Antonio Lucio Vivaldi wrote the Four Seasons. Vivaldi was born in Venus‚ Italy. His favorite family of instruments to work with was the strings. In fact‚ he himself was a violinist. Vivaldi is best known for his work on the Four Seasons‚ which were a series of violin concertos. He was known for his flaming red hair that eventually gave him the neck name Red Haired Priest. As a priest‚ although very devote to his church‚ he was not successful. They forced him to quit because of his extreme caring
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1. Hinduism- Caste System‚ Enlightenment‚ no holy book‚ no single founder‚ India‚ polytheistic‚ Buddhism- India‚ no caste system‚ egalitarian‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ missionaries‚ Nirvana‚ Eight fold path‚ four noble truths‚ Enlightenment Christianity-Monotheistic‚ Jesus‚ Bible‚ Jerusalem‚ Missionaries‚ Heaven and Hell 2. Domestication of Animals‚ Complex societies‚ Specialization‚ Cities‚ Government‚ Religion‚ Record Keeping‚ Social Classes‚ Technology 3. Located near rivers‚ Agriculture‚ irrigation
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SOR DRAFT [Nirvana] can only be reached‚ not produced‚ by the Path . . . it transcends the intrinsic nature of matter . . . being attainable through special insight affected by strong effort. BUDDHAGHOSA‚ 5th century India [Proper meditation is] single-minded intense sitting without burning incense‚ worshipping‚ reciting . . . ‚ practising repentance‚ nor reading sutras. DOGEN‚ 13th century Japan With reference to the quotations and a significant person studied‚ analyse the impact of Buddhist
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RELS 2001 Midterm Study Guide Spring 2013 Date: 7/2 You are required to bring Blue Books for the exam. They are available at the Student Government Office (4th floor‚ University Center‚ right above the bookstore) for free. I will collect all your Blue Books and redistribute them before the exam. Also‚ you will be strictly required to leave all your cell phones and bags (along with all reading materials) in the front of the class. Any kind of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated
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culture is the religious diversity and how it contributes to Vietnam’s closed-door economic and political philosophies. Buddhism is the primary religion in Vietnam. Buddhists believe that the way to become "enlightened" is to understand the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism and to follow the Eight-Fold Path. Basically‚ I understand Buddhism to be a very internal religion based on the spirituality of the self. Various forms of meditation and intense study coupled with the eradication of desire lead
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controversial but eventually the public approved and he was a major success. In 1718 Vivaldi was offered a position to work for the governor of Mantua as “Maestro di Capella.” This position was prestigious‚ and during this time he wrote his four violin concertos called the Four Seasons. This piece is his most popular and renowned piece. Each concerto represents a different season‚ and they each depict different images that represent the seasons. During this time he befriended a woman named Anna Giro who was
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Explain the concept of Dukkha Dukkha is the first of the three marks of existence and the first of the four noble truths. Dukkha is an extremely hard word to translate‚ and its meaning can vary between suffering‚ dissatisfaction and imperfection‚ it is most often translated as suffering. In his first sermon in the Deer Park‚ Siddhartha Gautama tells us what dukkha means. “This is dukkha: birth is painful‚ aging is painful‚ sickness is painful‚ death is painful‚ encountering what is not dear is
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and spread amongst the chaos that was the fall of the Han dynasty (Docs 2‚ 3)‚ and the negative reactions after imperial rule was restored with the Tang dynasty (Docs 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6). Buddhism’s original allure is clearly evident in the Buddha’s “Four Noble Truths” in the fifth century B.C.E. and Zhi Dun’s writing in 350 C.E. The Buddha’s idea for “the Stopping of all Sorrow” provided Chinese of all background an ability to‚ according to Zhi Dun‚ “be enlightened in his spirit” and then “enter Nirvana”
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it was negative thing‚ and that it should be stopped. Documents 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and 5 can be grouped together because they all point out the positive things about Buddhism. The Buddha‚ who was the founder of Buddhism‚ said in his first sermon “The Four Noble Truths” in the fifth century B.C.E. that all things in life are driven by sorrow and passion. Being the founder of the religion‚ he of course would say good things about Buddhism. If he didn’t‚ there would probably be many people that would stop
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Dharma is the teaching and doctrine of the Buddha‚ which include the Four Noble Truths – the most fundamental Buddhist doctrine. The Third Truth explains nirvana as cessation; the cessation of craving. “When these effects of the chain of causation are ended one by one‚ he at last‚ being free from all strain and substratum‚ will pass into blissful Nirvana.”[1] In effect once you can end suffering caused by craving you can attain Nirvana‚ this is not parinirvana (final nirvana) like the Buddha achieved;
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