The Dalai Lama was born on July 6, 1935, in northeastern Tibet. He is officially the 14th Dalai Lama, on a line continued through reincarnation of the original. He was discovered at the age of two, and recognized as the 14th of that line. Fleeing Tibet in 1959 following a failed uprising against Chinese rule, he set up a government-in-exile in Dharamsala in northeastern India. He now spends much of his time delivering talks and sermons on ethics, non-violence, peace and religious harmony, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for his non-violent struggle for the liberation of Tibet.
The Dalai Lama have traditionally been both political and spiritual leaders of Tibet. In 2011 the Dalai Lama requested that he be relieved of the political leadership status, to concentrate on his role as the spiritual leader of his people.
He has also mused about whether the next reincarnation in the line of Dalai Lama should be recognized. If not, the official lineage would end with his death. In the event that it is decided to continue the tradition, he has said he will write clear instructions for how the search for the new incarnation is to be carried out, and warns against any entity making this decision, or accepting or recognizing his successor, for political reasons. This includes the People’s Republic of China.
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(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times)
達賴喇嘛於一九三五年七月六日出生於西藏東北部。他是正式認證的由第一世不斷轉世下來的第十四世達賴喇嘛。他在兩歲時被找到,並被認證為十四世轉世。達賴喇嘛在一九五九年中國入侵西藏後反抗失敗,便在印度東北部德蘭薩拉設立流亡政府。如今他將許多時間用在演說及講道,提倡倫理道德、非暴力、和平及不同宗教間的和平相處。達賴喇嘛為維護西藏自由而提倡非暴力對抗,因而在在一九八九年獲頒諾貝爾和平獎。
傳統上達賴喇嘛為西藏的政治及宗教領袖。在二○一一年,達賴喇嘛要求解除其政治領袖之地位,以專注於其人民精神領袖之角色。
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他也思考是否該繼續認證下一世轉世達賴喇嘛。若否,達賴喇嘛轉世的傳承將在這世達賴喇嘛離開人世後終止。若他決定延續轉世的傳統,達賴表示,他將會寫下詳細的指示,說明如何尋找新的轉世靈童,並警告任何政治實體--包括中華人民共和國--不得因政治原因代為決定、接受或認證其繼任者。
(台北時報編譯林俐凱譯)
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The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
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Everyone has seen a piece of fruit turn brown after being cut. Have you ever wondered why that happens? It is a common phenomenon that occurs due to a chemical reaction called enzymatic browning. The appearance, flavor and nutritional value of the fruit are all affected by this reaction. Some fruits, such as apples, pears, bananas, avocados and peaches, are more prone to enzymatic browning than others. These fruits contain high levels of an enzyme called polyphenol oxidase, or PPO for short. __1__ This causes a chain of chemical reactions that ultimately transforms the phenolic compounds into