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    said it, unless you agree with your own logic and beliefs. It’s peace throughout their religion. Encouraging each other. As of the cons there has been misinterpreted that many people think Buddhists think life must be suffering because of the first noble truth. As they consider it as a life is suffering. People consider Buddha as a god. As there are stated fact that Buddha was just a man. . Life of death of a Buddhism is that one has attained Nirvana, he or she will be reborn into any planes of…

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    The Bodhi Temple

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    continue to come back in one of the six realms of rebirth: the gods, asuras, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and in hell, all being dictated by karma, the deeds (Prebish and Keown 23). To reach nirvana, the Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths. The first of the Four Noble Truths is that “all is suffering” (Neusner 203). This provides a further reason to seek nirvana and freedom from samsara. The second of the Truths is that “suffering comes from desire and desire comes through a complicated…

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    Intro: Buddhism answers all the fundamental questions including the solution. The solution includes the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This path is to lead a person to enlightenment which should be the goal of life in the eyes of Buddhism. Buddhism follows the Buddha and his story of enlightenment to reach the solution and to find true happiness. FQ: The solution to the problems of humanity are to reach enlightenment through the steps Buddhism has provided. Enlightenment is also…

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    I as Sri Aurobindo Ghose was very honoured to have sat in the Honourable Assembly with great figures and political figures. However, there was a lot that we as members of the Honourable Assembly disagreed on and personally I found that it had a lot to do with the cast issue and its superiority, religious oppressions and traditional and cultural beliefs. With this being mentioned I believe that the partition was caused by lack of the appreciation of our culture and tradition followed by…

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    month. This was how an instructor explained to me, a beginner. The ritual included chants, bells, and waters, which were used variously times throughout the thirty-minute ritual. Buddhism is comprised of four core values including the four noble truths. These four noble truths include: The truth of suffering, the truth of cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, the truth of the path leads end of suffering (Standford, Lama Chuck). Buddhism is comprised primarily by living in the…

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    Dalai Lama And Pluralism

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    In the recent past, John Hick; a philosophy scholar has contributed much to the theological and philosophical disciplines. John Hick’s pluralism hypothesis has put input into his ranking in addition to his provocative contribution to his discourses of the theology of Christianity in today’s history (Hick).Through his pluralistic hypothesis, he describes and analyses different religious fields of the perspectives of Dalai Lama. Dalai Lama is the 14th head of monk of Tibetan Buddhism…

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    Dumarcay's Study

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    Dumarcay’s studies show several periods of construction of the Borobudur temple. Miksic believed that there was already a pre-existing monument on the site of Borobudur which might be built by a group of Hindus or followers of pre-Indic beliefs before the Buddhist took over of the land and started the construction of Borobudur (46). He also added that this was the reason why Borobudur’s structure is unlike any other Buddhist temples in the world, because it is a product of assimilation between…

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    On the surface, every hero seems to have a unique and completely original story. The rise to stardom and difficulties that they experience on the way there seem unprecedented; however, every hero goes through the same stages of a cycle called the monomyth. From literary heroes to political or athletic figures, all heroes follow the same pattern. An important leg of this cycle that isolates the heroes from the failures is the belly of the whale. In this stage the hero separates from their old…

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    Promotion: Patanjali Ayurveda runs with the Slogan "Prakriti ka Ashirwad". All things considered, Patanjali Ayurveda has procured the essential acclaim and notoriety among individuals in light of the internationally perceived Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev. This brand diplomat of Patanjali is without any assistance in charge of the accomplishment of the brand. His commitment to individuals' life through Yoga is fantastic henceforth individuals felt adjusted towards him when he propelled his own special…

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    The Heike Themes

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    With no doubts, The Tale of the Heike is one of the most influential, well-known and renowned classics in Japanese literature. Initially, the authorship of this work is unknown but it is known that The Tale of the Heike was compiled by blind monks in the mid 13th century. While reading, one may face numerous instances of dharma, the Buddhist law that claims that evil doings in the present will ultimately ruin the future of one's generations. Also, The Tale of the Heike incorporates the Buddhist…

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