Pascua Lama Essays

  • Barrick Gold's Communication Problem

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    Company by operating in a safe, profitable, and responsible manner.” This case analysis will evaluate mainly the communication problem that Barrick Gold, the world’s largest mining company in Canada faced. The cause of such problem surfaced from the Pascua Lama project. These causes and symptoms of such a project will be discussed in this analysis. The main communication problem Barrick Gold is facing is the fact that the company didn’t go according to plan, and didn’t stick to the promises they made

  • Rudyard Kipling's Kim

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    young Kimball O'hara became Kim, and under the hot Indian sun his skin grew so dark that one good not tell that he was of the Caucasian race. One day a Tibetan lama, in search of the Holy River of the Arrow that would wash away all sin, came to Lahore. Struck by all possibility for an exciting adventure, Kim attached himself to the lama as his chela. His adventures began almost at once. That night, at the edge of Lahore, Mahubub Ali, a horse trader, gave Kim a cryptic message to deliver to a British

  • The Tibetan Struggle for Independence

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    others they remain a joke. Many people wonder how a country with such a large populous of people, has managed to keep their freedom struggle non-violent for so long? Part of the answer lies within the ability and personality of their leader, the Dalai Lama, and his firm belief in Buddhism. His uncompromising attitude towards violence and his unquestioned moral authority among the Tibetan people have prevented people in Tibet and in exile from taking up arms. The other part lies within the knowledge

  • Summary Of Happy Like God By Jane Kenyon

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    everyone’s perspective on happiness would be different and could not be accounted to be true for everyone. According to Jane Kenyon’s poem, Simon Critchley’s critique, Douglas Preston’s encounter with the famous religious and political figure Dalai Lama, and Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi’s theory, each hold a different view on what happiness really means and why it is such a concern to people. Jane Kenyon in her poem Happiness published in Poetry magazine (February 1995), writes, “There’s just no accounting

  • We Have No Right To Happiness Analysis

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    How should we pursue happiness? This is a question that has many points of views. The Authors like His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Gretchen Rubin, C.S. Lewis and also the Declaration of Independence have different ways of viewing how to pursue happiness. They believe that everyone achieves happiness by a variety of certain ways. Some people have the same view points and some the complete opposite. After reading the authors beliefs about happiness, one has many unique ways to pursue happiness. On

  • Om Mani Padme Hum Analysis

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    For this vocabulary essay, we are trying to discover what is hidden behind the « Om Mani Padme Hum » chant. According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, “Om Mani Padme Hum” literally means “the jewel in the heart of the lotus”. However, this chant has a very vast and complex signification for every Buddhist walking on the face of earth. First of all, the first syllable of the chant is “Om” which reminded me of the first paper we had to write so I researched to see if it was, in fact, the same symbol

  • Dalai Lama Analysis

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    The Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler in “The Source of Happiness” shows that “One method is obtaining everything that we want and desire-all the money, houses, and cars; the perfect mate and the perfect body.” (Dalai Lama and Cutler 27). The Dalai Lama gave an example to how people choose to find happiness in the world and believes how pretentious these ideas can be. If a person cannot be satisfied with what they have then it allow for there to be a flaw in that person’s life. The Dalai Lama wanted us

  • My Greek Dinner

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    Today is day I am having dinner with three people that I adore or people that I find very interesting to me, in my opinion they can be described as the good, the bad, and the beautiful. Marie Antoinette being the bad, Thomas Jefferson the good, and Kim Soo Hyun (a Korean actor) being the beautiful. As for me, I feel honored to be able to have dinner with them. We are having our dinner in Seoul the capital of South Korea, and although Kim Soo Hyun is a native of South Korea I decided that dinner

  • Film Analysis: Into the Wild

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    the habitants were always sharing with one another. This vital aspect of these people was never noticed by Chris. This proved detrimental in his short time in Alaska till his heart aching death. In the two non-fiction pieces, “Skiing with the Dalai Lama” and “An Account of Happiness”, they state similar beliefs of happiness. In both they show things that gave happiness for a short period of time. But both show something that is will give happiness more than those... ... middle of paper ... ..

  • Right To Happiness Essay

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    They defend your right to pursue happiness as long as it stays on the lawful path. Aristotle has shown us that even in Ancient Greece they had a standard for what they believed as happiness that is still carried on and believed to this day, The Dalai Lama has his own beliefs that still do not interfere and C.S. Lewis believes that we throw away our morals just to put one form of happiness up on a pedestal, harming others that we may love along this path. Combining all of these teachings together shows

  • Tibetan Education

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    were in school, and ninety-five percent of the general population was illiterate before “Liberation.1” The overpowering Chinese government determined that they must be freed “from Western imperialists.2” Eight years later, in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India, unsuccessfully trying to win back Tibet’s independence. Education for the Tibetans has traditionally taken place in the monasteries. However, of the greater than 2,500 monasteries that once existed in Tibet, all but three percent of

  • Why I Want To Be A Physician Assistant Essay

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    without contemplating their actions, thereby missing vast opportunities for achievement. They waste valuable time engaging in frivolous matters instead of putting their energies towards more productive and meaningful purposes. In the words of the Dalai Lama: “Life is not about acquiring money and other facilities; it is about dedicating your life to helping others as much as you can.” The immeasurable value of helping others has been engrained in me since childhood. As a result of my own difficult family

  • Heinrich In Tibet

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    life, but after he had spent a few years in Tibet he changed to a much better person. We find that Heinrich is very self-centred throughout his experience, Heinrich soon discovers he needs help from others throughout his journey and meeting the Dalai Lama changes Heinrich and his view on life and other cultures. At the start of Heinrich’s journey we find Heinrich is very self-centred. This is shown in various parts of Heinrich’s experience, some include; when Heinrich is explaining that “it’s the Himalayas”

  • How Does David Neel's Identity Change Throughout The Novel

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    My Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-Neel is a travel narrative that revolves around David-Neel’s treacherous journey to the city of Lhasa, Tibet at a time when it was closed off to all foreigners. David-Neel herself was a Frenchwoman by birth, however throughout the narrative it becomes apparent that her French identity isn’t the most accurate representation of David-Neel as a person. At the age of six, David-Neel began her fascination with comparative religions, an effect of her parents being

  • Media Coverage of the China-Tibet Talks

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    ‘emancipation’ of the serfs to Abraham Lincoln's abolition of slavery” (39). The rest of the article continues to bring up facts that build up against Jiang. Liu goes on to say, “ As for Tibet, Jiang claims to have had ‘good relations’ with the late Panchen Lama” (39). N... ... middle of paper ... ...bias introduced since all the facts are laid out for them. Future coverage of the conflict will most likely continue in the same fashion it has been going on over the decades. Incorrect analyses will continue

  • Issues of Survival

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    change.” I believe that the Dalai Lama, in his book Ethics for a New Millennium, discusses many issues pertaining to the current state of our society that are of dyer importance if we hope to survive into the next few generations. Primarily, I am referring to his discussion of happiness as it relates to inner peace, the acknowledgement of universal responsibility, and the need to educate our children responsibly, inside and outside of the classroom. The Dalai Lama makes the assertion that, as humans

  • Dalai Lama Compassion

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    The Dalai Lama defines compassion as having much empathy for others’ till we can start to share each others’ own suffering. Empathy should be presented towards all beings including our enemies; that is the most effortless and purest form of compassion. The Dalai Lama would argue that when it comes to the use of compassion in our professional life is somewhat crucial or else “our activities are in danger of becoming destructive.” (Dalai Lama, pg. 64). This meaning that we wouldn’t consider the things

  • Love and Compassion in Healthcare

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    The Dalai Lama once wrote “Compassion is one of the principal things that makes our lives meaningful. It is the source of lasting happiness and joy and is the foundation of a good heart. Through acts of kindness, affection, honesty and justice we not only help others but ensure our own benefit as well. By contrast the more our hearts and minds are afflicted with ill-will, the more miserable we become. We cannot escape the need for love and compassion.” (Lama) What does this mean when it comes

  • Personal Narrative- Meditation

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    I am grateful to the living masters of this tradition willing to teach their well-developed methods for progress along the path. The best answer I’ve heard to the perennial question “What is the meaning of life?” comes from His Holiness the Dalai Lama: “To be happy and to be useful.” Comrades, to the ramparts! May all beings benefit from our efforts, large and small!

  • Power of Silence

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    Throughout life society and individuals constantly experience things, whether large or small that affect them in many different ways. These experiences can be good or bad, and many have the power to affect people’s lives. However one of the most powerful and important of these experiences is one that can go completely unnoticed. This powerful experience is simply thought of as silence, but it has a far more complex impact on life than anyone really realizes. Not only does silence have the power