Exploration Project 3
Participant Observation
By Devon Tiedemann-Pikala
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
GLOS World Religion
I am catholic; I was baptized and raised catholic. So I do not have a lot of knowledge of many outside religions, this class has opened my eyes up to the views of many other religions and one of those that has caught my eye was Buddhism. Some of the reasons I was attracted to learning more about the Buddhist religion it seems like a very peaceful and relaxed religion also its followers seem to be very spiritually in touch. As a follower of the catholic religion I do not see a lot of those things within my religion, and that is the reason why I wanted to learn more about the Buddhist religion. Growing up I was not very aware of other religions all I knew was what I was practicing, I just assumed everyone went to church on Sunday. The first time I really became aware of different religions was middle school, and one of the first religion I learned of was Buddhism. I had a friend that was Buddhist so in a way since middle school of I’ve always had somewhat of a interest in learning more about this …show more content…
One of the first non-material things that can be seen is relaxation the meditation that you do at the beginning is geared towards relaxation and clearing your mind, everyone in the room was relaxed after the meditation also the stretching was very relaxing. Another non-material thing that I noticed was the overall push for positivity they wanted you to push negative thoughts and issues from your mind to keep positivity so that you can relax. The last non-material thing that I noticed was the belief that Zen Buddhism can improve your lifestyle through the meditation by clearing your mind and living a positive life. This was something that was talked about during the post meditation and stretch
Participant Observation
By Devon Tiedemann-Pikala
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
GLOS World Religion
I am catholic; I was baptized and raised catholic. So I do not have a lot of knowledge of many outside religions, this class has opened my eyes up to the views of many other religions and one of those that has caught my eye was Buddhism. Some of the reasons I was attracted to learning more about the Buddhist religion it seems like a very peaceful and relaxed religion also its followers seem to be very spiritually in touch. As a follower of the catholic religion I do not see a lot of those things within my religion, and that is the reason why I wanted to learn more about the Buddhist religion. Growing up I was not very aware of other religions all I knew was what I was practicing, I just assumed everyone went to church on Sunday. The first time I really became aware of different religions was middle school, and one of the first religion I learned of was Buddhism. I had a friend that was Buddhist so in a way since middle school of I’ve always had somewhat of a interest in learning more about this …show more content…
One of the first non-material things that can be seen is relaxation the meditation that you do at the beginning is geared towards relaxation and clearing your mind, everyone in the room was relaxed after the meditation also the stretching was very relaxing. Another non-material thing that I noticed was the overall push for positivity they wanted you to push negative thoughts and issues from your mind to keep positivity so that you can relax. The last non-material thing that I noticed was the belief that Zen Buddhism can improve your lifestyle through the meditation by clearing your mind and living a positive life. This was something that was talked about during the post meditation and stretch