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Essays 271 - 300
community or society. A set of values, beliefs, and attitudes shared by most members of that community" (Crane, 2005). Crane (200...
even less access to any goods and services other than those of the traditional culture. A class dichotomy quickly developed...
epistemologies and moralities (Westwood, 2001, 242). Epistemology There are several ways to define epistemology, bu...
of Texas, Pan American, 2003). There must be interaction between the two. One author explained: "National culture relates to an in...
A 5 page paper exploring the language, geography, and culture of Mexico. Six sources....
characteristics that bring together every era and ethnicity in relation to how people culturally interact with members of their ow...
This paper examines the gender inequality that has always characterized Mexican culture in a consideration of Chicana feminism con...
In sixteen pages this paper discusses minorities and social mainstream individuals in a consideration of what is meant by 'insider...
Wives and Mothers by E.J. Errington and how the author analyzes Canada's female culture are examined in 5 pages....
cultural heritage of Confucianism (Pharr xiii). In Confucianism, supreme emphasis is placed on maintaining harmony, which is seen ...
as something transmitted from a master to a disciple, and are opposed to any writing that purports to further this process. Zen re...
of her mother, her mothers mother, and herself. She illustrates how her mothers birth almost cost Mirandas grandmothers death. She...
In four pages this paper examines On the Road from a Buddhist perspective of a symbolic journey toward nirvana through knowledge. ...
spiritual enlightenment. The central message of Buddhism is that all creatures, one of great intelligence, and even those that w...
tomatoes and carrots: eating the tomato does not adversely affect the tomato plant; eating a carrot kills the plant. Buddhism ...
Being able to actualize, even if just in ones mind, the corporations ultimate goal when faced with adversity is instrumental in fo...
revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...
the people of your kingdom should adopt. The Vajrayana "mythologizes the doctrine of emptiness" (Conze, 2003, p. 178). Through t...
(Alisimo, 2007). When this freedom is finally attained, the practitioner has reached Nirvana (Alisimo, 2007). Mahayana Buddhism u...
Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...
found seems to be religious in intent, but no one is sure (Swanson, 1998). The civilization reached its height in about 2500 BC an...
salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...
consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...
the fact that "The Buddhists consider the world to be full of sorrow and regard ending the sorrow as the chief aim of human life" ...
In this 4-page paper, the author describes the importance of texts and temples in Buddhism and Hinduism. The views of a representa...
most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...
This paper briefly summarizes each and considers the concept of the "no-mind" as discussed by Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng. Discussion...
Religion offers tremendous insight into life. Most religions regard our worldly lives as tests where we must endure a certain...
Buddhism is one of the worlds most prominent religions. There are, of course, dozens of different schools of Buddhist philosophy...
about the existence of God" (Thuruthiyil). However, there are some factors common to the various religions that come under the umb...