Informative Outline Topic: The Buddhism General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about some main beliefs of one of the most popular religions‚ the Buddhism. Thesis: From Buddhism to any individual‚ the Buddhism and Buddhist beliefs become one of the most influential religions in the world. i. Introduction A. Attention Getter: “God said‚ let there be light: and there was light.” For Christians‚ Jesus is their only God. However‚ as the founder of another famous
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Buddhism is a spiritual tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development and the attainment of a deep insight into the true nature of life. There are 376 million followers worldwide. Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana‚ following the path of the Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC. There is no belief in a personal god. Buddhists believe that nothing is fixed or permanent and that change is always possible. The path to
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On Sunday October 24‚ 2010‚ I attended a Buddhist service at the Buddhist Church of Florin. The service was held at 10:00 a.m. and it lasted for about an hour. The morning service began with the ringing of the kansho. The reverend and his assistant entered bowing to the area where the Amida Buddha Statue was and they placed fruits and flowers in the table that was in front of the statue. They chanted a nembutsu‚ “Namo Amida Butsu”‚ which means “I rely upon Amida Buddha”. This was followed by
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Since the arrival of Christian missionaries in the East in the 13th century‚ followed by the arrival of Buddhism in Western Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries‚ similarities were perceived between the practices of Buddhism and Christianity.[1][2] During the 20th century the differences between these two belief systems were also highlighted.[3] Despite surface level non-scholarly analogies‚ Buddhism and Christianity have inherent and fundamental differences at the deepest levels‚ beginning with monotheism’s
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Expression of Buddhism Practices in the United States Expression of Buddhism Practices in the United States University of Phoenix World Religious Traditions I REL 133 Buddhism in the United States The exploration of Buddhism‚ and how its practices will be expressed‚ as it moves into America will indeed be an interesting topic. Questions will arise while concepts and beliefs will be tested. As Buddhism spreads in America will the religion endure change‚ becoming more casual and gender equal
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Hinduism Paper HUMANITIES 130 Hinduism is a diverse body of religion‚ philosophy‚ and cultural practice native to and predominant in India‚ characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of many forms and natures‚ by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth‚ and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils (GodWeb‚ n.d.). In this paper I will further explore what the Hindu religion is encompassed of. And delve into what makes the religion of Hinduism
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Chinese ghost festival – A ritual that embodies Buddhist and Chinese values The Ghost festival‚ the second most important festival of the year‚ is an event in which features of Buddhism are most relevant in Chinese culture. The ritual‚ by essence‚ belongs to the living and the dead – it creates a harmony between the two‚ as well as that between the individual‚ society and nature in its performance. Its Chinese term‚ Yu lan pen hui‚ is composed of the foreign word “yu lan” that refers
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Buddhism began as part of the Hinduism religion and then the creator of Buddhism‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ decided to split from Hinduism religion and form his own religious system. It was when he received his four visions‚ that’s when Gautama decided to leave his life of comfort and ultimately find the true meaning of life through endless meditation‚ fasting and wandering about the world alone which then created a following before and after his death to follow his teaching of how to reach a state of
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Some of the important similarities between Christianity and Buddhism in the Classical World are that they both have a single founder of the religion‚ Prince Siddhartha Gautama ( Buddha or Enlightened One) founded Buddhism‚ and Jesus introduced Christianity. Christianity and Buddhism both appealed to women and peasants‚ and taught the spiritual equality between all believers. Buddhism attracted those suppressed by the caste system. Another important similarity is that both faiths gained more followers
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Hello‚ I am Bodhisattva Joanna. For those of you who aren’t aware of what being a Bodhisattva entails‚ it refers to “a being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others and is worshipped as a deity in Buddhism.” (“Bodhisattva.”). In other words‚ I help others to reach the enlightened state; people would otherwise have trouble finding peace within themselves throughout the hardships of life on their own. In the Buddhist world‚ these hardships are referred to as suffering
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