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paths of their hair and the red dot or bindi that is displayed on the forehead" indicate they are sexually active in many ways (La...
it becomes essential to apply the definition to Buddhists by recognizing them as atheists (Buddhism and Hinduism Compared, 2004). ...
(Rothberg, 1994). This makes it difficult to apply these terms to the Eastern concept of Buddhism. The fact that the usage of th...
Because of this syncretism, this merging of major religious philosophies and beliefs, understanding Japanese religion can sometime...
centuries later many of his works were collected together and many oral stories were also collected by Buddhist monks to become th...
To understand paticca-samutpada, annata, and anicca one must consider them within Buddhism as a whole. The first important point ...
BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...
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 ...
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...
"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...
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...
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...
a loved one, we turn inward and find we are more appreciative of the people in our lives. This is not something necessarily taught...
been treated little better than animals. Islam at least accorded that women may be redeemed and attain a heavenly reward, although...
much profit for the company, and all major producers of carbonated soft drinks now offer some type of fruit-based or fruit-flavore...
in the existence of Brahma or "the supreme world soul or spirit" (Ramisetty-Mikler, 1993, p. 36). The older generation incorporat...
come from private donations within the Asian American community. However, the support is not all internal. Externally, there are...
in these traditional groups try to retain their language and keep their heritage alive to an extent. Their native languages of cou...
concerned with humanitarian and developmental issues. In other words, there is an altruistic component that seems to indicate a ge...
of the true nature of their illnesses. While keeping such facts from the patients may be considered merciful it does, at times, en...
7) Dollarization (i.e., pegging a foreign currency to the dollar), pros and cons. 8) Technology and its impact...
way or another by the culture itself. Now, while there are numerous contemporary artists and also numerous styles this section ...
semblance of the reason for the problem, which is a culture conflict. In order to understand and help Chinese students learn, one ...
or mismanaged economically, such as was the case in Eastern Europe when it suffered under communist regimes, this process is frust...