Buddhism

The acceptance of Buddhism varied depending on where you are from and your place in society. Some Confucian scholars agreed with the emperor in rejecting the belief as an external, uncultured cult because of its differences, while other Chinese scholars agreed with Buddha, saying that Buddhism had much to offer, and finally, a third response came from a combination of Chinese and Buddhist scholars, who tried to make the Buddhist belief fit in with the already existing Chinese ideologies of…

Contexts and Dialogue: Yogacara Buddhism and Modern Psychology on the Subliminal Mind by Tao Jiang dives into a comparative analysis between concepts related to Yogacara Buddhism and modern psychology. The book utilizes the Buddhist idea of Alayavijnana and the notion of unconscious as described by modern psychologists as the foundation for the dialogue within its pages. Jiang makes note that due to a weak analysis of Alayavijnan, a problematic nature stems out from performing comparative…

Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. There is a brief explanation of each religion, their view of God and what people gain from the said religion. Judaism Abraham founded Judaism in 2000B.C, and Moses then gave the Jews the Torah at around 1250 B.C. the Judaism is a religion mostly followed…

Abrahamic traditions, the ultimate knowledge of Buddha is not with him at the beginning but cultivated through meditation. Also Buddhism is unlike Abrahamic traditions where it is emphasized that divine knowledge ought to be able to cover all the sentient beings and worlds transcending the limit of space and time which is in correspondence with the all mighty of God. In Buddhism, the perfection of the Buddha as well as the Buddha knowledge is often being avoided to discuss, for the matter of…

religions such as, Buddhism and Confucianism. Daoism achievement has also widely spread to the Western world. For example, acupuncture, a very popular form of relieving physical pain, originated as a Daoist practice. Overall, while Daoism may not be a globally prevalent religion, it has left its mark on China 's culture, several other religions, and its practices can be seen in many other…

. Hinduism to challenge Buddhism made some of their rituals easier and and said that actions in this word and the detached performances of the caste duties might liberate them in the afterlife. Also Hinduism made ending the cycle of rebirth easier in the eyes of people, which meant…

On the other hand Buddhists were active in the west throughout the twentieth century and the western people often assume the Buddhism is a model for peaceful and wisdom which lead the Buddhist teaching and practice have become absorbed by western culture and Buddha statues have become home, restaurant and garden furnishing items. Another reason why some western find Buddhism attractive because it teaches faith though important and it offer practical ways to improve the experience of life. In…

What is reincarnation? Reincarnation is a belief that the soul, upon the death of a body, would come back to earth in another form or body. The concept of moksha and nirvana has their own concept of liberation for Hinduism and Buddhism. Hinduism and Buddhism both the religion of India. Yet within these concepts, there are many different understandings of these concepts, but Moksha and nirvana both have similarities that both relate to enlightenment. The word Moksha refers to liberation,…

Buddhism Siddhartha Gautama was a prince of a small kingdom in northeastern India. Siddhartha lived a life of luxury and pleasure, guarded from ugliness and sadness and was always surrounded by beautiful people and objects. He had everything, but he wanted to see what he was being guarded from. When he was 29 years old, Siddhartha escaped his palace to see the world outside. He left his wife and baby son behind and began the Great Renunciation. He cut his hair off and changed his nice, royalty…

Strayer talks about the world’s great religions and cultures in chapter four. Strayer argues that all the traditions within the second wave of civilizations emerged around the same time. Strayer also argues that the cultures of the Greek and Chinese did not focus on the unseen realm of the divine like the cultures of Indian, Persian, and Jewish scholars. However, these cultures were an alternative than the belief of multiple gods, polytheism. Two religion/philosophical practices Strayer compares…