Buddhist meditation

of life stage for those with a Buddhist cultural background is a beautiful transition into their next physical state. Based on their beliefs and values, the end of life process is peaceful and has minimal suffering involved. The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model is a great tool for nurses to use when it comes to caring for patients of a different culture. This paper takes that model and applies it to Buddhism and how a nurse can care for a Buddhist patient at the end of life…

psychology, each building upon each other or disputing the belief structure of the others. Each therapist seeking to recognize or resolve the suffering of the individual. Suffering is common to all psychology. The practice of mindfulness, from the Buddhist philosophy, is the common key to these theories, if not always acknowledged or fully realized. The concept of mindfulness is intertwined within psychotherapy theories. Mindfulness is the key to unite theories of psychotherapy, end suffering in…

Historians believe Buddhism was formed in northern India around the 5th century B.C.E. This custom hints that the beginning to Siddhartha Gautama, who is known as Buddha. Siddhartha saw the sorrow in the world and went to find a solution. Through meditation and study, he reached an “enlightened state” of being that marked the end of accessories, and ultimately, upon his death, issue after the “cycle of rebirth”. The Buddha's wisdoms are often condensed in the “Four Noble Truths”, which form the…

avoiding evil words and actions. Through meditation, a person might at last achieve enlightenment,” which signifies that they can then pass on to achieve Nirvana (Ellis and Esler, 80). The point of having now caste system is to offer Nirvana to all people, regardless of their birth and social class. In that sense, a Buddhist born poor and lowly has just as high a chance of reaching Nirvana as a Buddhist of richer and higher classed society. All Buddhists are, in a sense,…

1. What is the essence of Buddhism? Gen Kelsang Lekma stated that the essence of Buddhism is really a way of understanding your mind. And going through Buddha 's skillful method of discovering the mind through meditation and helping us to understand how to control negative states of mind to increase our positive state of mind so we can achieve happiness. 2. Was Buddha a deity? No, Buddha is seen more as a master teacher and an enlightened being. Because he has attained enlightenment- he has…

For most Buddhists, cremation is the preferred form of body disposition, but earth burial is also frequently practiced. In Buddhism, unlike Hinduism, there is no “soul”-both the body and the idea of a soul distract from the proper meditation and attainment of nirvana (Leming & Dickinson, 387). During and after the funeral, family members will make offerings through the priests to the spirit of the deceased. When a typical Buddhist person dies, the body is cleaned, dressed…

Thematic Essay Draft Religion has come very far throughout history some have failed and some are still practiced today. Religion can even influence millions of lives around the world. Two of these types of religions include Buddhism and Christianity. They are still alive and thriving all over the world today. Buddhism is one of the many religions and belief systems in the world today. Buddhism was created by Siddartha Guatama commonly known as Buddha. Buddhism originated from India in the…

emotions in the students’ learning process and discovered that positive emotions had an activating effect on students’ motivation, on their self-regulation as well as on their use of more creative learning strategies and resources. Mindfulness meditation…

It seems feasible to believe that Stoicism and Platonism would have a more similar sense of duty rather than Buddhism since they are both Philosophical. But do they really? By analyzing The Dhammapada by Siddhartha Gautama, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and Euthyphro by Plato, it will be argued in this essay that Buddhism and Stoicism have a far greater aligned sense of duty than either has with Platonism. In this essay, There will be five sections, the first section refers to Buddhism as a…

In the nineteenth century many scholars and great thinkers started to support the belief that as the twenty-first century approached religion would slowly fade and cease to matter. They believed secularism and science would bring new found logic which would ultimately over come and transcend religion. Contrary to their belief, post modern reality is that religion has a huge impact both globally and individually on our lives. Religions like Hinduism Buddhism and Christianity have profound impacts…