environment of Christian churches‚ mosques‚ synagogues. The great books of Buddhism were not really described that much in the interview with the Buddhist monk. Instead Buddhism focuses more on the practice of the teachings of the Buddha. Buddhist do not necessarily read the teachings of Buddha all the time. The main practice for Buddhists is living the way of the Buddha In order to get a better understanding of Buddhism‚ I attended the Tung Lam Buddhist Temple in Wilmington‚ North Carolina. The
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leadership made him the founding father of India. He ruled the Mauryan Empire over 2‚000 years ago‚ and helped to spread Buddhism in and around his empire. This mighty ruler set structure in India that still has quite the powerful effect on modern day Indians. Asoka cared for his people- like helping the poor‚ communicating government to communities‚ and spreading the Buddhism religion. But‚ Asoka was not all about helping his people. He had a dark side along with his lighter side of doing well to
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Short Writing Assignment # 2 Topic: The Spread of Religions 11/20/2011 Question 1: How did Buddhism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam spread across the world‚ and why are they practiced so far from their origins? Answer 1: Buddhism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam spread across the world by use of four common practices. Missionaries spread the faith to new areas. These missionaries adapted their message to the existing culture of the area and adopted elements of existing religious traditions. Pilgrimage
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• Mainline Protestant • Historically Black Churches • Roman Catholic • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Orthodox (Greek‚ Eastern) o Judaism (Orthodox‚ Conservative‚ or Reform) o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) o Islam (Sunni‚ Shia‚ Sufism) o Hinduism • Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents) o Asian (Asian descent) o Black (African descent) o Hispanic and Latino (South
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Caste system being developed allowed the “conquers” and the “conquered” to live in harmony. 2. What were the chief differences between Buddhism and Hinduism? The chief differences between Buddhism and Hinduism were that Hinduism had no single founder and Buddhism was developed by Guatama. Also‚ Buddhism did not believe in the caste system unlike Hinduism. Buddhism believed that everyone‚ no matter their caste‚ could reach Nirvana. 3. What features of Indian and Chinese geography help explain
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ISLAM VS BUDDHISM SUBMITTED TO: MAM SHAHLA DATE: 28TH/ MAY/2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Islam page 3 Buddhism page 4 Women in Islam page 5-10 Women in Buddhism
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+being challenged by secularism Impact on the west +statistics show Buddhism in growing in the west +natural growth + convert growth Buddhism fits in with western world view +why? Buddhism has the ability to adopt to the western world view of secularism ‚ materialism and consumerism. +Buddhism has provided answers to some of the big questions. Historical basis who was the Buddha? What does that mean? Buddhism started with the Buddha. The word ‘Buddha’ is a title‚ which means ‘one
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Spread of Buddhism in China. When Buddhism was first introduced to China the philosophy was met with mainly positive responses‚ but a time progressed Buddhism was met with less favor and was often blamed for political or social problems before ultimately becoming a fundamental aspect of Chinese society. While some advocated following the teachings of Buddhism and some the eradication of Buddhist beliefs from Chinese society‚ still other preached co-existence between the Buddhism and the traditional
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Buddhism fits into a scientific approach when one use the four noble truths in finding their path of spiritual enlightenment. The beliefs can be tested so that one can understand the way of life instead of taking the teachings for word. This religion can
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Buddhism 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 Buddhist
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