Essays 31 - 60
Religion offers tremendous insight into life. Most religions regard our worldly lives as tests where we must endure a certain...
about the existence of God" (Thuruthiyil). However, there are some factors common to the various religions that come under the umb...
In five pages this paper examines the Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism religions in terms of the concepts of self and reincarnation...
In five pages this paper analyzes Siddhartha's journey in a consideration of the author's life as well as the parallels that exist...
reverence that can only be achieved through understanding the esoteric aspects of the three worlds. "The experiential and devotio...
sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...
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...
is thought to have healing properties and it is known to lower blood pressure for example. Yet, meditation stems from Buddhism (Vi...
This research paper presents the health beliefs of three world religions, specifically Indigenous Sacred Ways, Hinduism and Buddhi...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...
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...
eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...
conditions within the factories were terrible. Unfortunately, it can be said that they same disgraces that Dickens saw during his ...
to make it irrelevant whether or not the details are portrayed correctly. The distinction between narrative and fiction is that n...
Location - parents might move to get into a better school district. Also consider how far the private school is; might not b...
painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...
tolerance, and forgiveness. Indeed, many religions have a history of instilling peace in not-so-peaceful times. Buddhism...
to enlightenment. The aim of the focus is to achieve an ultimate and final freedom from existence (Religious Tolerance [1], 2007)....
in order to trade, with the understanding that China had many things that other parts of the world did not possess. It was also an...
life; the unity of the human soul with the universal soul, or Atman; the doctrine that self-discovery is also the discovery of the...
cycles and reaches a point where they achieve a position where they no longer find themselves attached to desire, they will find N...
The world's greatest religious texts are used to determine the similarities and differences that exists in the beliefs of each in ...
from around A.D. 300, which is one of six classical systems of Indian philosophy. The literature on Yoga stems from the set of sut...
the quest for atman , the knowledge of the self" emerged (Hinduism History, 2005). This took place between 400 B.C. and 600 A.D. (...
In five pages these five religions are explained in terms of their community and individual influence and then contrasted and comp...
Theravada Buddhism was the original form, which was based on lengthy meditation and required...
was the reaction of Europeans to many aspects of Eastern culture when they first encountered it. However, Parrinder indicates that...
Hinduism. There is not a very large population in the United States of practicing Hindus, but there are some, and it pays to explo...
not just the physician but also the office assistant. The lesson that this case provides is that agreements regarding fraudulent ...