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7 YearsinTibetReview
Review of the geographical aspects and cultural aspects of Seven Years in Tibet
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prayer wheels do what? | Keep spinning to keep prayers p.88 Also known as "Mani wheels" to tibetians. |
| What is a Kundun? | Means "presence", they call the Dalai Lama this. |
| What obstacles did the men from the west have to overcome? | Language, mountains,culture,ecapeing prison,westerners not allowed, needed a permit, ect pg.37 |
| What the author learned. | Slower pace of life, culture, language,new appreciation for Tibetian life. |
| What color is favored by the Dalai Lama? | Yellow pg 186 |
| Rebirth | When someone dies they turn into something else such as a animal. And respect of nature. |
| Capital Punishment | Punishment was unhumane and was strange such as cutting off the hands and lashingsor floggings. Not bill more harsh. |
| Oracle | Disconnects body and spirit. |
| Behavior for people of Tibet. | Happy, hospitable, love, laughing, slower pace of life. |
| How did Tibetans dispose of bodies and death? | Bodies must be chopped up, and fed to birds or burned, or sometimes have a water burial. Body is useless when no soul is in it. |
| What are monasteries? | Monasteries are all over Tibet and this is where monks live. (Also women can not be monks.) |
| What was the author's connection to the Dalai Lama? | He was his tutor about everything in the western world, geography, science, English. |
| Tibet vs. China | Tibet and China did not like each other. And Tibet did not like China because they are a communist country. |
| Tibet markets | They were crowded stalls selling things like scarfs and clothes. pg 49 and 218 |
| Tibet education | Tibet had a medicine school and most things were taught in monasteries. (Slates were also used in education so that they can erase things. |
| Feelings toward hunting | Do not kill animals and have lots of respect for animals it could be your grandmother! |
| Hair | Shows status in society. High worn up= high status. Pig tails=low status |
| Butter tea | You can drink up to 60 days, served hot and not good |
| White scarves | polite given to honor people; polite ritual |
| Honey | illegal, could be traded and was hard to get |
| Projects that the western people did (harcher and althsniter) | Irrigation systems, filming for Dalai Lama, gardening, building tennis court, ice skating, fountain, Theatre (movie) |
| What did the Dalai Lama learn? | Life, culture, and Technology of the west |
| Tibetan soldiers | Solders were volunteers and they were not well trained and got money from spoils. |
| Tibetan Religion | buddism reincarnation very importatant and Dalai Lama center of religion. |
| Feelings about Dalai Lama | Very respected, people love him and consider him as a god. |
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