Worldview The Absolute As Nichiren Buddhism mention‚’Buddha’ is a term in Sanskrit words‚ which means the one who is awaken. Buddha has no fixed or essential appearance of how He look like and it become the reason why peoples should not idolize the Buddha and pray on it as what Buddhism in India does. To Nichiren Buddhism followers‚ they believe that Buddha exists inside everyone‚ and they seek for god inside their life. In fact‚ Life is Buddha‚ Buddha is life. (活即佛，佛即活). The problem of Humans
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Elaborating on the Buddhist concepts of Anicca and Samsara‚ the passage from the novel Siddhartha resonates with me because of the many levels to its description of Buddhist ideas. Firstly‚ the excerpt elaborates thoroughly upon the Buddhist concept of Samsara‚ or rebirth. At first‚ one might notice that the quote deeply describes that it takes thousands of lifetimes to reach a state of happiness‚ and these lifetimes often strongly contradict with each other. All of this depends on the Buddhist idea
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This song was originally written in 1983 by the German band named Nena. As well as its orginal recording in German there is also an English version written by Kevin McAlea which was released shortly after the worldwide spread success that the original had. This English version was not in fact a direct translation of the German lyrics and has different meanings in its lyrics. The broad ideas covered in the song is that of an anti-war protest focusing on nuclear war. The genre that this work falls
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Why do people suffer? The definition of suffering according to google is “the state of undergoing pain‚ distress‚ or hardship” Throughout everyday people experience suffering. Those who do‚ suffer all in their own unique way. People can suffer through a number of ways physically‚ mentally‚ socially‚ emotionally and spiritually. Everyone you know suffers its apart of being human. What can you do with suffering? Is it possible you can alleviate it? One misconception on suffering is that people suffer
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Nirvana. Lorelai didn’t know if she could handle another damn Nirvana song‚ it was driving her up the fucking wall at this point. Standing at the bottom of her stairs‚ she called up. "I’m gonna come up there and throw that damn thing out the window if you don’t stop!" Did her son hear her? Most likely. Did he listen? Not a chance in hell. She mumbled some shit about her ex-husband while walking back towards the kitchen. It was Colin who had bought the The Beats Pill speaker and Lorelai was almost
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Zen in the Art of Archery‚ by Eugen Herrigel describes the ritualistic arts of discipline and focus that the Zen religion focuses around. In this book‚ Herrigel describes many aspects of how archery is‚ in fact‚ not a sport‚ but an art form‚ and is very spiritual to those in the east. The process he describes shows how he overcame his initial inhibitions and began to look toward new ways of seeing and understanding. In the beginning of the book Herrigel tells us that he is writing about a ritual
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In term of religious‚ Japan and Thailand are quite in common because they have Buddhism as the main religion. Shinto and Buddhism are Japan’s two major religions. Shinto is as old as the Japanese culture‚ while Buddhism was distributed from the mainland in the 6th century. Since then‚ the two religions have been co-existing relatively harmoniously and have even complemented each other to a certain degree. Most Japanese consider themselves as Buddhist‚ Shintoist or both. The average person typically
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Early Buddhist art were often aniconic as the Buddha was represented in art by using imagery and symbols and not as a person. Art pieces however‚ often contain religious message‚ iconography and symbols such as the lion. Other items in their art that reinforced the Buddhist religion was the wheel which or wheel of life which symbolized the religious belief of reincarnation‚ birth‚ and death which is helps to reinforce Buddha’s teachings. Stupas were also formed and created artistically to represent
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Besides the fact that Buddhists are told to think for themselves‚ and that Buddhism as a philosophy exists across many cultures‚ time periods‚ and with varying teachings and practices‚ there are some core Buddhism beliefs that might be considered representative of most Buddhists. This page may serve as a basic introduction to Buddhism. All quotes are from the Buddha‚ unless otherwise stated. If you wish to explore any idea further‚ select the link to navigate to a book or website specially recommended
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In Buddhism‚ as in Christianity‚ the choice of a human verses god‚ as an exemplar for the path to enlightenment ( salvation) is no accident. In a world where learning and teaching occurs through stories it is especially important to have a protagonist that is easy to identify with. Consequently‚ the myths surrounding the Buddha’s birth‚ early life‚ spiritual journey and awakening‚ put him in the perfect position to be such an icon. Furthermore‚ the social and political consequences of his message
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