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Essays 421 - 450
Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...
(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...
karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...
other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...
works of the time, self-published, and were handed out to Bostonian readers by the twelve-year-old author himself (DuHadaway 34). ...
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...
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...
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...
similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...
during the seventeenth century, where jurors were disqualified from judging if they had a precious knowledge of that case (Smith ...
to unite theology and sociopolitical concerns within the framework provided by this school of theological theory. Rather than spea...
that imposed minimum spending formulas on schools, three-strikes sentencing laws, land conservation measures and measures abolishi...
terminal condition she might face. That is the precisely the purpose of a living will - to speak for the person who has been medi...
Canada" (The war of 1812, 2001). All of these various forces found voice in a group called the "War Hawks," a "rising young gener...
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...
by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...
best known of the American Indian ballerinas, not only because of her great artistry and beauty, but also because she was married ...
focus of the investigation is on price competition in oligopolistic industries. White & McCracken (2006) reports on GM and other...
Figure 1 shows the position in 2001. Figure 1 US Waste Management Industry in 2001 (Repa, 2001) Sector Number of Organizations A...
of recognizing cause and effect. Throughout the history of Buddhism, there were disputes and different sects emerged. The first ...
this governments interactions with both the people of this and other countries and with the governments of other countries. This ...
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...
today, scholars see three types of Buddhism: "immigrant Buddhism," "import Buddhism" and "export Buddhism" (Buddhism in the United...
deterrent because the electronic monitoring devices place the criminals at crime scenes that practically guarantee a conviction (Y...
most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...
This paper briefly summarizes each and considers the concept of the "no-mind" as discussed by Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng. Discussion...
in 1967, Baskin-Robbins went through some other owners. It was finally purchased by Allied Domecq that included Dunkin Donuts, Tog...