Personal Reflection Essay for Trip to Buddhist Temple This Sunday morning I had the opportunity to witness my first Buddhist temple service at the Toledo Zen Center. My classmate‚ Tasi‚ accompanied me and we arrived to the service around 10:30 in the morning. When we first entered the temple we were both greeted by the man whom I had spoken with about coming‚ but were instantly amazed at the amount of color there was within the temple and how beautiful it was. I immediately noticed how unique
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The fifth and fourth centuries B.C. were a time of worldwide intellectual ferment. It was an age of great thinkers‚ such as Socrates and Plato‚ Confucius and Laozi. In India‚ it was the age of the Buddha‚ after whose death a religion developed that eventually spread far beyond its homeland. The Gupta period‚ from the fourth to the sixth century A.D.‚ in northern India‚ sometimes referred to as a Golden Age‚ witnessed the creation of an "ideal image" of the Buddha. Related Timelines (12) Primary
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| Ghats The city’s life revolves around its seven km long sweep of about 100 bathing ghats that skirt the west bank of the Ganges. Most of them are used for bathing. Some are used for cremating bodies. The most sacred ghats are the Asi‚ Dasashwamedh Ghat‚ Manikarnika and Panchganga. Pilgrims who bathe in each one consecutively believe their prayers will be fulfilled. A short boat trip from Manikarnika Ghat can be an interesting introduction to the river. | | | It is believed that cremation at
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Buddhist: the Problem of Suffering and Way to end Suffering Buddhism is a widespread Asian religion or philosophy‚ founded by Siddhartha Gautama in north-eastern India in the 5th century BC. The main question that Gautama Buddha (c.566 BC - c.480 BC)‚ sought to answer was: "Why do pain and suffering exist?" Unlike any of the world’s religions‚ Buddhism locates suffering at the heart of the world. According to Buddhism‚ existence is suffering. The search for a spiritual path is born out of suffering
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emperor a bronze Buddha statue‚ the Buddhist art forms that were periodically introduced from China and Korea were tempered in the crucible of local custom and usage‚ to yield a rich tradition of religious art. The role of Buddhism in Japan was greatly amplified during the life and reign of Prince Umaydo‚ known better by his Buddhist name‚ Prince Shotoku. Shotoku‚ meaning “Sagely” and “Virtuous‚” was born into a family that had been importing foreign Buddhist images for nearly 20 years‚ and had
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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 painting became fashionable among the wealthy class. The
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by their opinions. There are no correct and incorrect opinions because they reflect people’s different perspectives. Therefore all opinions are equally valuable for the fact that everyone has his or her own view on different subjects. There is a broad range of categories for opinions‚ whether it is religious‚ personal‚ scholarly‚ or even of nonsense. Opinions are opinions. An opinion is the way of thinking freely without having to be bothered by other’s thoughts. Though a foolish opinion is heard
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The Buddhist doctrine of karma ("deeds"‚ "actions")‚ and the closely related doctrine of rebirth‚ are perhaps the best known‚ and often the least understood‚ of Buddhist doctrines. The matter is complicated by the fact that the other Indian religious traditions of Hinduism and Jainism have their own theories of Karma and Reincarnation. It is in fact the Hindu versions that are better known in the West. The Buddhist theory of karma and rebirth are quite distinct from their other Indian counterparts
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BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY! SELECT ANY 2 OR 3 IMPORTANT CONCEPTS OR ISSUES THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN THE BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY. EXPLAIN WHY THESE ARE IMPORTANT TO CONSTITUTE THE CHINESE TRADITIONAL VALUE. Buddhism was introduced into China during the first century CE. This was during the Han dynasty. The main ideology during the Han period was Confucianism. Therefore‚ Buddhism did not have much influence on the lives of the majority of the people in China. However‚ during the third and fourth centuries CE
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appear to be very convincing‚ they are in fact far from the truth and are no more than mistaken generalizations. The primary aesthetic concept at the heart of Buddhist culture is the aspiration of leading a holy life. In Buddhism‚ beauty is not for beauty’s sake. It has been viewed as an incentive for those who aspire to the holy life. The Buddhist concept of aesthetic is a beauty of things that are imperfect‚ impermanent‚ and incomplete. The cultivation of the right attitude to aesthetic is very important
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