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centuries later many of his works were collected together and many oral stories were also collected by Buddhist monks to become th...
To understand paticca-samutpada, annata, and anicca one must consider them within Buddhism as a whole. The first important point ...
Because of this syncretism, this merging of major religious philosophies and beliefs, understanding Japanese religion can sometime...
and Soul-Making : Understanding Jungian Synchronicity Through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosophy, Victor Mansfield notes how depth ...
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...
a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...
other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...
karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...
(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...
BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...
"Buddhism is horizontal or human-oriented, not vertical or God-oriented"....
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...
eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...
suffering, and that this suffering could only be escaped through giving up selfish desires. This spiritual "enlightenment" could b...
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...
Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...
Self, in the sense that the term is usually understood, but that everything we are is made up of constructs of reality, interwoven...
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...
embark upon myriad experiences that would otherwise never have existed. Being introduced to Buddhism by way of India in the 2nd c...
that the political, social and revolutionary benefits of Hajj have been overtaken by mass production of ritual mismanagement" (Hae...
or Ego" (Rahula, 1986, p. 23). Conze s (1959) Buddhist Scriptures is another book that is rather comprehensive as well. Conze is ...
In two pages the five aggregates are interpreted and applied to the Buddhist daily life, with this representing the 3rd in a four ...
was the reaction of Europeans to many aspects of Eastern culture when they first encountered it. However, Parrinder indicates that...
the quest for atman , the knowledge of the self" emerged (Hinduism History, 2005). This took place between 400 B.C. and 600 A.D. (...
In six pages this paper examines the philosophical similarities and differences between Suzuki Roshi's and Immanuel Kant's theorie...
This paper consists of nine pages and compares and contrasts the Zen philosophies of D.T. Suzuki and Hu Shih. Seven sources are c...
In nine pages this paper examines and compares the architectural styles of these three world religions. Nine sources are cited in...
from around A.D. 300, which is one of six classical systems of Indian philosophy. The literature on Yoga stems from the set of sut...
In six pages historical and contemporary perspectives are used to compare these two religions in terms of enlightenment goals, tea...