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Gandhi and the Dalai Lama
Who is Gandhi: Gandhi was the leader of a non-violent movement against South Africa and British rule.
What did Gandhi do: He stood up for the civil rights of Indian citizens and workers in South Africa. In India he got involved with the struggle for India's independence form Britain. And when tensions were rising between the Hindu majority and the Muslim minority in India (to the point of violence) Gandhi responded by sticking to his message of peace through fasting.
Where was Gandhi born: He was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Kathiawar, India
When did Gandhi begin to spread his message: He begin protesting after an incident where he was thrown off a train at a train stop for sitting in the first class area despite having the ticket for it.
Why Gandhi began to spread his message: After the incident Gandhi became determine to stand up and fight against the "deep disease of color prejudice.”
https://www.biography.com/people/mahatma-gandhi-9305898
Who is The Dalai Lama: The Dalai Lama is a title given to spiritual and political leaders in Buddhism. The currently the most recent Dalai lama is the 14th Dalai lama who is a spiritual leader of the Tibetan government and is in exile in India. Tibetans (Tibetans are an ethnic group native to Tibet, which border china) believe that he is the reincarnation of his predecessors.
What did the Dalai Lama do: The 14th Dalai Lama fought for the people of Tibet. When Chinese troops marched into Tibet, he attempted negotiated with the Chinese government but ultimately went into exile in India. He eventually proposed the Five Point Peace Plan which aimed to reconcile with the Chinese government. After many years In May 2011 the Dalai Lama signed a document transferring his authority to a democratically elected leader.
Where was the 14th Dalai Lama born: He was born on July 6 1935, in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet
When did the 14th Dalai Lama begin to spread his message: In 1950, when he was 15, the Dalai Lama was given political power. However, later that year in October, the People's Republic of China invaded Tibet with little trouble. This is the point where he began to stand up for Tibet and aimed to settle their deputes with China peacefully.
Why the Dalai Lama began to spread his message: (see "When did the 14th Dalai Lama begin to spread his message")
https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/biography-and-daily-life/brief-biography
https://www.biography.com/people/dalai-lama-9264833
Connections
Text to World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQnJjmrcxxQ
This is a clip from the Gandhi movie simply named Gandhi and was released in 1982. The clip depicts one of the most important events that Gandhi was involved in, the incident on the train. It shows how Gandhi was unjustly discriminated against in south Africa and the turning point for his life, as in this is when Gandhi began to realize how badly the Indian people were treated in south Africa and when he started to form his message.
Text to Faith
(Connections between Gandhi and the Dalai Lama and the Abrahamic Faiths)
All of the Leaders of these faiths used a message of non-violent to spread news to all
All the Leaders of these faiths had a mass following despite their deaths (their message continued to live on)
Text to Self
We can dialogue with the various religions of Asia by simply talking about everyday life and our various experiences with different religions (not just religions of Asia). After talking about everyday life, then we can begin to talk about our religions and points of views as well as draw connections and similarities between religions.
Example from church leader:
Press conference on the flight from Sri Lanka to the Philippines (January 14, 2014)
Pope Francis talked about his visit to a Buddhist temple and his experience there "not everyone there was Catholic, not even the majority! There were Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, and each one came to pray; they go and they say they receive graces there. they sense that there is something there that unites them. And if they are so naturally united in going together to pray at that shrine then why shouldn’t I go to a Buddhist temple to greet them. It helps us to understand the meaning of the interreligious experience in Sri Lanka. There is respect for one another."
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2015/january/documents/papa-francesco_20150115_srilanka-filippine-incontro-giornalisti.html
Text to Text
(Connections between Gandhi and the Dalai Lama)
Both Gandhi and the Dalai Lama faced issues with other countries and defended their own countries. Both Gandhi and the Dalai Lama became leaders of a movement/group. Both Gandhi and the Dalai Lama used non-violent messages to get their points and positions across