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Buddha, Jesus and the Great Spirit, a Comparison

and that the intervention of priests between the faithful and God was a necessary component of worship. Nevertheless, there is sti...

Discussion of Hermann Hesse's Siddartha

In five pages this paper analyzes Siddhartha's journey in a consideration of the author's life as well as the parallels that exist...

Comparison of Judaism, Christianity, Zen Buddhism, and Islam

regard to the manner by which they worship only one god. Unlike so many other religions that divide their devotion among several ...

Four Noble Truths, Meditation, and Buddhism

In two pages the Four Noble Truths and how meditation fits into these beliefs are discussed in an examination of Buddhism, with th...

Belief in God in Hinduism and Buddhism

reverence that can only be achieved through understanding the esoteric aspects of the three worlds. "The experiential and devotio...

Opening the Eye of New Awareness by Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatzo

This text is summarized and analyzed in six pages with a comparison offered between Christianity and Buddhism. There are no other...

Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau

In five pages Zen Buddhism as portrayed by Philip Kapleau's text is summarized and its major points analyzed. There are no other ...

Social and Political Change Through Religion

In five pages this paper examines how Buddhism and Christianity have each evolved through development and the impact of sociopolit...

Basic Concepts of Zen Buddhism

Zen Buddhism is the focus of this conceptual report consisting of five pages. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

D.T. Suzuki's The Manual of Zen Buddhism

This paper discusses The Manual of Zen Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki in four pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Twenty First Century Challenges to Buddhism

In six pages Buddhism is discussed in terms of its basic principles with an examination of how it can continue to prosper througho...

Westernization of Zen Buddhism

This paper examines how the Eastern precepts of Zen Buddhism have been impacted by Westernization in six pages. Five sources are ...

Patriarchal Mongolia and Gender Equality

highly insulted. That is just one example as to why it is important to understand differences in cultural backgrounds, particularl...

Comparing Buddhism and Christianity

01B). As a people, Christians are bound by the convictions that they are to possess honesty, respectfulness, charity, kindness an...

Right Action in Buddhism

In six pages 'right action' is defined and a discussion of its practice and how two right action forms contribute to the wider sph...

Zen Buddhism and the Japanese Tea Ceremony's Importance

years, was defined by a set of Vedic scriptures (Basham 8). Following a distinct separation from Hinduism, the Buddhists followed...

Common Themes in Jung's Theories and Buddhism

Buddha identified Four Noble Truths. They may be briefly stated as follows: Human life is an existence of suffering. Human sufferi...

Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism and Diversity

"white" churches despite the fact that acceptance is preached as part of the religion itself. A student wanting to embark on a ca...

Hinduism vs. Buddhism

four different occasions away from his palace he encountered the true pervasiveness of human suffering. When Prince Siddartha went...

Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism

the balance and harmony which is achieved within it. The circle which surrounds the symbol represents the infinity of the cosmos, ...

Relationship Between Music and Religious Practices Like Buddhism

This then introduces the debate regarding predestination and free will: if...

Transgendered, Transsexual, and Homosexual Individuals and Religion

sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...

Judaism and Buddhism

doctrines of faith and hope as the two primary elements of Judaism (Schechter, 2002). Buddhism decrees outright respect for...

Similarities and Differences That Exist Among Global Religions

that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...

Similarities and Differences Between Buddhism and Confucianism as Experienced in China

there are certainly differences between the two disciplines and this creates a source of conflict. That said, while Confucianism ...

Perspectives on Relgion and the Chinese by the Chinese

Confucian monarchs achieved for China what many of the Wests most modern pre-Enlightenment philosophers wanted for Europe (Woodsi...

Abortion and World Religions

In this paper consisting of six pages the religions of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Buddhism are considered within the context ...

America and Religion

In ten pages this sociological paper exposes the myth of American multiculturalism through a consideration of religions including ...

Disciplines Associated with Zen Buddhism

to the attainment of nirvana. Rinzai incorporates the use of koans, or insight riddles, to bring the practitioner to satori, the f...

Eastern Religions and the Self Concept

In five pages this paper examines the Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism religions in terms of the concepts of self and reincarnation...