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Essays 301 - 330
"Buddhism is horizontal or human-oriented, not vertical or God-oriented"....
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...
with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...
the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...
Self, in the sense that the term is usually understood, but that everything we are is made up of constructs of reality, interwoven...
doctrines of faith and hope as the two primary elements of Judaism (Schechter, 2002). Buddhism decrees outright respect for...
that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...
there are certainly differences between the two disciplines and this creates a source of conflict. That said, while Confucianism ...
Buddha identified Four Noble Truths. They may be briefly stated as follows: Human life is an existence of suffering. Human sufferi...
four different occasions away from his palace he encountered the true pervasiveness of human suffering. When Prince Siddartha went...
"white" churches despite the fact that acceptance is preached as part of the religion itself. A student wanting to embark on a ca...
In six pages 'right action' is defined and a discussion of its practice and how two right action forms contribute to the wider sph...
the fact that Christianity has in recent times spread rapidly to claim a large following (1991). The numbers of people wh...
years, was defined by a set of Vedic scriptures (Basham 8). Following a distinct separation from Hinduism, the Buddhists followed...
This paper examines how the Eastern precepts of Zen Buddhism have been impacted by Westernization in six pages. Five sources are ...
01B). As a people, Christians are bound by the convictions that they are to possess honesty, respectfulness, charity, kindness an...
highly insulted. That is just one example as to why it is important to understand differences in cultural backgrounds, particularl...
each other outside of school. Others just dropped their children off for Sunday School, and didnt go in themselves. And others, w...
In five pages this paper examines how the Eastern philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Keiji Nishitani, and Dogan can influence t...
In seven pages the different forms of Buddhism practiced in China are examined in an historical overview and consideration of how ...
and their ministers are Rabbis. China, on the other hand, is primarily Buddhist. Is any one religion better than...
In ten pages this sociological paper exposes the myth of American multiculturalism through a consideration of religions including ...
to the attainment of nirvana. Rinzai incorporates the use of koans, or insight riddles, to bring the practitioner to satori, the f...
In fifteen pages parallels that exist between Buddhism and Judaism are considered in this comparison and contrasting of their vari...
In this paper consisting of six pages the religions of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Buddhism are considered within the context ...
In this paper that consists of sections a Catholic personal belief system is developed and includes discussions about fundamentali...
at the heart of many early doctrinal controversies about such matters as the nature of Nirvana, the purpose of monastic life, and ...
feminist Buddhists and those believing in traditional perspectives. By understanding this, it can allow Buddhist men and women to ...
either they werent invited or were present and were later written out of the scriptures. This resulted in the Pali canon being der...