Essays 391 - 420
In five pages Buddhism is defined in terms of being both a science as well as a religion with its basic tenets used to reinforce t...
feminist Buddhists and those believing in traditional perspectives. By understanding this, it can allow Buddhist men and women to ...
In this paper consisting of six pages the religions of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Buddhism are considered within the context ...
"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...
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...
(Rothberg, 1994). This makes it difficult to apply these terms to the Eastern concept of Buddhism. The fact that the usage of th...
it becomes essential to apply the definition to Buddhists by recognizing them as atheists (Buddhism and Hinduism Compared, 2004). ...
karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...
other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...
BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...
a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...
similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...
and Soul-Making : Understanding Jungian Synchronicity Through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosophy, Victor Mansfield notes how depth ...
to the attainment of nirvana. Rinzai incorporates the use of koans, or insight riddles, to bring the practitioner to satori, the f...
Because of this syncretism, this merging of major religious philosophies and beliefs, understanding Japanese religion can sometime...
In seven pages the different forms of Buddhism practiced in China are examined in an historical overview and consideration of how ...
In six pages this paper discusses the increasing if somewhat surprising allure of Buddhism in Great Britain. Four sources are cit...
In fifteen pages such aspects that characterize China including Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, along with the National and Commun...
each other outside of school. Others just dropped their children off for Sunday School, and didnt go in themselves. And others, w...
In five pages this paper examines how the Eastern philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Keiji Nishitani, and Dogan can influence t...
This paper examines how the Eastern precepts of Zen Buddhism have been impacted by Westernization in six pages. Five sources are ...
highly insulted. That is just one example as to why it is important to understand differences in cultural backgrounds, particularl...
In six pages 'right action' is defined and a discussion of its practice and how two right action forms contribute to the wider sph...
01B). As a people, Christians are bound by the convictions that they are to possess honesty, respectfulness, charity, kindness an...
This then introduces the debate regarding predestination and free will: if...
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...
years, was defined by a set of Vedic scriptures (Basham 8). Following a distinct separation from Hinduism, the Buddhists followed...
the fact that Christianity has in recent times spread rapidly to claim a large following (1991). The numbers of people wh...