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Evaluating Two Buddhism Texts

or Ego" (Rahula, 1986, p. 23). Conze s (1959) Buddhist Scriptures is another book that is rather comprehensive as well. Conze is ...

Pilgrimages in Buddhism and Islam

that the political, social and revolutionary benefits of Hajj have been overtaken by mass production of ritual mismanagement" (Hae...

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...

Gandhian Satvagraha as Considered and Evaluated by a Buddhist

Buddhism, basics revolving around the goal of achieving nirvana. Nirvana to the Buddhist is a goal or a path involving, according...

An Analysis of The Long Discourses Of The Buddha: A Translation Of The Digha Nikaya

& of themselves... the mind in & of itself... mental qualities in & of themselves -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- putting aside gre...

Buddhist Paintings in the Mogao Caves

surrounded by a host of celestial maidens... So awe-struck was the disciple that he immediately took up hammer and chisel, hollo...

Zen Buddhism of Japan

suffering, and that this suffering could only be escaped through giving up selfish desires. This spiritual "enlightenment" could b...

Perception, Language, Cognition and Consciousness in Classic Indian Philosophy

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

Buddhism and Conflict Transformation

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

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...

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...

Anicca, Paticca-Samutpada, and Annata Buddhism

To understand paticca-samutpada, annata, and anicca one must consider them within Buddhism as a whole. The first important point ...

Symbolism of Buddhist, Hindu Religious Architecture

example, include architectural features that are symbolic of the "holy mountain, the sacred cave and the cosmic axis" (Moffett, Fa...

Buddhism, Western Culture, Consumerism And Disharmony

notes how this continual desire to control keeps people anxious and powerless to their own misery, which is exactly why so many pe...

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 ...

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...

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...

NY Times Article, A Critical Analysis

This research paper/essays offers a critique of an article "'No Child Law' Is not Closing a Racial Gap'" by Sam Dillon, which was ...

Critical Analysis and "The Lottery"

This research paper discusses how 3 different scholars approached and analyzed Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." Additionally, the ...

Wilde's "The Happy Prince," Critical Analysis

This essay presents an overview of critical opinion pertaining to "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde. Five pages in length, six sou...

Critical Analysis of a Memo

Browne and Keeley's model is used to critically analyze a memo sent from the HR Director to the President of SAG-AFTRA NEVADA Loca...

Critical Analysis of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

are not so lucky; they remain in Afghanistan under Soviet rule and then later are subjected to the tyranny of the Taliban regime d...

Critical Analysis of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

slave Tom to the sadistic and unscrupulous plantation owner Simon Legree. While the slave Tom is Christ-like and the epitome of g...

Critical Analysis: The Amish

the standards of natural application. The uncomplicated lifestyle the Amish lead is often subject to ridicule and contempt from o...

Critical Analysis: Artificial Intelligence And Art's Refreshing Nature

highly unimaginable - solution for bypassing the impasse: reengineer the human brain because "after spending years researching art...

Critical Analysis of the Article 'The WTO and All of Its Finery'

would have boosted employment in many areas such as grain, fuels and other products. There are other causes of high unemployment r...

"Molloy" And "Notes From Underground" - Critical Analysis

Notes From Underground. "We are oppressed at being men--men with a real individual body and blood, we are ashamed of it, we think...

The Rockland County Mounted Patrol Program (Critical Analysis)

it into a full time unit (Fine, 2001). Today, the mounted unit does a number of things in addition to serving to enhance public r...

A Critical Analysis of Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

tendency toward long digressions, mostly inward-seeking, as he tries to determine what led him to the place he inhabited as he wro...