HOMERWORK

Name: Jorge Tipan

LANDSCAPE OF FAITH

PREPARING TO READ

1. Do you know of any other religions whose philosophy is based on respect for the life
and reachings of an individual? What religions are they?

The religions whose Philosophy is based on respect for the life and reachings of an individual are
the Christianity and Catholicism.

2. Do you know of other religions of an individual that suffered from government

persecution in the last century?

The religion of an individual thet suffered from government persecution in the last century is
the Judaism.

3. Why do you think some Westerners are attracted to Eastern religions?

Some Westerners are attracted to Eastern religions because the religion conceives the supreme
as God, and the goal of most people who practice the Western tradition is to know God, obey
God and form a loving and vital relationship with God.

VOCABULARY FOR COMPREHENSION

Work in pairs. Read the sentences, and match each underlined word or expresión with a synonym
from the list

1. The Buddhist religion believes in the idea that individual people can come back in a new
life form after death. (REINCARNATION)
2. Some religions doctrines foretell the end of the world (PREDICT)
3. When someone asks you to imagine what the future will bring, you are being asked to
theorize about ehat may happen (SPECULATE)
4. Spiritual concerns are Usually associated with religion, but worldly, material concerns
are Usually identified with government authority. In some cultures, however, the
spiritual leader is also the lead of government. (MOBILIZE)
5. In some countries, a political, spiritual, or artistic leader who is unpopular with the
government can be forced into leaving his or her country and living in a foreign land.
(EXILE)
6. Although almost all religions defend the need for peace, religious concerns have
sometimes been used to prepare people for war. (PRACTICING)
7. Most religions try to teach moral principles, hoping that people will stop their selfish or
aggressive behavior. (CEASE)
8. In many religions, the leaders are not elected. The heads of thr religion choose their
successors. (DESIGNATE)
9. Many parents give their children a religious education, hopping that when the children
grow up they will be obscrvant members of the religion. (RELEVANT)
10. Some young people feel that religious concerns are no longer related to modern life.
(PRACTICING)
11. History shows that brutal dictators do not think much about the longterm interests of
their people. They are often reckless and interested only in the moment. (TEMPORAL)
 12. Some religions are practiced only among their own people, but other religions seek to
spread their ideas among as many people as possible. (PROPAGATE)

READING FOR MAIN IDEAS

Under each of the questions about the main themes of this reading, write a few sentences
summarizing the Dalai Lama’s point of view.

1. What does the Dalai Lama say about his philosophy of death?

Dalai Lama says about his philosopgy of Death, that who was dying and everyone was very sad.
He said “Don`t be sad. Right now, you have an old, decaying young body.

2. What does the Dalai Lama say about his attitude toward war?

Dalai Lama says about his Attitude toward war, that a handful of shortsightes people have
always existed. But overall, their day is over because the public`s Attitude toward war and
violence has become much healthier than at any time in history.

3. What does he say about the role of the Dalai Lama in the future?

The role of the Dalai Lama in the future is that remember us with as a Buddhist practitioner, he
has no interest in that. So long as he has alive, he time and his life must be utilized properly.
Then after his Death, he doesn`t care how people remember him.

4. What does he say about the future of the earth?

He says about the future of the Earth, that, the world itself is nature. Their believes the whole
world will comes and dissapear, so eventually the world because desert and even the ocean
dries up. But the again,another new world is reborn.

READING FOR DETAILS

Read the sentences below. Cross out the sentences that are not part of the Dalai Lama’s
predictions. Then decide which major theme of the reading each remaining Sentence supports.
Write the number of the Sentence on the bank next to the appropriate main idea.

Predictions

1. The Chinese government may go further in opposing the Tibetan people’s religion.
2. Buddhidts will be converting thousands of Americans to their religion
 3. Improvements in information technology will continue to create concern for people in
other countries.
4. World wars will be less likely than in the twentieth century.
5. Nature may go through a cycle where much is destroyed.
6. Tibetans will be true to their religion unless external forcé obliges them to change.
7. Nationalism will decrease as different peoples draw closer together.
8. The Dalai Lama will not worry about how people will remember him 100 years from
now.
9. Buddhists will have to accept the idea of a creator
10. Old bodies should be discarded

Main ideas/ themes

The role of the Dalai Lama in the future 8, 4

The Dalai Lama’s Attitude toward war 1, 7

The Dalai Lama’s Philosophy of Death 6, 9

The future of the Earth 5

REACTING TO THE READING

Based on what you read in the interview, imagine what the Dalai Lama would say if he were
asked the following questions. Write short answers and explain your conclusions, referring to
specific parts of the interview. Then compare your answers with those of another student.

1. Question: Should the Tibetans mobilize against the Chinese?

Answer: The Dalai Lama would probably say no because he speaks out against war and
violence in paragraph 5 of the interview.

2. Question: Should religious people refuse to go to the movies?

Answer: The Dalai Lama would probably say no, because we are humans and we beings
have a lor of curiosity in paragraph 21 of the interview.

3. Question: Should society invest a great deal of money in keeping very old and ill people
alive as long as possible?

Answer: The Dalai Lama would probably say no because some of the Lamas oh high
reincarnation are women in paragraph 13 of the interview.

4. Question: Should society be concerned about endangered species?

Answer: The Dalai Lama would probably say yes, becase we believe come and disappear,
so eventually the world becomes desert and even the ocean dries up in paragraph 24 of the
interview.

Now invent two questions of your own for the Dalai Lama, and ask a classmate to answer them.

5. Question: Should the religions considerer that the human to go shopping when you
travel?

Answer: The Dalai Lama would probably say yes, because we are human being, and he
said that the human beings have a lot of curiosity.
6. Question: Should society br concerned about the planet?

Answer: The Dalai Lama would probably say yes because the world itself is nature.