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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...

Vietnam's Postwar Socioeconomic Changes

combat, drastic measures were required to try and drive the Vietnamese out of their strongholds in the countryside. A policy of ma...

America's Longest War Critiqued

and instead of taking the lead, Presidents were being relegated to the role of follower. Policymakers envisioned themselves as th...

John Dower's Embracing Defeat

Postwar Japan's development as presented by John Dower in Embracing Defeat is examined in a paper consisting of five pages....

Buddhism and Conflict Transformation

tolerance, and forgiveness. Indeed, many religions have a history of instilling peace in not-so-peaceful times. Buddhism...

World Religions : Buddhism

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 ...

Examination of Buddhism

cycles and reaches a point where they achieve a position where they no longer find themselves attached to desire, they will find N...

Buddhism and Christianity

to enlightenment. The aim of the focus is to achieve an ultimate and final freedom from existence (Religious Tolerance [1], 2007)....

Development of Buddhism

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...

Facts about Buddhism

life; the unity of the human soul with the universal soul, or Atman; the doctrine that self-discovery is also the discovery of the...

Afterlife, Reincarnation, and Religion

In eight pages this paper discusses how the three global religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Catholicism perceive reincarnation a...

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...

Vietnam, America’s Lost War

United States had not invested the situation in Vietnam with rivalry with Communist powers, the tragedy might have been avoided. B...

French and American Involvement in Vietnam

of Vietnam was born ("Earliest known history of Vietnam," 2007). In 1946, it was all agreed that Vietnam would be independent ("E...

Logical Vietnam Argument Perspectives

precede reason, and the waste of war, the works of peace. We wish that this were not so. But we must deal with the world as it i...

Vietnam Improvements Need and Construction Quality

In ten pages Vietnam's construction quality is considered along with the problems connected to addressing much needed improvements...

Philip Caputo's A Rumor of War

Caputo's Vietnam War memoir is reviewed in a paper consisting of two and a half pages....

Battle of Dien Bien Phu Between the Vietminh and the French

In five pages this battle that brought an end to Europe's involvement in Vietnam is examined....

Review and Summary of Peter Goldman and Tony Fuller's Charlie Company (What Vietnam Did to Us)

In five pages this 1983 memoir on soldiers' Vietnam War experiences is summarized, reviewed, and critiqued....

Yoga and the 8 Fold Path of Buddhism

In three pages this paper discusses Buddhism's 8 Fold Path in this overview of yoga. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Schools of Buddhism

This 2 page paper examines the difference between Vajrayana Buddhism and other types of Buddhism. The writer explains the differen...

What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula

This 5 page paper summarizes and analyzes the book What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula. The writer argues that it is a clear ...

Buddhism's 8 Fold Path and Yoga

In five pages this paper examines Buddhism's 8 Fold Path in this consideration of yoga that analyzes Jack Kornfield's observation ...

Buddhist Philosophy and Dhammapada

In six pages Buddhism's history is considered with 'dhamma's' main principles summarized. Five sources are cited in the bibliogra...

History of China, the Introduction of Buddhism and its Impact

people embracing it. Ironically, as the two cultures and the two traditions worked to reach a level of harmony in belief, Buddhis...

Asuka Period Art of Japan

In five pages this paper discusses Asuka art in a consideration of Buddhism's introduction and influence with the Horyuji Temple a...

Mu Ch'i and Ch'an Buddhism

This type of Buddhism is discussed along with one of its primary followers and contributors Mu Ch'i. Art is discussed in the conte...

Buddhist and Roman Catholic Monasticism

In seven pages these religious monastic forms are contrasted and compared with a discussion of Buddhism's Mahayana and Theraveda m...

Buddhism and Its Spread from India to Japan, China, and Korea

In eight pages this paper examines the Theravada Buddhism to Mahayana Buddhism transition in a consideration of how the spiritual ...

Comparative Analysis of Buddhism and Taoism

"a holy book" but Tao means "the way," simultaneously a path and principle of order. Throughout the centuries, translators have al...