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Three Historical Points

found seems to be religious in intent, but no one is sure (Swanson, 1998). The civilization reached its height in about 2500 BC an...

Buddhism and Its Relevance to Modern Society

(Alisimo, 2007). When this freedom is finally attained, the practitioner has reached Nirvana (Alisimo, 2007). Mahayana Buddhism u...

Reincarnation Beliefs/Hinduism and Buddhism

about the existence of God" (Thuruthiyil). However, there are some factors common to the various religions that come under the umb...

Traditions & Teachings of Buddhism

constant change. In order to achieve spiritual gratification, an individual must learn how to adapt successfully through change, ...

Health Beliefs: Three World Religions

This research paper presents the health beliefs of three world religions, specifically Indigenous Sacred Ways, Hinduism and Buddhi...

Eastern Religions and the Self Concept

In five pages this paper examines the Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism religions in terms of the concepts of self and reincarnation...

Japan's Buddhism and Shintoism

of Confucianism and Buddhism. Unlike the primitivism of Shinto, the Chinese religious practices were far more sophisticated, whic...

Peace is Every Step by Hanh

bits of philosophy. For example, transcendental meditation is thought by some westerners as being a way one opens the door to the ...

Buddha, Jesus and the Great Spirit, a Comparison

and that the intervention of priests between the faithful and God was a necessary component of worship. Nevertheless, there is sti...

Discussion of Hermann Hesse's Siddartha

In five pages this paper analyzes Siddhartha's journey in a consideration of the author's life as well as the parallels that exist...

Comparison of Judaism, Christianity, Zen Buddhism, and Islam

regard to the manner by which they worship only one god. Unlike so many other religions that divide their devotion among several ...

Westernization of Zen Buddhism

This paper examines how the Eastern precepts of Zen Buddhism have been impacted by Westernization in six pages. Five sources are ...

Patriarchal Mongolia and Gender Equality

highly insulted. That is just one example as to why it is important to understand differences in cultural backgrounds, particularl...

Comparing Buddhism and Christianity

01B). As a people, Christians are bound by the convictions that they are to possess honesty, respectfulness, charity, kindness an...

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...

Analysis of Chinese Buddhism

In five pages the ways in which Buddhism traveled to China and became an integral component in its religious practices and as a ph...

Kamakuran Period Art of Japan

In ten pages this paper discusses the style and development of Kamakuran Period art in a consideration of Buddhism, priests, spiri...

Meditation Value, Zen Buddhism, and Martin Heidegger

In nine pages this paper considers Zen Buddhism and Heidegger's teaching in a discussion of how meditation and its value relates t...

Tantrism and Tantric Tribes

In seven pages this research paper examines India's tantric tribes and considers tantrism's effects on Hinduism and Buddhism. Six...

Contemporary Artist and the Influence of Eastern Philosophy

In five pages this paper examines how the Eastern philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Keiji Nishitani, and Dogan can influence t...

Arguing Against Reality's Static Absolutism and Indian Philosopher Nagarjuna

with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...

Personality Approaches East and West

notes, in other words, people are constantly changing and re-inventing aspects of themselves in order to adapt to the equivalent c...

Comparing Western and Eastern Religions

ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...

Description of Buddhism

as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...

Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism

the balance and harmony which is achieved within it. The circle which surrounds the symbol represents the infinity of the cosmos, ...

Right Action in Buddhism

In six pages 'right action' is defined and a discussion of its practice and how two right action forms contribute to the wider sph...

Contemporary Korean and the Influences of Religions Confucianism, Shamanism, and Buddhism

the fact that Christianity has in recent times spread rapidly to claim a large following (1991). The numbers of people wh...

Zen Buddhism and the Japanese Tea Ceremony's Importance

years, was defined by a set of Vedic scriptures (Basham 8). Following a distinct separation from Hinduism, the Buddhists followed...

Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism and Diversity

"white" churches despite the fact that acceptance is preached as part of the religion itself. A student wanting to embark on a ca...

Hinduism vs. Buddhism

four different occasions away from his palace he encountered the true pervasiveness of human suffering. When Prince Siddartha went...