Essays 421 - 450
bits of philosophy. For example, transcendental meditation is thought by some westerners as being a way one opens the door to the ...
and that the intervention of priests between the faithful and God was a necessary component of worship. Nevertheless, there is sti...
of Confucianism and Buddhism. Unlike the primitivism of Shinto, the Chinese religious practices were far more sophisticated, whic...
Confucian monarchs achieved for China what many of the Wests most modern pre-Enlightenment philosophers wanted for Europe (Woodsi...
to the attainment of nirvana. Rinzai incorporates the use of koans, or insight riddles, to bring the practitioner to satori, the f...
This research paper presents an overview of Buddhism. The topics covered include the religion's origins, its major concepts, and p...
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 ...
To understand paticca-samutpada, annata, and anicca one must consider them within Buddhism as a whole. The first important point ...
Because of this syncretism, this merging of major religious philosophies and beliefs, understanding Japanese religion can sometime...
(Rothberg, 1994). This makes it difficult to apply these terms to the Eastern concept of Buddhism. The fact that the usage of th...
were several important developments in the style and theme of Chinese painting during the Han dynasty. Tomb paintings were importa...
a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...
karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...
BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...
and Soul-Making : Understanding Jungian Synchronicity Through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosophy, Victor Mansfield notes how depth ...
similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...
it becomes essential to apply the definition to Buddhists by recognizing them as atheists (Buddhism and Hinduism Compared, 2004). ...
consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...
found seems to be religious in intent, but no one is sure (Swanson, 1998). The civilization reached its height in about 2500 BC an...
Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...
For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...
and responsible for the advent of Buddhism. To some extent, his unique history would lay the groundwork for his interest in spirit...
In eight pages computers and their increasing role in Buddhism adherents' lives are examined in the expanded methods of worship, s...
In ten pages this paper discusses the style and development of Kamakuran Period art in a consideration of Buddhism, priests, spiri...
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 ...
revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...