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Origins of Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism

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

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...

Overview of Buddhism

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

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, ...

Health Beliefs: Three World Religions

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

Buddha: Buddhism and Hinduism

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" ...

Three Historical Points

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

Jesus and Buddha

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

Origins and Influences of Buddhism

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

Questions of Religion

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

Recommending a Sect of Buddhism

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

Buddhism and Its Relevance to Modern Society

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

Buddhism in Tibet

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

Buddhism and the Impact of War

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

Sexuality in Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism

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...

Buddhism and Utilitarianism

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

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...

Christianity and Buddhism

other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...

Daily Living Through Zen Buddhism

karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...

Self Mastery Similarities in John Cassian's Conference I, Hinduism, and Buddhism

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...

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...

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 ...

Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity on the Afterlife

eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...

Contemporary Religion of Japan

the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...

Zen and Tibetan Buddhism

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...

Taoism, Buddhism, and Zen's Basic Philosophical Differences

Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...

Zen Buddhism of Japan

suffering, and that this suffering could only be escaped through giving up selfish desires. This spiritual "enlightenment" could b...