Dalai Lama Research Paper

The Dalai Lama consistently preaches nonviolence, and his beliefs and actions earned him the Nobel Prize for Peace. What are his beliefs and actions? Peruse some of his writings and read about the life he lives and the community he has established in India, and describe the witness of the Dalai Lama. What is his relationship with his native Tibet and with occupying China? And what does the future of the Dalai Lama position look like?

Introduction

The Dalai Lama was a great spiritual leader and a Buddhist monk. He was also, more importantly the leader of the Tibetan people. He preached the importance for non violence and fought for the peace resolution of the Sino Tibetan conflict. The actions and beliefs of the Dalai Lama, the great impact

In 1954, he travelled to Beijing to being peace talks with Mao Tse-tung and other Chinese leaders (Lama, Dalai, pg.1). Unfortunately, the peace talk efforts for a resolution to the Sino Tibetan conflict were not successful due to the China’s policy in eastern Tibet. Those policies lead to an uprising and resistance movement, and spread to different parts of the country. On March 10, 1959, the capital of Tibet, Lhasa becomes invaded by the largest demonstration in Tibetan history; which is called on the withdrawal of China from Tibet, and Tibet’s independence (Lama, Dalai, pg.1). The uprising was defeated by the Chinese army that resulted in the Dalai Lama having to flee to India where he was given political asylum. There were 80,000 Tibetans that followed the Dalai Lama to exile. There are currently 120,000 Tibetans still in exile. Since 1960, The Dalai Lama has lived in Dharamsala, India, and is known as the “Little Lhasa,” The base of the Tibetan Government in exile (Lama, Dalai pg.2). While he was in exile, the Dalai Lama continued to fight for freedom of Tibet by appealing to the United Nations. This had the affect in the adoption of three resolutions by the general assembly in 1959, 1961, and in 1965 that stated that China had to respect human rights of Tibetans and their right for autonomy. The Dalai Lama saw the importance and need to preserve the Tibetans culture while in exile (Lama, Dalai pg. 2). While the Tibetans were in exile they were able to start there agriculture and settlements over again. Their economic development helped them build new education system that was focused on powering Tibetan in refugee with their culture, history and religion. These high learning schools were established in India for Tibetans. There was also various monasteries established that helped to preserve the Tibetan Buddha teachings, and spirit