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Essays 181 - 210
particular concern was the Viking marauders and Asian nomads and even factions of the people themselves who sought to exploit the ...
to disrupt that basic tenet is both grand and far-reaching. II. THE MONROE DOCTRINE The Monroe Doctrine stood for many thi...
2003). Because these boxes were so magnificent and rare, they were often popular booty or war prizes claimed by Assyrian kings (C...
"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 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...
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...
karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...
(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...
a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...
BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...
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...
leadership at the helm, the approach can do more harm than good. Generally realized when people are imparted with the abili...
As such it makes sense that grandparents, if they are involved in a childs life, and other relatives, again if involved, would hav...
of recognizing cause and effect. Throughout the history of Buddhism, there were disputes and different sects emerged. The first ...
a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...
to the professional utilizes line, shape, color, mass, and vector. To illustrate the importance of each of the above elem...
control. When they did so, however, they were left in a tenuous state. Although much of the old system of...
This "novel way of life" according to Pringle (1998), "then diffused across the Old World" (p. 1446). However, these societies Ne...
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...
To understand paticca-samutpada, annata, and anicca one must consider them within Buddhism as a whole. The first important point ...
were several important developments in the style and theme of Chinese painting during the Han dynasty. Tomb paintings were importa...
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...
by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...
way, no fast food restaurants and no local Wal-Mart supplying Coleman stoves sleeping bags. Those first adventuresome souls to tr...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...