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(Rothberg, 1994). This makes it difficult to apply these terms to the Eastern concept of Buddhism. The fact that the usage of th...
centuries later many of his works were collected together and many oral stories were also collected by Buddhist monks to become th...
This research paper presents the health beliefs of three world religions, specifically Indigenous Sacred Ways, Hinduism and Buddhi...
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...
embark upon myriad experiences that would otherwise never have existed. Being introduced to Buddhism by way of India in the 2nd c...
Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...
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...
BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...
(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...
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...
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...
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...
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...
been treated little better than animals. Islam at least accorded that women may be redeemed and attain a heavenly reward, although...
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 ...
come from private donations within the Asian American community. However, the support is not all internal. Externally, there are...
and information which found their way from east to west and vice versa: the early spread of Buddhism, for example, was a result of...