Dalai Lama: Biography
Updated Fri. Apr. 16 2004 11:53 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
The Dalai Lama is the world's third most recognized spiritual leader, after Pope John Paul II and Billy Graham, two other globetrotting evangelists.
A tireless worker for his people, the Dalai Lama is the leading voice for a diverse group of beliefs that have a common root in the India of 2,500 years ago. Although Buddhism is not a single monolithic religion, the Tibetan Buddhist leader has emerged as a spokesman for Buddhism and interfaith spirituality.
Tibetansociety was one based almost wholly on faith. The monastery systemflourished from the 15th century on and, and religion was dominant inall aspects of life from agriculture to politics. It was, according toTibetan scholar Robert Thurman, an inward turning society at a timewhen much of the rest of the world was moving outward.
-JohnLocast, 4/20/08 2:15 AM
How to judge the social development of Tibetan society? and what is the more accurate way of looking at this problem? How to balance the religious development and its social and economic development? these are really new challenges and dilemmas that we shouldthink about. A very new question ont only for Chinese people, leaders tothink about but as to the international sociaty as well!! To rephrase it, how could we keep the ancient religin, keep it the way it is and at same time to catch up with the world which was 'moving outward' so rapidly as we can see?
How to judge the social development of Tibetan society? and what is the more accurate way of looking at this problem? How to balance the religious development and its social and economic development? these are really new challenges and dilemmas that we shouldthink about. A very new question ont only for Chinese people, leaders tothink about but as to the international sociaty as well!! To rephrase it, how could we keep the ancient religin, keep it the way it is and at same time to catch up with the world which was 'moving outward' so rapidly as we can see?