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as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...
This then introduces the debate regarding predestination and free will: if...
sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...
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...
the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....
years, was defined by a set of Vedic scriptures (Basham 8). Following a distinct separation from Hinduism, the Buddhists followed...
"white" churches despite the fact that acceptance is preached as part of the religion itself. A student wanting to embark on a ca...
four different occasions away from his palace he encountered the true pervasiveness of human suffering. When Prince Siddartha went...
Buddha identified Four Noble Truths. They may be briefly stated as follows: Human life is an existence of suffering. Human sufferi...
In five pages this paper examines how the Eastern philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Keiji Nishitani, and Dogan can influence t...
This paper examines how the Eastern precepts of Zen Buddhism have been impacted by Westernization in six pages. Five sources are ...
highly insulted. That is just one example as to why it is important to understand differences in cultural backgrounds, particularl...
In seven pages the different forms of Buddhism practiced in China are examined in an historical overview and consideration of how ...
In six pages 'right action' is defined and a discussion of its practice and how two right action forms contribute to the wider sph...
01B). As a people, Christians are bound by the convictions that they are to possess honesty, respectfulness, charity, kindness an...
it becomes essential to apply the definition to Buddhists by recognizing them as atheists (Buddhism and Hinduism Compared, 2004). ...
number one, yet Islam doesnt characterize Allah in any type of human form (Zahid). Additionally, Islam doesnt recognize castes - a...
similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...
and Soul-Making : Understanding Jungian Synchronicity Through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosophy, Victor Mansfield notes how depth ...
BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...
a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...
karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...
(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...
suffering, and that this suffering could only be escaped through giving up selfish desires. This spiritual "enlightenment" could b...
"Buddhism is horizontal or human-oriented, not vertical or God-oriented"....
when. Now is the moment to be alive. We may never be alive at all in our entire life. Therefore, the technique, if we have to s...
eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...
other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...
laborer such as a farmer, a tradesman or one in the military3. Like in any other profession, in order to obtain his goal, a monk m...