India has always been considered as a mysterious world with wide variety of interesting traditional values that was created all along the history line of India‚ from the big and complex things like philosophy schools of India to the daily’s things like the lamp in Diwali festival. So what has made India the way it is now with the blooming yet mysterious beauty from the richness in its culture? Well‚ here is a saying from the former Minister of India – Sir JAWAHARLAL NEHRU – to show the idea of Indian
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Question 1 2 out of 2 points A Mahayana legend says that Buddha was conceived when his mother dreamed that a: Answer Selected Answer: a. white elephant entered her body Correct Answer: a. white elephant entered her body Response Feedback: Good! Question 2 2 out of 2 points This elephant-headed deity is Shiva’s son by Parvati (Shiva’s consort). Answer Selected Answer: b. Ganesha Correct Answer: b. Ganesha Response Feedback: Right! Question 3 2 out of 2 points
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Reincarnation‚ Karma and Dharma are also supporting parts in this religion. Reincarnation: the soul is to be reborn after death. One is required to live new lives until that life reaches the ultimate understanding. Karma: the force generated by someone’s actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life. A person’s current status is not an accident; it is a result of a person’s actions in the previous existence. Basically‚ “what goes around comes around”. Dharma: this is divine law
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Hindus as a manifestation of God. The Bhagvad Gita is the advice of Lord Krishna given to Arjuna before the start of the Kurukshetra war. The Gita explains the five basic concepts or truths‚ including Ishvara‚ Jiva‚Prakriti‚ Dharma‚ and kaala (time). Krishna provides knowledge of dharma or universal harmony and duty. Arjuna wishes to leave the battle field without fighting against his own brothers
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religious beliefs. The filmmakers did a great job of composing four stories from India‚ Indonesia‚ Korea and Japan. They break the film up into four parts were they use the art masterpieces and performances inspired by these tales. The first‚ “The Ramayana‚” tells the adventures of India’s legendary hero. Here we see Indian paintings‚ Indonesian sculpture and Japanese shadow play. In the second part‚ we see the “Korean Masked Dance Drama” in this part we see Monks pursue cortisones and servants outwit
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clearly laid down an organization set-up‚ and there was a clear-cut division of a fix and politics. However‚ he was of the opinion that politics devoid of ethics is dangerous to prosperity and security of the entire kingdom. In all matters of state‚ Dharma should be the guiding factors. In many ways Kautilya was compared to Machiavelli in certain matters of statecraft. The following is a brief explanation of various issues that are part of the entire state machinery : Tha Saptanga Theory: According
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Trimurti literally means‚ “having three forms”‚ and refers to the gods Brahma‚ Vishnu‚ and Shiva. In Hinduism‚ the Trimurti reveals concepts of birth‚ life‚ and death and represents the Supreme Being. The Trimurti is portrayed as a three-headed figure with the faces and qualities of the three gods. This three-headed figure represents creation‚ preservation‚ and destruction‚ which are unified together to symbolize one Supreme Being. These three gods are equally essential for all aspects of life because
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Shiva Siddhanta Founder and History of Movement Occasionally such an individual is born who‚ by following his tradition correctly and completely‚ approaches perfection and becomes a symbol to the world. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami was such a man‚ a living example of awakening and wisdom‚ a leader recognized worldwide as one of Hinduism ’s foremost ministers. Gurudeva Suvaya Subramuniyaswami was the foremost exponent and teacher of Saiva Siddhanta in the West‚ a self-realized Western spiritual
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Pure Land Practice by the Buddhist Scholar Cheng Wei-an Translation with Commentary by Dharma Master Suddhisukha BO S B e DHANET ’ UD O K LIB R A R Y E-mail: bdea@buddhanet.net Web site: www.buddhanet.net Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc. Taming The Monkey Mind A Guide to Pure Land Practice by the Buddhist scholar Cheng Wei-an Translation with Commentary by Dharma Master Suddhisukha Sutra Translation Committee of the U. S. and Canada New York – San
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indulge in the Jain scriptures. Then within two years of school‚ at the age of nine and half‚ he had already mastered the study of seven standers. During these two years‚ at age eight he wrote five thousand stanzas‚ and then at age nine he composed Ramayana and Mahabharata in verse. At age ten he became mature in his thinking and reasoning. One year later‚ he started to contribute articles to the newspapers and won many
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