Buddhist temples in Japan

choosing Japan for a holiday is because I personally like their culture, savoury food and their beautiful scenery of the country. Japan is an island in the Pacific in which is divided by the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. Japan consists of four main islands that are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Tokyo is one of a prefecture of Honshu and other largest cities that include Yokahama, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, Kyoto, Kawasaki, Saitama, Hiroshima and Sendai. The total population of Japan…

The enlightenment process is the pathway to nirvana, or what the common man recognizes as inner peace and happiness. The true goal in reaching nirvana is that the Buddhist believers are released from their cycle of life and death, and therefore no longer have worldly desires nor pains. Despite this, it is important to note that nirvana is more than the negation of an ordinary experience. Nirvana is liberation, one…

From Rig Vedic period to till today the lower caste people are suffering. But as a result of caste discrimination there is conversion into Buddhist and Christianity (NinianSmart, 1981). The value of humanity of Dalit people as a Hindu and the value of Dalits after conversion is the most interesting area of research. To see the culture from Rig Vedic period to till today is the aim this articles…

Buddhism is a religious philosophy that originated in Asia by one of the great spiritual leader of all, Siddhartha Gautam also known as Buddha. The ideas of Buddhism are as pertinent in the present day as it was around two and a half thousand years ago. In Asia, people study Buddhism. They learn about his life and the philosophies he kept and practiced. Also, they learn that he was a great leader with great ideas. Some of these ideas are the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold path, Nirvana,…

based on the Phoenix from Greek Mythology, being a fire-type bird Pokémon. Its’ association with the Hold Item “Sacred Ash,” which heals all 6 of the Pokémon in your party, helps relate this Pokémon to the Phoenix. In Osaka, Honshu, an island in Japan, there is a folklore involving the Phoenix. Mentioning how the bird rose from the ashes of a destroyed pagoda, a multi-tiered tower resembling the Burned/Brass Towers. Starting after Generation Five, Ho-Oh was given the special ability Regenerator…

system, made entertainment more updated, used new beauty and fashion styles, art became very important, and literature became greatly prized. The aristocrats created a spectacular culture that still lives on to this day. Heian-kyo, the new capital of Japan, became the first true Japanese city. It was called the new capital because in 794, Emperor Kammu moved the capital to Heian-kyo. This event marked the start of the Heian period, which lasted until 1185. The Heian era was a peaceful and…

An island nation straddled along the Pacific coast of Asia, modern Japan is home to over 126 million people. Of those, 38 million live in Japan’s capital of Tokyo (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). Japanese people share a distinctive culture. According to the U.S. Army Doctrine Reference Publication 5-0 (2012), culture is best described as, “shared beliefs, values, norms, customs, behaviors, and artifacts members of a society use to cope with the world and each other”. Japan’s culture…

Whaling is the hunting of whales for meat, oils blubber , and scientific research Its earliest forms date to at least circa 3000 BC. (Britannica Online Encyclopedia). 2001. Various coastal communities have long histories of subsistence whaling and harvesting beached whales. Industrial whaling emerged with organized fleets in the 17th century; competitive national whaling industries in the 18th and 19th centuries; and the introduction of factory shipping along with the concept of whale harvesting…

individuals of different ethnic backgrounds-- my close friend who regularly speaks Romanian in his household, my classmate who frequently visits family in Spain, my mother whose parents migrated to Japan decades ago. In my region, I also know of many places to celebrate many religions-- in Portland a Buddhist temple, where a fifteen minute drive South will take me to a Catholic church, and another five…

The Heian Period, was a period of both chaos and beauty. Marked with the decline of the imperial family, and the rise of the Fujiwara Regency, the Heian period was filled with dramatic shifts of power, and the emergence of new political and economic powers. While literature and the arts prospered in court, as seen with the Tales of Genji, greed and manipulation also bled throughout. From the rise of the imperial statehood, and to the dominance of the aristocracy, the Heian Period was muddled…