed from the rules of yoga and of Buddhism, which came from Tibet in India in the beginning of the eighth century. Tibetan Buddhism Meditation is aimed on tantric ideas. One of the goals of tantric is to help turn the human desires such as greed and envy into something good, like adore and compassion.
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Tibetan Buddhism Foods Tibetans will never eat fish, the reason being is that to them, it is a sign of aggression. They also feel that it is unsanitary for them to eat for their own desires. Tibetan usually eat red meat instead of fish because it was generally better to eat, and the animal that was killed, generally, was very large. Their beliefs were that only one life had to be taken to feed many people if they ate red meat, but if they ate fish a lot more lives would have to be lost. By:Justin Modson
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Festivals
Gutor: Day before New Year’s Eve (29th day of the 12th lunar month)
Gutor: Day before New Year’s Eve Tibetan families eat ‘Guthuk’ which is a soup with dumplings, in the evening, which is eaten in turn while they give a fortune of their New Year by checking what the ingredients of the one they chose. After the family eats everyone participates in the original purpose of ‘Gutor’ which is to exorcise the evil spirts from the previous year by running around with a doll representing a fierce god, setting off fireworks, and hand-held fire crackers. Losar: Losar is the Tibetan New Year; it is the most popular of all the festivals of the year. After saying 'Tashi Delek' and greet neighbors, Tibetans will feast and also visit each other’s feasts, where there is drinking and singingMonlam: Prayer Festival:Monlam means Prayer and at monasteries a great Buddhist service is held and 'Cham' (Buddhist dances) performe. (Kotan Publishing) Chunga Choepa: Also called the ‘Butter Lamp Festival.’ At Barkhor Square in Lhasa there are 'Tormas' sculpted from butter in the form of various auspicious symbols and lamps.Tibetan Uprising Day:There are demonstrations and Buddhist memorial services which are held in countries that Tibetans sought refuge, besides China. Also the Dalai Lama will make a statement. Saka Dawa Festival:This is the most important festival for Tibetan Buddhism. This particular festival admires Shakyamuni's Buddhahood and his mortal death. Sutras are recited and 'Cham' dances are performed. These are just a few of the many exciting festivals that the Tibetan Buddhist celebrate. By:Gina Girimont
Tibetan Buddhism
Introduction:
Tibetan Buddhism has been around since the eighth century A.D. Tibetan Buddhism can also be known as Lamaism. The most common locations of where Tibetan Buddhism is practiced are in certain parts of the Himalayas, Nepal, India, Mongolia, and some parts of Russia.By:Virkash Patel and Gina Girimont
(Tibetan Flag) ----------->
Dalai Lama
(Leader)
The Dalai Lama was born in Taktser, Qinghai in the year 1935. He was recognized as the 14th Dali Lama on the 17th of November, 1950, at the age of 15. He inherited control over a government controlling an area roughly corresponding to the Tibet just as the People’s Republic of China wished to reassert central control over it. After being the official political leader for 61 years he announced his retirement on the 10th of March, 2011. Many parties in this issue don’t agree with his decision to remove himself from the Tibet movement. After 5 decades of leading the Tibetan movement it is still not perfectly clear who will take over control of the Tibetan movement but it is believed that the spot will be filled by Karmapa Lama.
By:Matt Skicki
On the 14th of February Dalai Lama had resigned of his power during the speech of the 52nd anniversary of the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. This anniversary had drove Dalai Lama to his decision to retire this time, compared to the many other times that he had mentioned to fulfill but did not. This event had triggered him to make his decision. Dalai Lama had done this to plan to retake Tibet and restore the old feudal theocracy. The reaction of the Tibetans was that they were not ready to let go of the political lama and now Tibetans have no one to look up to.
By:Justin Modson
Meditation in Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism was formed from the rules of yoga and of Buddhism, which came from Tibet in India in the beginning of the eighth century. Tibetan Buddhism Meditation is aimed on tantric ideas. One of the goals of tantric is to help turn the human desires such as greed and envy into something good, like adore and compassion.
.By:Virkash Patel
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.
.
.
.
.
.
Tibetan Buddhism Foods
Tibetans will never eat fish, the reason being is that to them, it is a sign of aggression. They also feel that it is unsanitary for them to eat for their own desires. Tibetan usually eat red meat instead of fish because it was generally better to eat, and the animal that was killed, generally, was very large. Their beliefs were that only one life had to be taken to feed many people if they ate red meat, but if they ate fish a lot more lives would have to be lost.
By:Justin Modson
,
.
.
Festivals
Gutor: Day before New Year’s Eve Tibetan families eat ‘Guthuk’ which is a soup with dumplings, in the evening, which is eaten in turn while they give a fortune of their New Year by checking what the ingredients of the one they chose. After the family eats everyone participates in the original purpose of ‘Gutor’ which is to exorcise the evil spirts from the previous year by running around with a doll representing a fierce god, setting off fireworks, and hand-held fire crackers.
Losar:
Losar is the Tibetan New Year; it is the most popular of all the festivals of the year. After saying 'Tashi Delek' and greet neighbors, Tibetans will feast and also visit each other’s feasts, where there is drinking and singingMonlam: Prayer Festival:Monlam means Prayer and at monasteries a great Buddhist service is held and 'Cham' (Buddhist dances) performe. (Kotan Publishing)
Chunga Choepa: Also called the ‘Butter Lamp Festival.’ At Barkhor Square in Lhasa there are 'Tormas' sculpted from butter in the form of various auspicious symbols and lamps.Tibetan Uprising Day:There are demonstrations and Buddhist memorial services which are held in countries that Tibetans sought refuge, besides China. Also the Dalai Lama will make a statement.
Saka Dawa Festival:This is the most important festival for Tibetan Buddhism. This particular festival admires Shakyamuni's Buddhahood and his mortal death. Sutras are recited and 'Cham' dances are performed.
These are just a few of the many exciting festivals that the Tibetan Buddhist celebrate.
By:Gina Girimont
Work Cited
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The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama http://www.dalailama.com/biography/a-brief-biography
Global Tolerance. "Fait and Food." Faith and Food - the Way to Your Heart. 2009. Web. 23 Mar. 2011. http://www.faithandfood.com/Buddhism.php.
Guardian News. "The Dalai Lama Steps Back, but Not down | Barbara O'Brien | Comment Is Free | Guardian.co.uk." Latest News, Comment and Reviews from the Guardian | Guardian.co.uk. Media Limited, 2011. Web. 23 Mar. 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/11/dalai-lama-retirement-tibetans.
By: Gina Girimont