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In fifteen pages such aspects that characterize China including Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, along with the National and Commun...
In five pages this paper examines how Buddhism and Christianity have each evolved through development and the impact of sociopolit...
been taught as a sure and sufficient means for the attainment of our spiritual goal, call it Mukti, Moksha, Nirvana, Liberation or...
reverence that can only be achieved through understanding the esoteric aspects of the three worlds. "The experiential and devotio...
This text is summarized and analyzed in six pages with a comparison offered between Christianity and Buddhism. There are no other...
In five pages Zen Buddhism as portrayed by Philip Kapleau's text is summarized and its major points analyzed. There are no other ...
In two pages the Four Noble Truths and how meditation fits into these beliefs are discussed in an examination of Buddhism, with th...
Koran, Jews follow the Torah or Tanakh (Rich, 2006), Buddhists follow the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama was is also known as the...
tradition, also included transmigration: "Karma is ... the momentum of our actions that propels us through sa?sara, the continuous...
Buddhism is one of the most widely spread religions in the world. It is perhaps unlike many other religions for it teaches a way o...
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...
This paper briefly summarizes each and considers the concept of the "no-mind" as discussed by Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng. Discussion...
most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...
In this 4-page paper, the author describes the importance of texts and temples in Buddhism and Hinduism. The views of a representa...
constant change. In order to achieve spiritual gratification, an individual must learn how to adapt successfully through change, ...
Religion offers tremendous insight into life. Most religions regard our worldly lives as tests where we must endure a certain...
revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...
salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...
(Alisimo, 2007). When this freedom is finally attained, the practitioner has reached Nirvana (Alisimo, 2007). Mahayana Buddhism u...
found seems to be religious in intent, but no one is sure (Swanson, 1998). The civilization reached its height in about 2500 BC an...
Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...
tomatoes and carrots: eating the tomato does not adversely affect the tomato plant; eating a carrot kills the plant. Buddhism ...
the people of your kingdom should adopt. The Vajrayana "mythologizes the doctrine of emptiness" (Conze, 2003, p. 178). Through t...
In ten pages the ways in which Buddhism has been practiced in the United States are examined in terms of various sects, its social...
was accepted as a method for achieving this goal (Beals, 2002, p. 24). During this era, the majority of women seeking abortions we...
into Zen Buddhism, which absorbed much of its metaphysical orientation from Taoist teachings (Suzuki 4). Unlike Indian Buddhism,...
Buddhists believe that the mind is non-physical and is reborn in another form after the brain dies. pragmatism: pragmatic philos...
today, scholars see three types of Buddhism: "immigrant Buddhism," "import Buddhism" and "export Buddhism" (Buddhism in the United...
of recognizing cause and effect. Throughout the history of Buddhism, there were disputes and different sects emerged. The first ...