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Eastern Religions and the Self Concept

In five pages this paper examines the Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism religions in terms of the concepts of self and reincarnation...

Japan's Buddhism and Shintoism

of Confucianism and Buddhism. Unlike the primitivism of Shinto, the Chinese religious practices were far more sophisticated, whic...

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 ...

Tibetan Buddhism and Gandhi's Satyagraha

BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...

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...

Everyday Living and Zen Buddhism

and Soul-Making : Understanding Jungian Synchronicity Through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosophy, Victor Mansfield notes how depth ...

Contemporary Religion of Japan

the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...

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...

Self Mastery Similarities in John Cassian's Conference I, Hinduism, and Buddhism

laborer such as a farmer, a tradesman or one in the military3. Like in any other profession, in order to obtain his goal, a monk m...

Daily Living Through Zen Buddhism

karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...

Ancient Greek Philosophy, Buddhism, and Vedanta Hinduism

(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...

Ancient Buddhism and Women's Roles

similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...

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" ...

Atheism and Buddhism

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

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 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...

Westernization of Zen Buddhism

This paper examines how the Eastern precepts of Zen Buddhism have been impacted by Westernization in six pages. Five sources are ...

China and Buddhism

In seven pages the different forms of Buddhism practiced in China are examined in an historical overview and consideration of how ...

An Analysis of Hanh's Book, Living Buddha, Living Christ

each other outside of school. Others just dropped their children off for Sunday School, and didnt go in themselves. And others, w...

Contemporary Artist and the Influence of Eastern Philosophy

In five pages this paper examines how the Eastern philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Keiji Nishitani, and Dogan can influence t...

Religion in Japan

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

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...

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 ...

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...

Comparing Buddhism and Christianity

01B). As a people, Christians are bound by the convictions that they are to possess honesty, respectfulness, charity, kindness an...

Right Action in Buddhism

In six pages 'right action' is defined and a discussion of its practice and how two right action forms contribute to the wider sph...

Patriarchal Mongolia and Gender Equality

highly insulted. That is just one example as to why it is important to understand differences in cultural backgrounds, particularl...

'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...

Contemporary Korean and the Influences of Religions Confucianism, Shamanism, and Buddhism

the fact that Christianity has in recent times spread rapidly to claim a large following (1991). The numbers of people wh...