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

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...

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

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

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

the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....

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

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

embark upon myriad experiences that would otherwise never have existed. Being introduced to Buddhism by way of India in the 2nd c...

Self, in the sense that the term is usually understood, but that everything we are is made up of constructs of reality, interwoven...

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...

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...

consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...

might say in fact that he was slightly ahead of his time. Yet, in addition to having been an important figure and brilliant strate...

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" ...

Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...

salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...

In this paper consisting of six pages the religions of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Buddhism are considered within the context ...

Quran establishes a set of beliefs and is the basis of the religion (Esposito). Hinduism is a bit more flexible. It "is best regar...

In this paper that consists of sections a Catholic personal belief system is developed and includes discussions about fundamentali...

In fifteen pages parallels that exist between Buddhism and Judaism are considered in this comparison and contrasting of their vari...

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...

In five pages Buddhism is defined in terms of being both a science as well as a religion with its basic tenets used to reinforce t...

the age of twenty-nine Siddhartha left his wife and infant son, his palace, and renounced the world. He entered the homeless life...

In six pages Hinduism and Buddhism are compared in an informational overview with similarities and differences that exist between ...