☆Class #5 Greetings☆

a) How do you greet members of your family?
I sometimes say ''good morning'' and ''good night'' to my family.

b) Are the customs the same all over your country?
I think every country has same customs, but there are many different way of greetings.
I never hug and kiss people in salute.

c) How do you greet people who are important in society?
I always smile when I meet people, and bow to people. I think that smile is very important.

d) Do people greet people of the opposite sex in a different way?
Maybe, same, but I think woman's greetings are more polite than man

e) How do people greet someone they've just met?
I think most people make the usual greetings when they meet people.
For example, "Good morning.'' , 'Hello.'' and "Good evening." they say.

f) Do you hug members of your family?
Never! In Japan, It's not the custom to hug and kiss, so I feel uncomfortable.

★Home Work Tibetan Bodyul...★Areticle☆summarize

At present, Tibet is the country where we can't find on the map. In ancient times, Tibet was invaded the country by Chinese. The population of Tibetan is only six million . Also Tibetan have been engaged in brutal violations of human rights by them. They violate religious freedom, and Buddhist monks who was no flames about Dalai Lama exiled from a temple. The Chinese government forced Buddhist monks to profess high priest by preference. Dalai Lama went into exile India. Tibetan go to India to meet him, but A lot of Tibetan killed by Chinese military.
http://www.tibethouse.jp/situation/index.html
http://www.tibet.to/mondai/index.htm

☆Class #2 Buddhism ☆

I have no religion. However, Buddhist monks visited my homes to recite sutras at the home altars when my grandfather died. We visit graves and make offerings of flowers and incense. I also go to a temple to worship every year on New Year's Eve. It may be that I thought we are Buddhist. However, it just doesn't matter if we make a money offering and pray to God in shrines. We don't know why do our do it, but it is our long-established customs. We depend on Buddhism in spite of ourselves.