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Essays 211 - 240
In fifteen pages parallels that exist between Buddhism and Judaism are considered in this comparison and contrasting of their vari...
highly insulted. That is just one example as to why it is important to understand differences in cultural backgrounds, particularl...
01B). As a people, Christians are bound by the convictions that they are to possess honesty, respectfulness, charity, kindness an...
In six pages 'right action' is defined and a discussion of its practice and how two right action forms contribute to the wider sph...
the fact that Christianity has in recent times spread rapidly to claim a large following (1991). The numbers of people wh...
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...
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, 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...
"Buddhism is horizontal or human-oriented, not vertical or God-oriented"....
(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...
a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...
BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...
represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...
Although there are definite directions provided in the Bible as to the follies of splitting into separate religions and sects, mod...
Self, in the sense that the term is usually understood, but that everything we are is made up of constructs of reality, interwoven...
In five pages this paper analyzes Siddhartha's journey in a consideration of the author's life as well as the parallels that exist...
regard to the manner by which they worship only one god. Unlike so many other religions that divide their devotion among several ...
and that the intervention of priests between the faithful and God was a necessary component of worship. Nevertheless, there is sti...
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....
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...
consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...
salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...
today, scholars see three types of Buddhism: "immigrant Buddhism," "import Buddhism" and "export Buddhism" (Buddhism in the United...
a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...
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...