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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...

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

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

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

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

revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...

the people of your kingdom should adopt. The Vajrayana "mythologizes the doctrine of emptiness" (Conze, 2003, p. 178). Through t...

Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...

(Alisimo, 2007). When this freedom is finally attained, the practitioner has reached Nirvana (Alisimo, 2007). Mahayana Buddhism u...

tomatoes and carrots: eating the tomato does not adversely affect the tomato plant; eating a carrot kills the plant. Buddhism ...

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

Koran, Jews follow the Torah or Tanakh (Rich, 2006), Buddhists follow the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama was is also known as the...

tradition, also included transmigration: "Karma is ... the momentum of our actions that propels us through sa?sara, the continuous...

a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...

of Mahayana Buddhism. Its basic elements are practically identical to this form of Buddhism, in fact. Buddhism is in many ways o...

consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...

found seems to be religious in intent, but no one is sure (Swanson, 1998). The civilization reached its height in about 2500 BC an...

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" ...

and responsible for the advent of Buddhism. To some extent, his unique history would lay the groundwork for his interest in spirit...

salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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