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Essays 301 - 330
In ten pages the ways in which Buddhism has been practiced in the United States are examined in terms of various sects, its social...
the people of your kingdom should adopt. The Vajrayana "mythologizes the doctrine of emptiness" (Conze, 2003, p. 178). Through t...
revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...
found seems to be religious in intent, but no one is sure (Swanson, 1998). The civilization reached its height in about 2500 BC an...
Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...
consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...
and responsible for the advent of Buddhism. To some extent, his unique history would lay the groundwork for his interest in spirit...
(Alisimo, 2007). When this freedom is finally attained, the practitioner has reached Nirvana (Alisimo, 2007). Mahayana Buddhism u...
salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...
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" ...
of Mahayana Buddhism. Its basic elements are practically identical to this form of Buddhism, in fact. Buddhism is in many ways o...
today, scholars see three types of Buddhism: "immigrant Buddhism," "import Buddhism" and "export Buddhism" (Buddhism in the United...
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...
a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...
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...
were several important developments in the style and theme of Chinese painting during the Han dynasty. Tomb paintings were importa...
of recognizing cause and effect. Throughout the history of Buddhism, there were disputes and different sects emerged. The first ...
as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...
the balance and harmony which is achieved within it. The circle which surrounds the symbol represents the infinity of the cosmos, ...
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...
other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...
suffering, and that this suffering could only be escaped through giving up selfish desires. This spiritual "enlightenment" could b...
embark upon myriad experiences that would otherwise never have existed. Being introduced to Buddhism by way of India in the 2nd c...
Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...
"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...
eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...
the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...