...before and after the occupation. Han Chinese, not Tibetans, most often conduct business in Tibet. The Han argue that it is not in the Tibetan’s traditions or culture to start business enterprises. Most of the Tibetan’s are farmers or herders when the Chinese are used to doing business. Business etiquette in Tibet is similar to that in China, as the Chinese do most of the business in Tibet. Working hours are between nine o’clock in the morning and six o’clock in the evening with a one hour mid-day break. In regards to business meetings; appointments should be made in advance and punctuality is expected. Suits should be worn for business, and business cards should be printed with the Chinese translation on the back and should be presented with both hands. Once cards are exchanged, it would be rude for you not to examine it. Putting it in your back pocket is considered extremely disrespectful. Business meals can last for several hours and international visitors may be expected to drink to a number of toasts. It is also an advantage to have a tolerance for tobacco smoke. (“Tibet Business Etiquette”) The main exports in Tibet are; Livestock, traditional medicine, borax and other minerals, lumber and carpets. China also rents Tibetan land out to other countries so that they can mine within Tibet. These countries include; Mongolia, Belgium, and Canada. As a result of Chinas occupation in Tibet, Tibetans have a hard time using their own resources for their benefit. In addition, the...
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...TO THE WEST INTRODUCTION “When you come back as a whale, you’ll be bloody glad you put Greenpeace in your will.” — Greenpeace advertisement on billboard in Taylor Square, Sidney, Australia As the above quotation from the advertisement indicates, there is no question that Buddhism has a certain appeal to the West. Donald S. Lopez, Jr. author of Prisoners of Shangri-la: Tibetan Buddhism and The West provides a cultural history of the “strange encounter” between Buddhism (especially Tibetan Buddhism) and Western countries, most notably Britain, Australia and the United States. It is no longer questionable that Buddhism, and again, especially the Tibetan stream, has permeated popular culture: since China’s invasion and occupation of Tibet in 1950, which will be discussed further, but most significantly since the 1990s. This is most likely accredited to the Dalai Lama’s receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, which brought him and Buddhism much exposure. In fact, every stream of Buddhism announces growing public acceptance in the West since the Dalai Lama first visited two decades ago. The Complete Guide to Buddhist America, written in 1998 for which the Dalai Lama wrote the preface, reports that the number of worship centers in the United States more than doubled from 1987 to 1997 to over one thousand. Several examples illustrate the recent exposure of Buddhism in Western popular and political culture. Firstly, one of the most popular films of the early 1980s, The Return...
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...following table is a relation (Figure 2-a): ISBN | Title | Publisher | Copyright | 0-671-66398-4 | Seven Habits of Highly Effective People | Fireside | 1994 | 0-8109-8052-5 | The Art of Walt Disney | Abradale | 1986 | 0-9616878-6-X | Classics, US Aircraft of World War II | Howell Press | 1987 | 0-87477-888-3 | Seven Years in Tibet | Tarcher /Putman | 1997 | 1. What is the entity being described in the table above? Books 2. Copy 1 attribute or field from Figure 2-a above The books Title is an attribute for example: “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” 3. Copy 1 tuple or record from Figure 2-a above. 0-671-66398-4 | Seven Habits of Highly Effective People | Fireside | 1994 | The textbook identifies 8 characteristics of a table that make it a relation. * Rows contain data about an entity * Columns contain data about attributes of the entity * Cells of the table hold a single value * All entries in a column are of the same kind * Each column has a unique name * The order of the columns is unimportant * The order of the rows is unimportant * No two rows may hold an identical set of data values 4. Copy and modify 1 record of Figure 2-a so it violates the relation rule “Columns contain data about attributes of the entity.” Highlight the modification and describe it. ISBN | Title | CustomerName | Copyright | 0-671-66398-4 | Seven Habits of Highly Effective People | Mike Adams | 1994 | The third column doesn’t have any thing...
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...he was able to talk it is said that he told his parents that his real name was Pema Dorii and if you remember, that is the name of the first Dalai Lama. (The Dalai Lamas) As a child he would sing songs about his previous lives. (Adams) At the young age of eleven he was recognized as the reincarnation of Gendun Drupa, which is the first Dalai Lama. In 1486, he took his vows of Gelong, which is full ordination. Choje Choekyi Gyaltsen gave him the name of Gedun Gyatso at ordination. (The Dalai Lamas) Over the next few years, “Gendun Gyatso spent his life doing practice, pilgrimage, and giving teachings, and developed an enormous following in Tibet.” (Adams) In the year 1509, he established Chokhor Gyel, which became the personal monastery of the Dali Lamas. (Adams) He became the abbott of Drepung monastery and revived the Great Prayer Festival in the year 1518. An abbott is a man who is the leader of an abbey of monks. Sadly, in 1542 he died at the age of sixty-seven. (The Dalai...
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...Gyatso was born into a typical Tibetan farming family on July 6th, 1935, in Taktser, Tibet. Tibet can be found in Asia, within China, and is northeast of the Himalayas. Takster was a small village located in Tibet. Before Gyatso was recognized as the reincarnated Thirteenth Dalai Lama, he worked alongside his parents and six siblings during his early years. Many years later, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama claims that he had an average childhood before being discovered and that “’ “…no one had any idea that I might be anything other than an ordinary baby’” (The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama). Like many people in China, Gyatso and his family practiced the religion...
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...Western Religious Art, as much of Tibet Art is religious in nature. Using this information it will address the question of the paper and look at any similarities between the ways Tibetans have adopted street art/graffiti and Western street art/graffiti. It will also examine the reactions of the Chinese Communist authorities not only to Tibetan Art and street art/graffiti but Tibetan culture in general. Graffiti is unsolicited markings on public or private property, the word graffiti coming from the Italian graffito, meaning ‘to scratch’. In recent years, the word graffiti has also been used to refer to a particular style of art, painted legally or not. It “…is art removed from art’s own precious arena; it inhabits the everyday world of people…is the art of the general. First and foremost its purpose is to focus the public’s sense of space. It has to be immediate, forceful”[1]. The reasons given for graffiti/street art are diverse. Banksy, probably the most well known graffitist in the world says “Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s (graffiti) actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.”[2] The growing interest in Tibetan sculpture and painting nowadays is clearly due as much to their religious subject matter as to their aesthetic value. The concept of Shangri-La where “Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism have long...
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...Arunachal Pradesh /ˌɑrəˌnɑːtʃəl prəˈdɛʃ/ is one of the 29 states of India. Located in northeast India it holds the most northeastern position among the other northeast states. Arunachal Pradesh borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Bhutan in the west,Myanmar in the east and the People's Republic of China in the north. Itanagar is the capital of the state. China and ROC claim most of the state as part ofTibet and call the disputed area South Tibet.[2] Arunachal Pradesh, which translates to "land of the dawn-lit mountains",[3] is also known as the Orchid State of India or the Paradise of the Botanists. Geographically, it is the largest among the North-east Indian states commonly known as the Seven Sister States. As in other parts of Northeast India, the people native to the state trace their origins from the Tibeto-Burman people. A large number of migrants from various parts of India and foreign lands have and have been affecting the state's population. No reliable population count of the migrant population exists, and the percentage estimating the total actual population accordingly vary. Arunachal Pradesh has the highest number of regional languages in South Asia[4] enriched with diverse culture and traditions. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 1.1 Early history * 1.2 Drawing of McMahon line * 1.3 Sino-Indian War * 1.3.1 Tawang * 1.4 Current Status * 2 Geography * 2.1 Climate ...
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...Gompa or monastery means a solitary place. Since the advent of Buddhism, it has been playing a central role in religious, political, military and civic activities of the communities that adopted Buddhism as religion. Historically, Buddhism had started to spread more as a way of education than a religion per se. So, in the initial days, gompas came up in two forms – Avasa (temporary in nature and more so in rural and nomadic settings) and Arama (more permanent and usually associated with urban settlements of that era). Typically, a gompa would start as a seat of learning where learned scholars would study, meditate and congregate for learned discussions. Some influential patrons would donate well to support the construction of a common hall for all such activities. It would also be usual to have a boundary wall around such halls. In return, scholars will then initiate such patrons and allow them to participate in learned discussion. Such a privilege was not allowed to commoners. As the populations grew and number of scholars and monks went up, such basic structures slowly and steadily evolved into gompas as we see today. In general, every gompa has religious, administrative, residential portions. Typically, a gompa will have the following structures:- --Guha or Iha-khang or Main Sanctum. It will have Du-khang or assembly room and Go-khang/ La-khang or inner chamber. Inner chambers are generally out of bounds for ladies unless the deities inside are fully covered or the chamber...
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...Meditation Meditation is a holistic discipline .It is generally an internal, personal practice and most often done without any external involvement. Meditation is a safe and simple way to balance a person’s physical, mental and emotional forces. But can benefit everybody. Meditation is not a technique but a way of life. Meditation means 'a cessation of the thought process' . It describes a state of consciousness, when the mind is free of scattered thoughts and various patterns . The observer (one who is doing meditation) realizes that all the activity of the mind is reduced to one. Herbert Benson, M.D., a professor at Harvard Medical School, describes the meditation experience as the "relaxation response." He discovered by studying various yogis and longtime meditators that the meditation process counteracted the effects of the sympathetic nervous system-the one that wants to fight or flee. Whereas the sympathetic system dilates the pupils and gets the heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure up, the parasympathetic system, activated when we meditate, does just the opposite. Muscle tension decreases, blood pressure drops, and for some extraordinary practitioners, even temperature and basal metabolism rates drop during a prolonged meditation. Oxygen needs of the body are reduced when one is in a highly relaxed state, and brain waves change from the busy beta-waves to the blissful alpha waves. In addition to...
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...Robert Poole BSBMGT40A Show leadership in the workplace Due Date 03/07/2010 [pic] Table of Content Assessment Task 1 P3 Introduction P5 Body P5 3i. 5 Key Characteristics P5 3ii. Inspirational Leaders P7 3iii. Steve Irwin P7 3iv. Mahatma Ghandi P8 3v. Dalai Lama P9 Conclusion P11 References P11 Assessment Task 1: Questions A good leader should be able to demonstrate very good communication skills this will give them a good base to build and develop all other required skills to successfully lead a team. Leading by example, understanding the positions and duties of your team, interacting well with all walks of life and consistency with appreciation and discipline will not only gain the leader respect by the team, it will let the team know they can rely on their leader for help and guidance and knowing their boundaries and what is expected of them without confusion. Everyone wants’ to work in a safe and happy environment, organisations and individuals within the team should demonstrate ethical behaviours so we all can interact well together and create this stable friendly, safe and productive workplace. Demonstrating social interaction, equal opportunity and adhering to workplace policies such as oh&s and environmental can and will enable the team members to feel safe, happy and proud of their workplace and form strong bonds that can pull the team together when things do go wrong...
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...been a century later that he was born. His given name was Siddhartha Gautama. For the next 30 years or so it is believed that the prince lived a very sheltered life. Somewhere around his 29th or 30th year he decided he wanted to see the outside world. His father was extremely against it. He wanted to protect his son from the outside world. His father finally agreed and sent out troops to remove all of the old, sick, and ugly from the route that the prince would take. According to legend he took a total of four trips out of the grounds. On each of his outings he seen one of the “four sights” that his father tried to protect him against. The “four sights” are said to be a bent old man, a dead person, a sick person, and renunciate. After coming home for the final time he decided that the life he was living wasn’t what he really wanted. Siddhartha set out on a long journey trying to find what it was that he felt was missing .He wandered around for 6 years taking whatever food was given to him. At one point he was surviving on a grain of rice and a drop of water for the day. He eventually decided that he did not need to torture his body like this to achieve the path to freedom. It is said that he sat under a tree and meditated all night. This is when he became the Buddha or enlightened one. His experience that night was so profound that he decided to stay near that tree for seven weeks. After that it is said that the god Brahma came to him and told him he needed to teach...
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...Scoring the winning touchdown. Volunteering for blood drives or building houses. What you learned about poverty on your $9,000 trip to Africa. These are a few topics on independent consultant Arun Ponnusamy’s list of what not to write about in your college application essay. (A few more: Don't write about mom and dad's divorce, and no general philosophizing—you're 17, get over yourself.) Admissions season is under way, and with early applications deadlines starting November 1, you've only got a few more days to polish your make-or-break essay. Straight As and stellar SAT scores won't be enough. In a year where 10 brilliant kids are vying for every one slot at your average Ivy League school (yes, that statistic is accurate), the personal essay...
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...H2-41 Daniel Shteinbuk Hw#25 4/20/15 1) Kublai Khan- Genghuz Khan’s grandson. Completed the conquer of China at 1279. From his capital at Cambulac, he ruled all of China as well as Korea, TIbet and Vietnam. Marco Polo- Italian merchant. In 1271 left Venice with father and uncle. In Chinna spent 17 years working. Wrote about China and how they are. Zheng He- commanded the first of seven expeditions. The goal was to promote trade and collect tribute from lesser powers in western seas. In 1433 he died. Stopped oversea exploration. 2) Since once Mongols conquests a land they still allowed some freedom and trade. This encouraged trade between the captured cities, Mongol and Europe. 3) Moved his capital from Mongolia to N. China (modern Beijing) "Adopted China's administrative system, adapted to urban life, and spared China from devastation if they accepted his rule." Encouraged commerce, promoted paper money, expanded highways, and fostered merchant corporations. Extended Grand Canal from Yellow River north to his capital. (transport of grain and goods) 4) The Ming Emperors tried to restore Chinese culture by restoring the Civil Service System, which was ultimately the key to success. After that, Ming China saw a revival of arts and literature. 5) The purpose of the overseas expeditions was to promote trade and collect tributes from the lesser powers in the western seas. 6) The differences were that in Europe the richer cities were generally...
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...Table of Contents Introduction The origin and development of teaTea cultureThe spread of teaConclusion ReferenceAppendix | 2245678 | Introduction China has a history of tea culture for thousands of years, it could be called the hometown of tea. Now after a long history, tea has been prevalent in more than 50 countries around the world, tea has been become one of the three major non-alcoholic drinks. As a worldwide beverage, tea is becoming more and more get the welcome and attention of people. In recent years, people's preference to tea, resulting in tea consumption is constantly growing around the world. Many rumors said that tea was first discovered by the Chinese, it has been confirmed by banker. When viewing Chinese splendid tea culture, and can see the different historical period about tea art. Chinese drinking tea has a history of several thousand years, there are many kinds of tea, for example, green tea, black tea, oolong tea and scented tea, etc. Original Chinese tea is popular in Sichuan, then it spread to the east and south, the throughout the country. In emperor Shennong period, is the earliest discovered tea, but tea mainly flourished in the Tang dynasty. The formation of the Chinese tea culture, it is from the Tang dynasty. China’s contribution to the human in tea industry that is mainly depends on the first discovered and used tea this plant to develop into a unique tea art of the world. The origin and development of tea Tea was first discovered...
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...Buddhism Buddhism is the philosophy of a man that lived about 2500 years ago, not that of a deity. Budda's teachings are not set in stone, nor is it the only advice in this world. Buddhist's are encouraged to think freely and challenge everything that they hear or read. Buddhist's also believe in afterlives which are determined by this life. Other forms of religion believe in a stone set of rules and have a designated deity that is the figure head for their religion. Christianity as a whole has rejected the idea's of Buddhism because the philosophy lacks a deity of some kind, and as a whole, Christianity is closed off to other idea's not of their own God's. Atheists reject all ideas other than we are a freak of nature and once the brain dies, we cease to exhist. Buddhism can be seen all throughout our society from movies like “Seven Years in Tibet”, to nightly sitcoms like “Darhma and Gregg”. You can type Buddhism into google and thousands of titles of books, and thousands of internet titles pop up. Buddhism can also be seen in the entertainment industry with such entertainment icons such as Tina Turner. Al Gore found money for campain from a Buddhist temple located in the United States.(http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,136680,00.html) Buddhism appears to be one of the most widley accepted philosophies around the world. According some brief research online, the majority of discrimination found amidst Buddhists is from within—discrimination...
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