Essays 391 - 420
that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...
To understand paticca-samutpada, annata, and anicca one must consider them within Buddhism as a whole. The first important point ...
Self, in the sense that the term is usually understood, but that everything we are is made up of constructs of reality, interwoven...
embark upon myriad experiences that would otherwise never have existed. Being introduced to Buddhism by way of India in the 2nd c...
Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...
suffering, and that this suffering could only be escaped through giving up selfish desires. This spiritual "enlightenment" could b...
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...
Although there are definite directions provided in the Bible as to the follies of splitting into separate religions and sects, mod...
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...
as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...
the balance and harmony which is achieved within it. The circle which surrounds the symbol represents the infinity of the cosmos, ...
the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....
Confucian monarchs achieved for China what many of the Wests most modern pre-Enlightenment philosophers wanted for Europe (Woodsi...
to the attainment of nirvana. Rinzai incorporates the use of koans, or insight riddles, to bring the practitioner to satori, the f...
In six pages Buddhism is discussed in terms of its basic principles with an examination of how it can continue to prosper througho...
Zen Buddhism is the focus of this conceptual report consisting of five pages. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....
In twelve pages this paper examines the patient benefits of mutual applications of Zen Buddhism and psychotherapy. Seven sources ...
This paper discusses The Manual of Zen Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki in four pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...
of Confucianism and Buddhism. Unlike the primitivism of Shinto, the Chinese religious practices were far more sophisticated, whic...
bits of philosophy. For example, transcendental meditation is thought by some westerners as being a way one opens the door to the ...
and that the intervention of priests between the faithful and God was a necessary component of worship. Nevertheless, there is sti...
In ten pages this paper discusses the style and development of Kamakuran Period art in a consideration of Buddhism, priests, spiri...
In nine pages this paper considers Zen Buddhism and Heidegger's teaching in a discussion of how meditation and its value relates t...
This paper examines Zen Buddhism in an overview of its East and West cultural significance in four pages. Five sources are cited ...
In five pages the ways in which Buddhism traveled to China and became an integral component in its religious practices and as a ph...
In eight pages computers and their increasing role in Buddhism adherents' lives are examined in the expanded methods of worship, s...
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 ...