YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Recommending a Sect of Buddhism
Essays 121 - 150
Although there are definite directions provided in the Bible as to the follies of splitting into separate religions and sects, mod...
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...
number one, yet Islam doesnt characterize Allah in any type of human form (Zahid). Additionally, Islam doesnt recognize castes - a...
similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...
BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...
and Soul-Making : Understanding Jungian Synchronicity Through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosophy, Victor Mansfield notes how depth ...
This then introduces the debate regarding predestination and free will: if...
sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...
In five pages Buddhism is examined both in terms of philosophy and its ethical content. Three sources are cited in the bibliograp...
Buddha identified Four Noble Truths. They may be briefly stated as follows: Human life is an existence of suffering. Human sufferi...
doctrines of faith and hope as the two primary elements of Judaism (Schechter, 2002). Buddhism decrees outright respect for...
that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...
there are certainly differences between the two disciplines and this creates a source of conflict. That said, while Confucianism ...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....
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...
notes, in other words, people are constantly changing and re-inventing aspects of themselves in order to adapt to the equivalent c...
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...
as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...
a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...
today, scholars see three types of Buddhism: "immigrant Buddhism," "import Buddhism" and "export Buddhism" (Buddhism in the United...
it becomes essential to apply the definition to Buddhists by recognizing them as atheists (Buddhism and Hinduism Compared, 2004). ...
of recognizing cause and effect. Throughout the history of Buddhism, there were disputes and different sects emerged. The first ...
of Mahayana Buddhism. Its basic elements are practically identical to this form of Buddhism, in fact. Buddhism is in many ways o...
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...
consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...
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,...