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Meiji Restoration Pure Land
2,006 wordsBuddhism is the Japanese religion that comes closest to paralleling Christianity, because of its concern for the afterlife and salvation of the individual. In this it shows its origin in India, a region that in religious and philosophical terms is more like the West than East Asia. The historical Buddha started with the basic Indian idea of a never-ending cycle of lives, each determining the next, and added to this that life is painful, that its suffering is caused by human desires. However, the...
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Four Noble Truths Good And Evil
1,470 words... onasteries. Other holy and sacred places include, Lumbini, Nepal, the birthplace of Buddha, and Bodhi Gaya, where the "tree of enlightenment" stood when Buddha was enlightened. Buddhism is an analytic religion based on thought and proving a belief. Although early Buddhism did revolve around some mythology and some still does today, much of the mythology has been replaced by scientific findings. Early Buddhist mythology believed that the universe consisted of innumerable world systems through...
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Buddhist Art In Japan
2,031 wordsBuddhism had an important role in the development of Japanese art between the sixth and the sixteenth centuries. Buddhist art and religion came to Japan from China, with the arrival of a bronze Buddhist sculpture alongside the sutras. Buddhist art was encouraged by Crown Prince Taishi in the Suiko period in the sixth century and Emperor Shomu in the Nara period in the eighth century. In the early Heian period Buddhist art and architecture greatly influenced the traditional Shinto arts, and Buddh...
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1,934 wordsSomewhere in the sixth century BCE Buddhism was born, born from a single man Siddhartha Guatama, the Buddha. After gaining his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, the Buddha didnt think that the rest of the world could handle all that he had learned. He did not want to teach others, nor did he want to spread his wisdom. Until at last his great compassion came over him and he started to gain the respect of few by going to his old peers first. By starting with other intellectuals he secured that t...
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2,234 wordsIn early Buddhist art, the Buddha was merely symbolized by a wheel, a bodhi tree, or a stupa. Not until the Kushan period [AD 50 - 250 ], during the reign of Kanishka I, was the historic Buddha represented in human form. The creation of a Buddha image in human form corresponded to the theological changes influenced by Mahayana Buddhism taking place in the religion. Two distinct styles of sculpture emerged during the Kushan period, one associated with the region of Gandhara and the other with the...
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2,352 wordsThe belief in some higher presence, other than our own, has existed since man can recollect. Religion was established from this belief, and it can survive and flourish because of this belief. In Chinese history, Taoism and Buddhism are two great philosophical and religious traditions along with Confucianism. Taoism, originated in China around the sixth century B. C. E. and Buddhism, came to China from India around the second century of the common era, Together have shaped Chinese life and though...
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5,674 wordsBuddhism According to Webster? s definition, Buddhism is not a religion. It states that religion is the belief in or worship of God or gods (Webster? s New World Dictionary pg. 505). The Buddha was not a god (About Buddhism pg. 1). There is no theology, no worship of a deity or deification of the Buddha (Butter pg. 1) in Buddhism. Therefore Buddhists don? t pray to a creator god (Buddhism FAQ? s pg. 1). Consequently, Buddhism is categorized as a philosophy, but is still regarded it as a religion...
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2,249 wordsBuddhism is the religion of about one eighth of the worlds people (Gaer 27). Buddhism is the name for a complex system of beliefs developed around the teachings of a single man. The Buddha, whose name was Siddhartha Gautama, lived 2, 500 years ago in India. There are now dozens of different schools of Buddhist philosophy throughout Asia. These schools, or sects, have different writings and languages and have grown up in different cultures. There is no one single Bible of Buddhism, but all Buddhi...
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2,451 wordsAccording to Websters Buddhism Buddhism According to Websters definition, Buddhism is not a religion. It states that religion is the belief in or worship of God or gods (Websters New World Dictionary pg. 505). The Buddha was not a god (About Buddhism pg. 1). There is no theology, no worship of a deity or deification of the Buddha (Butter pg. 1) in Buddhism. Therefore Buddhists dont pray to a creator god (Buddhism FAQs pg. 1). Consequently, Buddhism is categorized as a philosophy, but is still re...
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Eastern Religions Jack Kerouac
3,099 wordsThe stresses and intensity of modern American society have influenced many people to adopt and adapt the principles of Buddhism and other Eastern religions. Some recent statistics from the US department of Health and Human Services show that 75 % of the General Population experiences at least? some stress? every two weeks (National Health Interview Survey). Half of those experience moderate or high levels of stress during the same two-week period. It is common knowledge that stress can lead to h...
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Level Of Reality Aristotle
2,324 wordsThroughout history there have been many attempts to explain the origin and workings of our universe. Most every culture has their own cosmogony. Nearly every individual has his or her own idea of what our universe is. During our modern era of advanced scientific knowledge, we feel that we have a good grasp on how the universe works. We have our Chemistry and Physics, along with Mathematics, to examine the universe with. Any person educated in these fields will tell you that they know our univers...
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1,134 wordsAlthough Buddhist Fundamentals Buddhist Fundamentalism Although religions differ greatly in the beliefs and practices they endorse, many universal themes can be found when comparing the underlying reasons that people practice religion. Freud believed that people practice religion as a form of displacement so that they could be at ease with themselves while not coming to terms with the actuality of their convictions. Someone who is a Buddhist by this theory may only be so because they are dissati...
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2,258 wordsTaoism is one of the two great philosophical and religious traditions that originated in China. The other religion native to China is Confucianism. Both Taoism and Confucianism began at about the same time, around the sixth century B. C. E. Chinas third great religion, Buddhism, came to China from India around the second century of the common era. Together, these three faiths have shaped Chinese life and thought for nearly twenty-five hundred years (Hartz 3). One dominate concept in Taoism and B...
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Thich Nhat Christian Faith
1,441 wordsSeveral times toward the end of Zen retreats we have made together, you have asked, But what does my Christianity add to my Buddhism? And the answer you received was, Nothing. Its all going the other way right now. I understand that skepticism about Christianity's adding to Buddhism. Both of us know many fellow-Christians who are drawn to Buddhist practice, either because of an alienation from the church, or, as I believe is true for ourselves, because we find in the zen something we believe we ...
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3,032 wordsWhether we like it or not, we have all been born on this earth as part of one great human family? ultimately each of us is just a human being like everyone else: we all desire happiness and do not want suffering. -Tenzin Gyatso XIV Dalai Lama History/Origin The birth of the first Buddha started out with a dream. Queen Maha-Maya of the Sakya warrior caste had a dream when the moon was full during the midsummer festival. Four guardian angels lifted her up and took her to the Himalaya Mountains whe...
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3,743 words? Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future; it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. ? Albert Einstein (Buddhism) Buddhism has affected many people. From the Buddha? s first followers to my next door neighbor, people everywhere have followed the teachings of B...
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2,370 wordsIt is always present in you. You can use it anyway you want. ~Lao-tzu Taoism and Buddhism are the two great philosophical and religious traditions that originated in China. Taoism began the sixth century BCE. Buddhism came to China from India around the second century of the Common Era. These two religions have shaped Chinese life and thought for nearly twenty-five hundred years. One dominant concept in Taoism and Buddhism is the belief in some form of reincarnation. The idea that life does not ...
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