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Description of Buddhism

as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...

Comparing Western and Eastern Religions

ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...

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, ...

America and Buddhism

In ten pages the ways in which Buddhism has been practiced in the United States are examined in terms of various sects, its social...

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 ...

Abortion in South Korea and Religious Influences

was accepted as a method for achieving this goal (Beals, 2002, p. 24). During this era, the majority of women seeking abortions we...

A Comparison of Five Religions

Koran, Jews follow the Torah or Tanakh (Rich, 2006), Buddhists follow the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama was is also known as the...

Theodicy in Christianity and Buddhism

tradition, also included transmigration: "Karma is ... the momentum of our actions that propels us through sa?sara, the continuous...

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 Utilitarianism

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

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" ...

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...

Jesus and Buddha

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

Buddhism History Examined

of recognizing cause and effect. Throughout the history of Buddhism, there were disputes and different sects emerged. The first ...

U.S. and Buddhism Today

today, scholars see three types of Buddhism: "immigrant Buddhism," "import Buddhism" and "export Buddhism" (Buddhism in the United...

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...

Neolithic Period to Tang Dynasty Chinese Paintings

were several important developments in the style and theme of Chinese painting during the Han dynasty. Tomb paintings were importa...

Buddhism and Postwar Vietnam

as no one bothered to make sure that things would go well. In the end, the war was just stopped but there were no victories. Ther...

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...

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...

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...

Daily Living Through Zen Buddhism

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

Ancient Greek Philosophy, Buddhism, and Vedanta Hinduism

(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...

Daoism and the Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng

This paper briefly summarizes each and considers the concept of the "no-mind" as discussed by Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng. Discussion...

How Different are Buddhists and Hinus?

In this 4-page paper, the author describes the importance of texts and temples in Buddhism and Hinduism. The views of a representa...

Suffering Hinduism Buddhism

Religion offers tremendous insight into life. Most religions regard our worldly lives as tests where we must endure a certain...

Ultimate Reality and Buddhism

Buddhism is one of the worlds most prominent religions. There are, of course, dozens of different schools of Buddhist philosophy...

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...

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...