While searching for various related events to study over the course of this class, I chose to watch the movie 7 Years in Tibet. I did not choose this simply because of it being a movie, but because of its powerful impact that it can have on someone who was not aware of the hatred that the Chinese had toward the Tibetan people.
As I was watching this movie last week, I was thinking that this movie would be more of a bore than something that I would enjoy watching, but I enjoyed it thoroughly. Now due to the fact that I enjoy being in the outdoors, when the movie started out with mountain climbing it caught my eye. Before watching it, I was not aware that foreigners were not allowed in to Lhasa, the cultural center of Tibet. When allowed in, the were allowed to stay in Lh
asa by a local family. But after the man that allowed the foreigners to stay with him, told the government that he had a foreigner in Lhasa, he was told to talk to the Dalai Lama. From what I could gather while watching the movie, the Austrian was rather nervous about meeting the Dalai Lama, and had no clue that the Dalai Lama would be like what he was then they met.
But over all I learned that Buddhist culture is a very vast culture. Many parts of Buddhism are shown in Western culture, many of which we don’t think of. The western world has become dependant on material items and less upon faith and religion. I learned that the only way to truly find peace in yourself, is by seeing what is around you and not just what you want to see. As a close, when the Austrian returned home, he went to
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