inquiry paper proposal

7/30/2019 Inquiry Paper Proposal

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I. How did the decision change the life of the Mistaken Child?J. Were there any controversies with the child after he was decided not to be the true Dalai

Lama?

K. Who was been the most Famous or worldly known Dalai Lama? What made him so well known?Was it the process that he was chosen through or was it his contributions as the Dalai Lama?

Prior Knowledge:

My Prior knowledge of the Dalai Lama is very slim to none. I can tell you that he is the head Monk of the

Buddhist Religion and that the process to find the reincarnation is lengthy and taken very seriously. I

remember in High School watching a movie about choosing the Dalai Lama, but I cant remember all of

the details and specifics of the movie besides the topic. I know that Buddhist Monks live in elaborate

and beautiful Monasteries in the Himalayan Mountains. I know whenever I think of the Dalai Lama I

think of a kind Elderly Tibetan Man who wears small round glasses and wears yellow and red robes.

Anything other than this, I dont know anything about the Dalai Lama or the process used to find the

reincarnation and thats why I find this topic so fascinating.

Prior Beliefs, Assumptions, and Stereotypes:

I always think of the Dalai Lama as a gentle elderly Tibetan Man who wears little round glasses and

yellow and red robes. When I hear the term Buddhism or Monks I tend to think about Buddha,

meditation, and a state of extreme relaxation. So in turn, I think of the Dalai Lama of being this serene

and calm being that is the Head Monk in the Buddhist Culture.

Working Knowledge:

When doing a quick search on Google, just typing in Dalai Lama I came up with several entries with

concerning the Dalai Lamas life and even the Dalai Lamas Facebook and Twitter page. The most

interesting and probably the most helpful link in this search is the His Holiness the 14th

Dalai Lama link

that redirects you to the official Website of the 14th

Dalai Lama. From this page, I can find several tabs

that are full of information all about the Dalai Lamas history, biography, teachings and even travel

events around the world and worldly news.

Further down the page on the Google search there is the link to the Dalai Lama Foundation which is

program run in partnership with the Dalai Lama to create his vision of peace. In relation to the program

for Peace, there is also a link farther down the Google search page, to the Nobel Prize website that

references the 14th

Dalai Lama in accordance to him receiving the Nobel Prize in 1989. Here the website

gives information on the press release on the Nobel Prize of 1989 as well as the speech given by the

Dalai Lama. This website gives a detailed history of the Dalai Lamas work towards peace throughout the

world as well as a brief description on the Dalai Lamas own education through monastic universities.


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With a brief search on Britannica when I type in Dalai Lama, I am immediately given an extensive list

of all of the prior Dalai Lamas with an intricate and elaborate list of contributions with each different

reincarnation, this list dates back to the first line of the Dalai Lama and then goes from the next

reincarnation up until the 14th

Dalai Lama, who is alive today. After the first page on the search, I come

across articles on the Dalai Lama and Tibetan History. This website search will be very helpful when it

comes time to know the history and contributions of the Dalai Lamas as well as how they influence the

Tibetan government and overall history of Tibet.

On The Internet Public Library there are several entries on the Dalai Lama appear and most of them look

promising. Most of the searches on the Internet Public Library have to do the denouncing the Dalai Lama

and monks. All of the searches that I have done make my topic so much more fascinating and I want to

learn more and research more and more about how Monks find the reincarnation of the Dalia Lama.

If I need to narrow:

I think this topic is probably already pretty narrow and specific but if I cant find information about the

process, I think I will write about the Mistaken Child.

If I need to Expand:

if I need to expand this topic, I will most likely do something on the Dalai Lama in general. Most likely,

why do they win the Nobel Prize so often or how they influence the Tibetan government?

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