through Japan and Korea. All three of these religions were spread through the post-classical era and have also remained the three major religions since then. During the post-classical period‚ bodhisattvas (sect of monks)‚ transformed the Buddhist religion from ethics to a deep emotional religion. The Bodhisattvas teachings stated that people could attain Nirvana in their life through meditation. They formed monasteries and people held them as gods
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Michael Taype Professor Alexandra Perry PHR-120 August 8‚ 2013 Buddhism The basic worldview of Buddhism is about the reality is an indescribable unity when humans find themselves in a realm of suffering governed by karma. Buddhism can be thought of as a religion with psychological emphasis. It teaches the transformation of consciousness from attachment to ego‚ suffering‚ and objects of craving to the unattached bliss of Nirvana. Its fundamental teaching is that the Buddha who‚ through his
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar ([bʱiːmraːw raːmdʑiː aːmbeːɽkər]; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956)‚ popularly also known as Babasaheb‚ was an Indian jurist‚ political leader‚ philosopher‚ anthropologist‚ historian‚ orator‚ economist‚ teacher‚ editor‚ prolific writer‚ revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India. He was also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. In 2012 he was chosen greatest Indian in a nationwide poll held by History TV and CNN-IBN.[3][4] Born into a poor Mahar (considered
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Dr. Ambedkar - A Social Reformer Dr. Bheem Rao Ramji Ambavadekar popularly known as Babasaheb was born on 14th April 1891 in a poor Mahar family. His teachers at school were impressed and added a surname to him. as Ambedkar. He hailed from a poor family belonging to one of the Hindu untouchable communities in India. His father was Ramji. Dr. Ambedkar was the 14th son of his father. Ambedkar was a brilliant child. After leaving school Ambedkar studied F.A.‚ at the Elphinstone Collage‚ Mumbai
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Include the unique practices Unique teachings MAHAYANA BUDDHISM • • The Mahayana tradition is the largest major tradition of Buddhism existing today. The tradition of Northern Buddhism. ASSIGNED TRADITIONS Six Perfections: The six ideals that a Bodhisattva perfects: giving morality‚ patience‚ effort‚ concentration‚ and wisdom. • THE SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS The Individuals enlightenment is not possible according to Mahayana. We cannot separate ourselves from each other‚ the ideal in Mahayana is
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vividly within my grasp‚ to be remembered and shared as if their reflections of works were cast for the modern devoted learner. <br> <br>Walking into the Hall of the Buddhas‚ there was a sense of peace and guidance lingering inside me. The seated Bodhisattva‚ of the Northern Wei dynasty (386-534)‚ CA.480‚ from the Yungang‚ Cave xv‚ Shani Province‚ made of sandstone‚ guarded the entrance. At first‚ I thought it was a time to be disciplined‚ but the transcending smile from the statue was a delicate fixed
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and then as their conqueror. -visualizes a body of persons : avalokitesvara on right‚ 8 bodhisattvas + 8 monks on left. -then visualizes goddess prajnaparamita (perfection of wisdom)at heart seated on a moon disk -imagines moon disk in center of heart‚ then the letters of the heart sutra -the letters of the sutra radiate both light and their own sound‚ serving as offerings to the Buddhas and bodhisattva: alleviate and purify the sufferings and purify all those gathered for thr performance of
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All across the world‚ all throughout time‚ and expressed in many different forms of writing‚ is the theme of knowledge. Throughout the semester‚ this recurring theme has appeared in a variety of texts from The Heart Sutra‚ written by an unknown author‚ to Plato’s Republic‚ two texts from entirely different traditions. The former‚ perhaps one of the most famous Buddhist texts of all time‚ describes the nothingness that is human experience and was found on a palm-leaf dated back to 609 CE; the latter
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though the later Buddhist sects introduced some Godly figures. The Buddhists believe that these Godlike figures or Bodhisattvas are interested in the welfare of the world and work for its liberation. • Jainism : Jainism also denies the existence of God‚ though they recognise the presence of the Jinas or Kevalins‚ who are higher than human beings in status. However‚ unlike the Bodhisattvas‚ the Kevalins are indifferent to the welfare of the world and remain unaffected. On Nirvana • Buddhism :
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Comparison between the Ten Commandments and Buddhist Precepts The Ten Commandments‚ which‚ according to the Holy Bible‚ are inscribed on two stone tablets and presented to Moses by God on Mount Sinai‚ are the most prominent biblical principle adhered by believers of Judaism and Christianity. Not too far around the globe‚ Buddhism‚ a religion that originated in India‚ also upholds its own disciplines‚ the most fundamental of which is commonly known as “the Five Precepts”‚ namely to abstain from
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