the earliest Sutta-Vinaya can be accepted as the teaching of the buddha ; otherwise‚ they should be rejected. It is the duty of every good Buddhist to phut these teaching in to practice In AN 7.21‚ it is evident that the Buddha intended the Sangha of monks to continue the pracctice of the Sutta-Vinaya in its original form with as little change as possible: “ So long‚ monks‚ as you shall not decree the undecreed‚ not repeal the decreed‚ not conform to the decreed training ( of morality‚ concentration
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Essay on the Untouchability – The practice of ‘untouchability’ is a stigma attached to the Hindu society. It is an age-old one. It has its roots deep down in our social and religious system. Gandhiji regarded this practice as “a leper wound in the whole body of Hindu politic”. He even considered it as “the hate fullest expression of caste.” It is very difficult to give a clear definition of untouchability. The word ‘untouchable’ applies to the despised and degraded section of the Hindu population
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the same tread and stated that he “may” have been wearing them on the night of Linda Cook’s murder. The difficult aspect of locating shoe impressions in forensic cases is that 96% of impressions aren’t used as sufficient forensic evidence (Moles & Sangha 2003). Only 250 pairs of these shoes had been sold in
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Buddhism and Islam‚ the Buddhist and the Muslims. These two religions are one of the most popular and most recognized religions in the world. When talking about these two religions‚ a lot of differences come to mind. Not to many people think that they have any similarities‚ but that’s where they’re wrong. Buddhism and Islam have many similarities‚ you just have to really dig deep into them‚ that is why I am going to expose some of their similarities. Their similarities include the concepts of the
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BUDDHISM AND THE FOUR PRINCIPLE BELIEFS Buddhism‚ with about 365 million followers makes up 6% of the world ’s population and is the fourth largest religion in the world (exceeded by Christianity‚ Islam and Hinduism). Buddhism was founded in Northern India in the sixth century BCE by the first Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama when he attained enlightenment. Buddhism is made up three main forms. They are Theravada Buddhism found mainly in Thailand‚ Burma‚ Cambodia and Laos‚ Mahayana Buddhism which is
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forest-dwellers‚ without any apparent reason. Aśoka also ordered the expulsion of dissident monks from Buddhist monasteries. Romila Thapar says in ‘Ashoka – a Retrospective’‚ “Possibly for him there was a distinction between activities within the Buddhist Sangha‚ and the need to rule without ideological prejudices”. Despite such measures possibly having been a necessity‚ they are largely overlooked today‚ when the public thinks about
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Who became his first disciples? 9. How did Siddhartha die? 10. What are the Three Jewels? The three jewels are thr Buddha‚ the Dharma‚ and the Sangha. 11. What does Dharma mean (in Buddhism)? Dharma means the sum total of Buddhist teachings about how to view the world and how to live properly. 12. What does Sangha mean? The Sangha is the community of monks and nuns. 13. Explain the Buddha’s teachings concerning change. Buddha claims that life is always in motion and that everything
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taught them‚ they understood and as a result they also became enlightened. At that time the Sangha‚ the community of the enlightened ones‚ was founded. The sermon Buddha gave to the five monks was his first sermon‚ called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. It was given on the full-moon day of Asalha Puja.[5] Buddha subsequently also spent his first rainy season at Sarnath[6] at the Mulagandhakuti. The Sangha had grown to 60 in number (after Yasa and his friends had become monks)‚ and Buddha sent them
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Comparing and Contrasting the beliefs and practices of Hinduism and Buddhism Hinduism and Buddhism are both very similar in certain parts of their beliefs. But they are also very different in some respects. God is a very strong part of the hindu belief system‚ They believe that god is everywhere and in everything. However‚ Buddhists believe the contrary. They have rejected all gods and believe only in the three jewels. Both religions believe in the rule of karma. They also both do similar spiritual
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and Hinayana. Jainism was divided into Svetambara and Digambara. (13) Both had their own three gems or ’Tri Ratna’. Tri Ratna of Jainism were right philosophy right knowledge and right character. The Tri-Ratna of Buddhism were Budhha‚ Dhamma and Sangha. (14) Both had three main religious texts. Tripitaka‚ i.e. Vinaypitak‚ Suttapitaka
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