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1,604 wordsBuddhism of Siddhartha Gautama Supreme Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism, was a spiritual teacher in North India. His birth and death dates are not definite, but are believed to be 563 BCE to 483 BCE or 20 years either side of 400 BCE for the Buddha's death. He was the sage of the Shakyas and the key-figure in Buddhism. His teachings were memorized and passed down by oral tradition. Buddhist texts are the primary source of information regarding his life. A council held shortly after...
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Art History The World Beyond West
798 wordsArt History: The World Beyond West Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that is influenced by the concepts of value and beauty as they connect to the arts. Philosophers throughout time, such as Plato, have presented solid ideas about what artists should create and what people should like. In the world of today people have become more liberal on the philosophy of art resulting in the vast array of modern artist and styles / methods . Aesthetics varies from culture to culture because of people's v...
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1,554 words? Buddhism begins with a man. In his later years, when India was afire with his message, people came to him asking what he was. Not? Who are you? ? but? What are you? ? ? Are you god? ? they asked. ? No. ? ? An angel? ? ? No. ? ? A saint? ? ? No. ? ? Then, what are you? ? Buddha answered, ? I am awake. ? His answer became his title, for this is what Buddha means. The Sanskrit root but means to awake and to know. While the rest of humanity was dreaming the dream we call the waking human state, on...
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Male Dominated Society Chinese Immigrants
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570 wordsTaoism and Buddhism were born in the same century. Siddhartha reached enlightenment in approximately 535 B. C. and Lao Tzu? s teachings were recorded around 500 B. C. There are many similarities in the basics of these two religions. Some of the similarities can be seen clearly when examining the three meaning of Tao. The first definition of Tao is " the way of ultimate reality. " This means that Tao cannot be perceived, defined, talked about, or thought of. It is too big a concept for ...
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2,225 wordsKilling your baby, what could be more depraved. For a woman to destroy the fruit of her womb would seem like an ultimate violation of the natural order. But every year, hundreds of women commit neonaticide: they kill their newborns or let them die. Most neonaticide's remain undiscovered, but every once in a while a janitor follows a trail of blood to a tiny body in a trash bin, or a woman faints and doctors find the remains of a placenta inside her. In China, babies are often abandoned near orph...
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