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In ten pages the ways in which Buddhism has been practiced in the United States are examined in terms of various sects, its social...

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

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

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

Water (Matritamah) represents the feminine or maternal aspects of life in the Hindu tradition. An integral function of the ...

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

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

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

with God (Eck, 1991). One gets a sense that he people go because they want to and not due to a sense of obligation. Offerings are...

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...

came about where concepts such as heaven, divinity, truth, the sanctity of birth, and sacrifice (2005). These were new concepts in...

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

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

seem to state that the goal for all initiates is to come to the place where the desires are eliminated, not by ceasing the actions...

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

in actuality are very different in ideology. It is important to clarify in our discussion of this relationship that the terms "Ta...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

suffering, and that this suffering could only be escaped through giving up selfish desires. This spiritual "enlightenment" could b...

the balance and harmony which is achieved within it. The circle which surrounds the symbol represents the infinity of the cosmos, ...

with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...

as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...

"Buddhism is horizontal or human-oriented, not vertical or God-oriented"....

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...