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Abortion in South Korea and Religious Influences

was accepted as a method for achieving this goal (Beals, 2002, p. 24). During this era, the majority of women seeking abortions we...

America and Buddhism

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

Buddhism

Buddhism is one of the most widely spread religions in the world. It is perhaps unlike many other religions for it teaches a way o...

How Different are Buddhists and Hinus?

In this 4-page paper, the author describes the importance of texts and temples in Buddhism and Hinduism. The views of a representa...

Health Beliefs: Three World Religions

This research paper presents the health beliefs of three world religions, specifically Indigenous Sacred Ways, Hinduism and Buddhi...

Overview of Five Religions

most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...

Daoism and the Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng

This paper briefly summarizes each and considers the concept of the "no-mind" as discussed by Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng. Discussion...

Suffering Hinduism Buddhism

Religion offers tremendous insight into life. Most religions regard our worldly lives as tests where we must endure a certain...

Ultimate Reality and Buddhism

Buddhism is one of the worlds most prominent religions. There are, of course, dozens of different schools of Buddhist philosophy...

Reincarnation Beliefs/Hinduism and Buddhism

about the existence of God" (Thuruthiyil). However, there are some factors common to the various religions that come under the umb...

Traditions & Teachings of Buddhism

constant change. In order to achieve spiritual gratification, an individual must learn how to adapt successfully through change, ...

Overview of Buddhism

This essay presents an overview of Buddhism that explains the fundamental beliefs of this world religion. The Buddhist orientation...

Buddhism, An Overview

This research paper presents an overview of Buddhism. The topics covered include the religion's origins, its major concepts, and p...

Overview of Buddhism, an Interview

This essay draws upon research to order to present a hypothetical interview with an adherent of Buddhism. Six pages in length, fiv...

Neolithic Period to Tang Dynasty Chinese Paintings

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

Anicca, Paticca-Samutpada, and Annata Buddhism

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

Religion in Japan

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

Taoism and Buddhism

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

'Science' of Buddhism

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

Comparisons Between Buddhism and Islam

number one, yet Islam doesnt characterize Allah in any type of human form (Zahid). Additionally, Islam doesnt recognize castes - a...

Atheism and Buddhism

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

Tibetan Buddhism and Gandhi's Satyagraha

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

Everyday Living and Zen Buddhism

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

Western Society's Elements Compared with Legalism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism

a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...

Ancient Buddhism and Women's Roles

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

Comparing the Philosophies of Buddhism and Aristotle

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

Culture of Japan and Zen Buddhism

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

Practical Wisdom Search and Buddhism

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

Buddhism and Postwar Vietnam

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...

U.S. and Buddhism Today

today, scholars see three types of Buddhism: "immigrant Buddhism," "import Buddhism" and "export Buddhism" (Buddhism in the United...