SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Buddhism Western Culture Consumerism And Disharmony

Essays 1 - 30

Buddhism, Western Culture, Consumerism And Disharmony

notes how this continual desire to control keeps people anxious and powerless to their own misery, which is exactly why so many pe...

Advertising and Consumerism

young people. For example, one of the largest issues that people have with print media advertising is the images it presents to yo...

After the Black Death by George Huppert

In five pages this research paper discusses Huppert's text chronicling the beginnings of Western culture and considers the authors...

Western Civilization and Buddhism's Influence

is thought to have healing properties and it is known to lower blood pressure for example. Yet, meditation stems from Buddhism (Vi...

The Post Cold War Era and Cultural Imperialism in America

the rejection of modernization and consumerism coming from the West no matter where it occurs in the world. However, he is certain...

Buddhism and Conflict Transformation

tolerance, and forgiveness. Indeed, many religions have a history of instilling peace in not-so-peaceful times. Buddhism...

World Religions : Buddhism

painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...

Development of Buddhism

in order to trade, with the understanding that China had many things that other parts of the world did not possess. It was also an...

Buddhism and Christianity

to enlightenment. The aim of the focus is to achieve an ultimate and final freedom from existence (Religious Tolerance [1], 2007)....

Examination of Buddhism

cycles and reaches a point where they achieve a position where they no longer find themselves attached to desire, they will find N...

Facts about Buddhism

life; the unity of the human soul with the universal soul, or Atman; the doctrine that self-discovery is also the discovery of the...

Afterlife, Reincarnation, and Religion

In eight pages this paper discusses how the three global religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Catholicism perceive reincarnation a...

Culture of Japan and Zen Buddhism

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

Mass Consumerism's Origin and its Impact

this in more detail the role of consumerism and the way it fits in with mass culture can be used to determine what mass consumeris...

A Comparison of Five Religions

Koran, Jews follow the Torah or Tanakh (Rich, 2006), Buddhists follow the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama was is also known as the...

Personality Approaches East and West

notes, in other words, people are constantly changing and re-inventing aspects of themselves in order to adapt to the equivalent c...

Christianity and Buddhism

other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...

Western Society's Elements Compared with Legalism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism

a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...

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...

Peace is Every Step by Hanh

bits of philosophy. For example, transcendental meditation is thought by some westerners as being a way one opens the door to the ...

Overview of Consumer Culture

Consumer culture is the focus of this overview of eight pages that examines it from the theoretical perspectives of Veblen Thorste...

A Comparison of Occidental and Islamic Cultures in 'The Venture of Islam'

This paper of 6 pages compares western culture and Islamic religion in terms of similarities and differences, providing definition...

Consumerism and Global Studies

products in a home come from a number of different countries across the globe. What is interesting to note, though, is that indiv...

Consumerism Perspectives of Thomas Frank and Susan Strasser

the development and marketing of a product--Procter and Gambles Crisco, a solid vegetable shortening that went on the market in 19...

Taste and Cultural Capital

Honda will win; the next Lexus; and so on. There is always an ongoing battle, and an ongoing desire for new tastes to feed....

The Cultural Heritage of the West and Its Ancient Roots

in the article "Key Iraqi weapons official held" in relation to topics studied in the roots of Western Culture deal primarily with...

The Relationship Of Sharia Law And Islam

in the Islamic world is to cultivate and perpetuate a sense of unity where jurisprudence is concerned, otherwise known as the ongo...

Overview of Family Health Nursing

says that families have been sorely neglected as a great deal of nursing practice continues to focus on individuals (Denham, 2003)...

Asian Cultures and Business Management

separate provisions that include: equipment and supplies; games and practice schedule; per diem and travel; academic tutoring; coa...

Differences between eastern and western cultures

the common interests of diverse populations. Western ideologies tend to be exported worldwide, and westernization is often regarde...