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    Shaolin Monk

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    I Shaolin Monk is a Cultural dance founded in the ancient heart of China. A Back in c. 480 A.D it was documented by a very well respected legend from the home of China that a wandering Buddhist teacher from India by the name of Batou ended up in China and he was the founder of the Shaolin Monk dance. 1 The Monks have combined knowledge; discipline and kung Fu to make a very amazing dance form of their own. Most martial artists are familiar with the extraordinary powers of the Shaolin monk.

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    Meditation Worksheet

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    Axia College Material Appendix A Meditation Worksheet Directions: Locate two resources on the Internet that explain meditation techniques. Copy and paste the Web address into the top of the matrix. After reviewing the Web site‚ provide a brief summary for each source. Below your summary‚ list two interesting facts you learned from each site. Try the techniques you located in your Internet search. Provide a brief description of what happened in your experience. Be sure to answer the two

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    During the 1960s the Vietnam War had an influence on many writers from both Vietnam and the United States. Two writers from both of these cultures are Tim O’Brien from the United States and Thich Nhat Hanh from Vietnam. Although the writers share many differences between themselves‚ the subjects of Thich Nhat Hanh’s essay In Search of the Enemy of Man and Tim O’Brien’s short story The Things they Carried come from vastly different cultures in regards to how they view death‚ sacrifice‚ and discipline

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    About Shinichi Suzuki Suzuki was born on October 17‚ 1898 in Nagoya Japan. Son of violin maker Suzuki attended Nagoya Commercial Arts School‚ because his dad wanted him to take over the violin factory. After High School Suzuki bought a violin and began learning to play. Every teacher he had was impressed at the amount he could teach himself. When Suzuki began teaching he believed that young children could learn music just like they learned to walk and talk. He believed that as long as children

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    The Zen of Listening

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    Douglas‚ Susan. (2004). The Zen of Listening‚ in Listening in : Radio and the American Imagination (22-39). Minneapolis‚ University of Minnesota Press. Abstract Radio is examined here as a shaper of generational identities‚ as a uniting force for the creation of’ ’’imagined communities’’ or nations‚ and as a nostalgic device with associational links in our past. In addition‚ it is portrayed as a powerful aural gadget that stimulates us cognitively not only through our imagination; our creation

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    Field Trip

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    Report For The First Field Trip On 19th of March 2014‚ my tutor‚ classmate and I went to a Vietnamese Buddhism Temple. I was very exciting before the trip. Since I don’t have transport to go to the temple‚ I went to the classroom that we used to go during our class time and gathered with my tutor to ask her to fetch me to the Vietnamese Buddhism Temple. When I reached the classroom‚ our tutor‚ Dr Lili Zhang was talking to a male tutor about some trip to Japan and how the people there treat foreigner

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    this flash of awareness‚ the individual perceives the object‚ sees it‚ labels it‚ and Right mindfulness and right concentration combine into a contemplative‚ meditative practice. The reason of mindfulness is "quieting and stilling the mind; creating knowledge; and developing generosity and sympathy" (Sharples‚ 2003‚ p. 27) to adapt to dukka (enduring). This parallels the concepts of Samatha (concentration) and Vipassana (insight) meditation. Therefore mindfulness‚ enriched through daily practice

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    NIMPO KARUMIJUTSU TO HICHOJUTSU: The Stealth Principle Body Lighting And Jumping Art by Dr. William Durbin In the Buddhist temples of ancient Japan the monks‚ who had trained and learned in the temples of China‚ practiced not only the Buddhist austerities‚ but also other arts related to the teachings of Buddhism that are not always known outside of temple life. Some of these arts were eventually passed on to Buddhist Samurai. Nimpo was a principle which dealt with one of the most important

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    REL 133 Zen Buddhism

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    Zen Buddhism Calvin Young REL 133 April 14‚ 2015 Dr. William Sunday Zen Buddhism Buddhism has grown from the flowing of a single man in his path to nirvana to a religion that spans the globe and has shaped many cultures. This paper will first present the history of Buddhism and the life of the man known as Buddha. Then‚ the fundamental teachings of Buddhism will be discussed. Finally‚ the unique aspects of Zen Buddhism will be examined. History of Buddhism and Life of Buddha Although the truths are

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    Celebrities and The Criminal Trial System Corey Dru Linyard Western International University COM/112 Utilizing Information in College Writing Steve Penoyer 7-22-2004 Celebrities and the Trial System Celebrities. We all want to live like they do; we all want to experience what they do; to be accepted in a way that is purely envious. More importantly‚ we want all the extras that celebrities receive in life. One of those extras seems to be the beating the justice system. Beating

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