Essays 391 - 420
when. Now is the moment to be alive. We may never be alive at all in our entire life. Therefore, the technique, if we have to s...
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...
other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...
Self, in the sense that the term is usually understood, but that everything we are is made up of constructs of reality, interwoven...
the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...
notes, in other words, people are constantly changing and re-inventing aspects of themselves in order to adapt to the equivalent c...
with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...
Although there are definite directions provided in the Bible as to the follies of splitting into separate religions and sects, mod...
embark upon myriad experiences that would otherwise never have existed. Being introduced to Buddhism by way of India in the 2nd c...
Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...
as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...
the balance and harmony which is achieved within it. The circle which surrounds the symbol represents the infinity of the cosmos, ...
to the attainment of nirvana. Rinzai incorporates the use of koans, or insight riddles, to bring the practitioner to satori, the f...
Confucian monarchs achieved for China what many of the Wests most modern pre-Enlightenment philosophers wanted for Europe (Woodsi...
In this paper consisting of six pages the religions of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Buddhism are considered within the context ...
In five pages Buddhism is defined in terms of being both a science as well as a religion with its basic tenets used to reinforce t...
feminist Buddhists and those believing in traditional perspectives. By understanding this, it can allow Buddhist men and women to ...
In eight pages computers and their increasing role in Buddhism adherents' lives are examined in the expanded methods of worship, s...
This paper briefly summarizes each and considers the concept of the "no-mind" as discussed by Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng. Discussion...
Buddhism is one of the worlds most prominent religions. There are, of course, dozens of different schools of Buddhist philosophy...
constant change. In order to achieve spiritual gratification, an individual must learn how to adapt successfully through change, ...
In nine pages this paper considers Zen Buddhism and Heidegger's teaching in a discussion of how meditation and its value relates t...
In five pages the ways in which Buddhism traveled to China and became an integral component in its religious practices and as a ph...
This paper examines Zen Buddhism in an overview of its East and West cultural significance in four pages. Five sources are cited ...
Buddhism is one of the most widely spread religions in the world. It is perhaps unlike many other religions for it teaches a way o...
In ten pages the ways in which Buddhism has been practiced in the United States are examined in terms of various sects, its social...
Koran, Jews follow the Torah or Tanakh (Rich, 2006), Buddhists follow the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama was is also known as the...
was accepted as a method for achieving this goal (Beals, 2002, p. 24). During this era, the majority of women seeking abortions we...
tradition, also included transmigration: "Karma is ... the momentum of our actions that propels us through sa?sara, the continuous...
similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...