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Latin America's Megastores

the market; that is, they stop opening them when there are so many that they cant draw enough customers to stay in business. The s...

Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Locke on America's Problems

fix the problems of the world unless they have no problems of their own. One problem that is quite prevalent in the...

America's Two Ocean Navy

Pacific and the Atlantic (Palmer, 2005). There was only one navy, and yet it did come out victorious and demonstrated, "once again...

2005 to 2006 US Economic Improvement

previous quarter, growth as at 4.1% ("U.S. Economy Increases," 2005). Still, the economy is good, and it is much better than it ha...

Biography of First U.S. President George Washington

are always too many grasping for it here, who have interest and he has none" (Johnson, 2005; 15). Thus his mother decided he would...

American Family Values

is much more acceptable for families to be "blended" or for couples to have babies out of wedlock now. In fact, to some extent, Ho...

US Urban Areas and Homelessness

City, 2003). In the past year, "requests for emergency shelter increased ... by an average of 6 percent ... Requests for shelter ...

Health Beliefs: Three World Religions

This research paper presents the health beliefs of three world religions, specifically Indigenous Sacred Ways, Hinduism and Buddhi...

Buddhism, An Overview

This research paper presents an overview of Buddhism. The topics covered include the religion's origins, its major concepts, and p...

Overview of Buddhism, an Interview

This essay draws upon research to order to present a hypothetical interview with an adherent of Buddhism. Six pages in length, fiv...

Overview of Buddhism

This essay presents an overview of Buddhism that explains the fundamental beliefs of this world religion. The Buddhist orientation...

Origins and Influences of Buddhism

and responsible for the advent of Buddhism. To some extent, his unique history would lay the groundwork for his interest in spirit...

Jesus and Buddha

salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...

Buddhism and Utilitarianism

consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...

Buddha: Buddhism and Hinduism

the fact that "The Buddhists consider the world to be full of sorrow and regard ending the sorrow as the chief aim of human life" ...

U.S. and Buddhism Today

today, scholars see three types of Buddhism: "immigrant Buddhism," "import Buddhism" and "export Buddhism" (Buddhism in the United...

Comparing the Philosophies of Buddhism and Aristotle

by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...

Culture of Japan and Zen Buddhism

into Zen Buddhism, which absorbed much of its metaphysical orientation from Taoist teachings (Suzuki 4). Unlike Indian Buddhism,...

Practical Wisdom Search and Buddhism

Buddhists believe that the mind is non-physical and is reborn in another form after the brain dies. pragmatism: pragmatic philos...

Buddhism and the Impact of War

a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...

Buddhism in Tibet

of Mahayana Buddhism. Its basic elements are practically identical to this form of Buddhism, in fact. Buddhism is in many ways o...

Sexuality in Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism

paths of their hair and the red dot or bindi that is displayed on the forehead" indicate they are sexually active in many ways (La...

Buddhism History Examined

of recognizing cause and effect. Throughout the history of Buddhism, there were disputes and different sects emerged. The first ...

Neolithic Period to Tang Dynasty Chinese Paintings

were several important developments in the style and theme of Chinese painting during the Han dynasty. Tomb paintings were importa...

Buddhism and Postwar Vietnam

as no one bothered to make sure that things would go well. In the end, the war was just stopped but there were no victories. Ther...

Anicca, Paticca-Samutpada, and Annata Buddhism

To understand paticca-samutpada, annata, and anicca one must consider them within Buddhism as a whole. The first important point ...

Taoism and Buddhism

centuries later many of his works were collected together and many oral stories were also collected by Buddhist monks to become th...

Religion in Japan

Because of this syncretism, this merging of major religious philosophies and beliefs, understanding Japanese religion can sometime...

'Science' of Buddhism

(Rothberg, 1994). This makes it difficult to apply these terms to the Eastern concept of Buddhism. The fact that the usage of th...

Atheism and Buddhism

it becomes essential to apply the definition to Buddhists by recognizing them as atheists (Buddhism and Hinduism Compared, 2004). ...