https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8 Religion and ethics newsweekly article en-us 2016-11-17 19:01:18 UTC 2026-02-02 20:07:44 UTC hello@padlet.com mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/138530240 2016-11-17 19:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/138530240 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/138531068 2016-11-17 19:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/138531068 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499011 Buddhist teachings do not rule out the use of force to relieve a greater suffering, although the Buddhist tradition is rightly known for the systematic practice of nonviolence, its first ethical precept.]]> 2016-11-23 01:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499011 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499030 The Tibetans are historically a bellicose people who have defended themselves with force throughout history.]]> 2016-11-23 01:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499030 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499047 Monks have taken to the streets before, even in the 20th century. What follow is a summary of the Tibetan conflict with the Chinese in modern history.]]> 2016-11-23 01:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499047 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499066 Certainly the political, economic, cultural, and environmental carnage that resulted from Chinese annexation of the Tibetan region has been well documented]]> 2016-11-23 01:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499066 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499082 Political instability is not new to Tibet, but it is arguably its defining characteristic since before the transmission of Buddhism to the region in the 7th century CE]]> 2016-11-23 01:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499082 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499114  Its provinces were not unified until the 17th century, when the first Dalai Lama consolidated the country under Manchu patronage]]> 2016-11-23 01:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499114 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499124 When the British invaded in 1904, the 13th Dalai Lama fled to Mongolia and attempted unsuccessfully to enlist Russian support.]]> 2016-11-23 01:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499124 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499150 The Chinese recovered control of the country in 1909, but were expelled by the Dalai Lama in 1913.]]> 2016-11-23 01:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499150 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499167 Declaring independence in 1914, the 13th Dalai Lama attempted to institute political reforms but was opposed by the monasteries.]]> 2016-11-23 01:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499167 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499176  After an uprising of monks in 1921, the Dalai Lama gave up all efforts to modernize the country; the army was disbanded, English schools closed, and regents took over the country following the Dalai Lama’s death in 1933.]]> 2016-11-23 01:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/t57lu0ql2ie8/wish/139499176