Eastern Religion Paper Dawn L. Smith REL/133 Rev. Dr. David Poland University of Phoenix April 23‚ 2009 Eastern Religion (Confucianism) During the course of the last five weeks‚ I have studied several different religions. This included stating what my personal belief system was‚ Hindu religions‚ Buddhism religions‚ and constructing an Eastern religion element matrix and graphic organizer. I have personally discussed with my instructor my views on religion as humanity‚ history‚ basic
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Along Siddhartha and Santiago’s quests‚ they achieve their Personal Legends through experience‚ an ideal form of learning‚ that is essential to gain wisdom. From listening to their dreams‚ Santiago and Siddhartha realize their Personal Legends and embark on their journeys to pursue enlightenment. Both characters need experience to help them understand what they desire from life. In the town Tarifa‚ Santiago is intrigued because in his dream “[a] child [takes] [him] by both hands‚ [ ] transports
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In Hinduism the main goal was moksha‚ to leave the caste system. In Buddhism the main goal is Nirvana (Enlightenment). In Hinduism you needed good karma to advance in the caste system. If you were born into a lower level social class you had to die and your soul would be reborn into the next class. In Buddhism you could be in any social class. You needed to follow the eight-fold path reach Nirvana and become enlightened. The Guptas really focused on mathematics and education for younger men
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was determined on your behavior in your previous life. Buddha said that by ridding oneself of worldly things he would be in nirvana‚ peace and happiness. After Buddha’s death‚ his followers collected his teachings that became the dharma. The sangha is what sometimes referred to as an ideal Buddhist community. All the people in the community follow all the laws and seek nirvana. The arrangement of the monks that had a role in the sangha. The monks’ arrangement kept the preserving and the spreading
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Olga Castillo World History Studies 3301-04 Professor Dr. Nilanjana Paul Primary Source 1 February 5‚ 2017 Gender Relations in Classical India From the beginning of time civilization has hindrance and progressed. In early times‚ one can see how a male caveman were dominate over women. Even today in some societies these same rules apply where man dominate women. Although the Indian caste system had a religious basis and a difference of gender inequality part of civilization has not progressed. First
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The Spread of Buddhism in China DBQ - 11/18/13 Adam Almassri Buddhism started in India around the 16th century B.C.E.‚ and after a while diffused to China in the first century of C.E.. People slowly converted to it. Many chinese people felt differently about the new religion‚ and others felt it was better than the one existing‚ and better for China as a whole. They then began to encourage conversion of religions. Then there were those guys. They didn’t like Buddhism‚ they thought it was bad
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Siddhartha written by Herman Hesse is a novel about a young man’s life journey on how to find and obtain “Nirvana.” He experiences many new environments and surroundings that heavily influence the path he chooses to take along his religious journey. Siddhartha goes through many different changes‚ all of them enabling him to fit in and be accepted by the cultural and physical surroundings. These changes ultimately shape him to be the person he is at the end of his life‚ the one where he is at peace
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full of pain and suffering. A life for a Buddhist is full of attachments that lead to desires‚ and desires lead to suffering. The world was viewed as a setter of traps‚ thus a Buddhist goal was to leave this world and reach Nirvana. The Chinese Buddhist looked at the path to Nirvana as nearly impossible‚ being hard to reach given all of the suffering and bitterness this world has to offer. The Confucianism had a sour expression‚ representing that life is sour. To Confucianism‚ the present is out of sync
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Religious Tolerance Made Easy Josh Fones December 8‚ 2012 Religious intolerance has been a problem concerning peace in this world for a long time. Throughout history there have been wars and other altercations between countries because of religious intolerance. People following a certain religion just cannot seem to accept that other people follow and practice other religions. I used to be one of those people. I was born and raised in a Southern Baptist household and have been taught the beliefs
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Like any religion‚ Hindu has people who practice and interpret the religion in different ways. There are two main beliefs when talking about the divine reality of God in Hindu. The first is Monistic and dualistic. Monism is that reality is tied together. Dualistic is the opposite in that there is a distinction between God and reality and as a result God can be worshiped. The majority of people of follow Hinduism view God as dualistic. Monistic Hindus use the term Brahman to describe their supreme
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