Throughout time there have been many religions that have come to shape society as it is today. During the fall semester of world history‚ the main religions that were brought to my attention were Christianity‚ Polytheism‚ Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ Islam‚ And Confucianism. Hinduism was like an umbrella for the religious ideas in the Asian continent. These ideas go closely to the first Vedic tradition‚but over the years many have added local influences with many other variations. Hindu denominations fall
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The ultimate goal of the Buddhist way of life is the attainment of nibbāna or salvation. The body‚ in Buddhism is seen as a composite thing which is thus‚ transient. The Theragāthā‚ written by Buddhist monks and the Therīgāthā‚ written by Buddhist nuns both echo this view. Women‚ in Buddhism‚ were seen as the embodiment of the pleasures of the body – as ones who distract bhikkhus from their path of abstinence and thus‚ bind them down to the world of material things. This‚ coupled with the concept
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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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Dr Radhakrishnan said of Kamaladevi “She has the intelligence to think and the eloquence to transmit great ideas”. She also had the courage to challenge those who were in power as she did when she was a young woman working in the freedom movement. Few took on Sardar Patel as she did and survived in the political arena. She even challenged Gandhi whom she revered. Kamaladevi took Gandhiji’s teaching of pursuit of Truth to heart even if it meant challenging him. Gandhi‚ Nehru‚ Sardar Patel accepted
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basic teachings of Buddhism are based around what are called the three jewels. The first is Buddha or an ideal human who others should imitate. The second is Dharma which is the Buddhist lessons on how to see things in a worldly manny. Finally‚ is Sangha which refers to the community of monks and nuns. The Buddha focused on two major things in his teachings how to reduce suffering in ourselves and others and how to attain inner peace. In the Buddhist teachings are cover the three realities which
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The main dissonance I experienced during my practicum was my tentativeness in speaking up to my supervisors when something made me uncomfortable. I worked on it and improved‚ but for the first two weeks I was overly concerned about being a nuisance. No one ever treated me as such and I am aware that was due to my own insecurities at being new to counseling. I did not want to step on any toes nor act like I knew more than they did. For example‚ there were times I witnessed a student be what I considered
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Caste and gender equations in Indian history No aspect of Indian history has excited more controversy than India ’s history of social relations. Western indologists and Western-influenced Indian intellectuals have seized upon caste divisions‚ untouchability‚ religious obscurantism‚ and practices of dowry and sati as distinctive evidence of India ’s perennial backwardness. For many Indologists‚ these social ills have literally come to define India - and have become almost the exclusive focus of
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Preface: In the early 19th century (year 1819) some British soldiers were out hunting in the Deccan plateau. One of them suddenly saw‚ from a height‚ a horseshoe rock; His curiosity aroused by the entrance of a cave. The hunting party ventured across the ravine of the Waghur River. And they discovered several caves‚ against which bush‚ shrubs earth and stones had piled up. Goatherds for shelter were using a few. The Government was informed about this finding and soon the Archaeologists began
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which is The Noble Truth of the Origin‚ and how it is portrayed throughout the book. The Noble Truth of the Origin is the second noble truth of the Buddhist teachings. “ The traditional conceptions of karma and rebirth‚ veneration of the bhikkhu sangha‚ and the focus of ignorance and psychological attachments to account for suffering in the world (the second noble truth) have taken second place to the application of highly rationalized
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Penny in the Dust In the short story “Penny in the Dust” by Ernest Bucker‚ we see a father-son relationship. Three points that I will be discussing are: Pete and his qualities‚ the conflict‚ and the relationship Pete and his father have. In this story we see a weak father and son relationship in the starting‚ which becomes better and stronger. First of all‚ Pete is a 7-year old boy who learns how much his father loves him. Pete is softhearted boy who loves his father more than a 7-year old
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