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    impressive administrative skill. He incorporated Buddhist and Jain models for faith and organization and also popularized the worship of Lord Shiva and Vishnu, particularly songs of praise, thus laying out the foundation for the new and popular cult of Hinduism that has endured until the present throughout India. Theological works of doctrines for worship of both Shiva and Vishnu followed shortly as Brahmins took advantage…

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    his poetry at an open-mic night on Sundays at the contemporary. And that’s where Morrison meets an ex UCLA college ray manzarek. During his high school life he discovered the works of poets jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg who were interested in Buddhist philosophy. “They were trying to achieve truths by the use of alcohol and drugs, especially psychedelic ones, such as LSD (Arcyman). That was often used by Morrison and most of his inspiration and drug use came from them. Jack Kerouac was best…

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    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 religious beliefs. In my view India should have never separated if we as Indians came together and tackled the small issues we were dealing with before they got out of hand like they did. Most of us at the Honourable…

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    Boss’ Apollonian existence is displayed through his obsession and devotion to following the teachings of the Buddhist manuscript. Therefore, the manuscript for Boss symbolizes a means of expression in the way he lives. “I had fallen so low that, if I had had to choose between falling in love with a woman and reading a book about love, I should have chosen a book”…

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    The History Of Venezuela

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    Intro (Sara): When we got Venezuela, we knew that it would be a very interesting country to research. And, we were right. Venezuela has an interesting history, good food, and some cool traditions. Their lifestyle is a little different, but there will be one feature that you will right away compare to ours. Without any further ado, let’s begin. History (Anna): Before Europeans arrived, the inhabitants were Indians. They called Venezuela paradise, living in tropical forests, grasslands, and…

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    lifestyle and living standard of people globally. Indian culture is no bar to this transformation process. Our deep rooted traditions and customs have loosened up their hold with the emergence of globalization. India has a rich cultural background and pride of its culture is famous throughout the world. Globalization has not only inculcated the westernization in India, but conversely the Indian culture has also spread its impact globally. Culture and traditions of any geographic region hold a…

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    retirement or, paradoxically, the traditional duty to spend three years "in mourning" for the death of one's father. The withdrawal from society, the antipathy toward ritual roles, traditional "morality," and any social structures or traditional culture suggests a kind of Daoist "ethos" as an antithesis to Confucianism in China. We can trace the origin of Daoism, accordingly, in two ways. One is attitudinal, the other theoretical. The theoretical mark of Daoism is an interest in the meaning or…

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    Mongol history was a Mongol script during Chinggis Khan’s reign (Lecture, HIST 1016, 10/29/14). However, the language was not really conductive to the Mongols, because the script was based on Uighur language until 1269 ‘Prags- pa lama, a Tibetan Buddhist lama, offered to describe a new script that was based on the Tibetan language (Lecture, HIST 1016,…

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    3.5 Power of Meditation The more man meditates upon good thoughts the better will be his world and the world at large. – Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC), the Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese life. In prayer we talk to God, in meditation God talks to us. In prayer we ask Him; in meditation we listen to Him – His answer. When we meditate, God reveals us to ourselves. Meditation is a passively…

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    Education In Korea Essay

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    There are also two- to three-year junior colleges and vocational colleges. Elementary schooling is compulsory, with an enrollment rate of 100 percent. Compulsory middle school education for three additional years was implemented in 2002. * Secondary education According to APEC website, there are two types of high schools in South Korea, general and vocational. Combining the two types of high schools together, the ratio of middle school graduates advancing to high school was 99.7 in…

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