Buddhist philosophy

Doing Time, Doing Vipassana is a documentary that explores the use of a meditation technique named Vipassana in one of India’s most harshest prisons as a means of rehabilitation for the prisoners. The filmmakers spent a lot of time inside the Tihar Central prison in New Delhi where they interviewed the inmates and the jail officers along with the woman who introduced the Vipassana meditation technique to the prison, a woman named Kiran Bedi, a former General of Prisons in India. The film…

Buddhism: Religion or Philosophy? To properly answer this question we first need to define the difference between religion and philosophy because while religion and philosophy deal with many of the same ideas they are different. Religion revolves around commitment, faith, worship, and the supernatural, whereas philosophy revolves around criticism, doubt, and the nature of reality, the mind and conduct. Some definitions of “religion” are a belief in and the worship of Gods; any system of belief…

peculiarity and the individuality of the existence of man in the Iqbalian philosophy. Thus, the second view that Nirvāna is the extinction of the total human existence also goes against the Iqbalian Views of man. Thus, we have seen that the attainment of the Nirvāna is the ultimate aim of man in the Buddhist philosophy of man. But the question what is the means for the attainment of the Nirvāna prescribed in the Buddhist philosophy. How does a man attain the Nirvāna in life? In reply it…

Alan Watts was a 20th century philosopher who began the movement and application of eastern philosophies in the western world. He helped millions of people encounter and explore new ideas and apply them to their lives to create a better world. Watts inspired people to exchange ideas between nations and between people. He had a unique way of presenting and explaining old ideas with a modern perspective, which lead to his work becoming a major influence in the 1960s. Watts exchanged Eastern ideas…

What evidence is there for the physical dependence of pure awareness and against it? What are the limitations of the physicalist perspective here? What are the limitations of the Buddhist perspective here? There are good reasons for believing the Buddhist view that the fundamental character of consciousness as pure awareness is not dependent on the brain, however, there is other evidence to suggest the opposite; consciousness is indefinitely dependent on the brain. In this essay, I am going…

will be five sections, the first section refers to Buddhism as a religion. The second sections refers to Stoicism as a philosophy, and the third refers to Platonism as a philosophy. The fourth and final section will have three sub-sections pertaining to sense of duty; Ethics, and Control over Emotions. The conclusion will demonstrate how the concept of duty does not divide philosophy from religion. Buddhism was created by Siddhartha Gautama who growing up, led a sheltered life since he was…

“whenever we steal from others we steal from ourselves as well”. Therefore, Buddha stated that ethical dilemma presented a person chooses to steal food just to satisfy a small starving child hunger is deemed unacceptable in regards to Buddhism philosophies. Buddha says that stealing is wrong, however, he recognizes the suffering and pain in the entire world and would desire that the child suffering and starving cease. He suggests following his life example of selflessness and that the person…

An empirical proposition is one which has been researched on. Empiricism is a theory that asserts that knowledge comes from sensory experience. It’s a philosophy of science which emphasizes on the importance of evidence. (McMahon, 2012) This evidences only comes about if experiments are carried out. We say that the Earth revolves around the sun is empirical because scientific research has been carried to prove this notion. Scientists and astronauts travel into space or send their controlled…

Most people agree our culture has been shaped by philosophy in one form or another throughout history, however, may people tend to reflect on specific philosophers. Eastern culture tends to reflect on eastern philosophy, dating back to Confucius and the Buddha, and western culture with western philosophy, dating back to Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato. Is there a reason for this? Is it fair to say that our different cultures have more or less accepted the philosophical principles of our own…

Conclusion Both artists have strong spiritual beliefs. Cage’s adoption of the Zen Buddhist philosophies in his 30s made a dramatic difference to his life, along with the Chinese philosophy of chance – by utilising the i-ching to make decisions rather than act from the will of self. His silent work 4’33” was an idea that had been in the back of his mind for several years. I believe it was an extraordinarily courageous of him to invite a fee paying audience to experience his concept for the…