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Indian Art Piece the Bodhisattva Maitreya

21 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2".2 One author, in relationship to the material schist and its use, states that, "Unlike their Mathuran coun...

Sample Thesis Proposal on the Relationship Between Psychotherapy and Buddhist Practices of Meditation

disorders respond especially well to meditation as it lowers the levels of serotonin (stress hormone) in the bodys system. Other s...

Concepts of Immortality

This 11 page paper uses the Bhagavad Gita, The Dybbuk and The Monkey as sources to examine concepts of rebirth, the soul and the a...

Buddhism's 8 Fold Path

In eight pages Buddhist concepts of karma, samsara, and nirvana are considered in this overview of the eightfold path and four nob...

Compassion Ethic of the Dalai Lama in Kindness, Clarity and Insight

responds in kind (Gyatso Compassion and the Individual). It is important to understand what the Dalai Lama means by compassion. ...

Beliefs of the East

In seven pages the Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian concepts of 'nothingness' are examined in terms of how these ideas represent a ...

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...

Monk's Life and Buddhism Principles

to a greater spiritual reality (Fowler 252). Buddha taught that human life involved suffering, and that this suffering could only ...

History of Vipassana Meditation

apply to all of them. First, in the Buddhist tradition, there is no charge for any part of the program. Hosts not only do not ch...

Suffering and Evil

suffering: Why doesnt he participate, and why does he leave his faithful servants to suffer?5 These questions are fundamental to...

Role of Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso" (His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, 2005). Upon recognition, " Lhama Dhondrub was renamed Jet...

Happiness, Compassion and Religion

study showed that the emotions of "loving-kindness and compassion" could be encouraged and learned as sixteen "age-matched contro...

A Comparison of Sex as Embraced in Christianity and Buddhism

Yet, this movement includes many who are in a minority. Today, regardless of religion, sex is everywhere. This was not always the ...

Goal of Meditation in the Buddhist Tradition

leads to the meditative absorptions states known as jhana (Novak, 1989). The second, insight meditation, contemplates the "true n...

Free Will and Determinism in Buddhism

one may see it as quasi-scientific determinism. Yet, from a Western point of view, Buddhism is considered to be indeterministic (A...

Perception, Language, Cognition and Consciousness in Classic Indian Philosophy

modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....

Buddhism, Judaism, and the Concept of an Afterlife

In five pages the beliefs of an afterlife as espoused by Buddhist and Jewish religions are discussed. There are ten bibliographic...

Ethical Applications and Euthanasia

In four pages applied ethics are examined within the context of euthanasia in a consideration of the essays 'The Survival Lottery'...

'Sick on a Journey' by Basho

principles such as Sabi and Wabi, are contained in the Bashos last Haiku. By the title one immediately understands that something ...

4 Noble Truths and the Doctrine of Dependent Origin

In two pages this paper examines the connection between the Buddhist 4 Noble Truths and the Doctrine of Dependent Origin. Two sou...

Personality, Five Aggregates, and Buddhism

In two pages the five aggregates are interpreted and applied to the Buddhist daily life, with this representing the 3rd in a four ...

Zen of On the Road by Jack Kerouac

In four pages this paper examines On the Road from a Buddhist perspective of a symbolic journey toward nirvana through knowledge. ...

Indian Religion Jainism

In six pages Jainism's history and belief systems are considered in an overview that also makes comparisons with the Buddhist spir...

Contrasting Criticisms of Graham Greene's The Quiet American

This paper examines contrasting criticisms of this text and concludes that it is an artistic and enduring work in five pages. Six...

Yoga in Buddhism and Hinduism

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...

Zen Buddhism Term Satori and its Meaning

In one page this research paper defines the Zen Buddhist concept satori as heightened enlightenment comprehension. One source is ...

Tripitaka in Wu Cheng'en's 'Monkey'

In an analytic essay consisting of five pages the Tripitaka character in Monkey is examined in terms of his representation of man ...

Transcending Daily Life Through Meditation

In one page this paper examines how daily life can be transcended through meditation with the Buddhist example of Prince Siddharth...

Native Americans Savagery and Sand Creek

The Sand Creek Massacre is among the worst atrocities that have ever occurred in our countrys history. The Sand Creek Massacre ca...

The True Impact of Disrupting Small Town America Inner City Ghetto or Native American Traditional Lands

This paper discusses the disintegration of cultural tradition as it relates to the physical disruption of people's communities and...