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In seven pages this paper examines how Thomas Hobbes' writings were influenced by Francis Bacon....

spiritual enlightenment. The central message of Buddhism is that all creatures, one of great intelligence, and even those that w...

tomatoes and carrots: eating the tomato does not adversely affect the tomato plant; eating a carrot kills the plant. Buddhism ...

revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...

In ten pages the ways in which Buddhism has been practiced in the United States are examined in terms of various sects, its social...

tradition, also included transmigration: "Karma is ... the momentum of our actions that propels us through sa?sara, the continuous...

was accepted as a method for achieving this goal (Beals, 2002, p. 24). During this era, the majority of women seeking abortions we...

(Alisimo, 2007). When this freedom is finally attained, the practitioner has reached Nirvana (Alisimo, 2007). Mahayana Buddhism u...

the people of your kingdom should adopt. The Vajrayana "mythologizes the doctrine of emptiness" (Conze, 2003, p. 178). Through t...

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...

similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...

it becomes essential to apply the definition to Buddhists by recognizing them as atheists (Buddhism and Hinduism Compared, 2004). ...

the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...

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...

eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...

and Soul-Making : Understanding Jungian Synchronicity Through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosophy, Victor Mansfield notes how depth ...

(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...

BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...

This paper briefly summarizes each and considers the concept of the "no-mind" as discussed by Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng. Discussion...

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...

In this 4-page paper, the author describes the importance of texts and temples in Buddhism and Hinduism. The views of a representa...

"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...

Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...

most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...

suffering, and that this suffering could only be escaped through giving up selfish desires. This spiritual "enlightenment" could b...

Religion offers tremendous insight into life. Most religions regard our worldly lives as tests where we must endure a certain...

Buddhism is one of the worlds most prominent religions. There are, of course, dozens of different schools of Buddhist philosophy...