Deity

within the established belief systems. Buddhism which initially did not support a life under deities began to experience a morphing from within. It was not long before Buddha himself was deified, well after the death of Siddhartha, marking the birth of the Mahayana Schools that promoted Mahayana Buddhism. Unlike its other counterpart, Mahayana Buddhism well-established the Bodhisattvas, a group of enlightened deity-like individuals who would stay behind from entering Nirvana in order to aid…

The Izumo shrine is a meeting place for all the Shinto gods. During the tenth month of the lunar calendar, all of the Shinto deities come to the Izumo shrine for their annual meeting. This has caused this month to be known as the “month with deities” in the Izumo province and the “month without deities” everywhere else in Japan (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica.) The architecture of the Izumo shrine is called Taisha-style, which is the oldest style of architecture for shrines. Taisha-style…

In every culture or group of people they have a type of government, religion, culture, society, and how they originated. Around the Nile River (Ancient Egypt) the type of Government they had was more of a monarchy. Being, that Pharaohs were like kings. They were at the very top of the hierarchy. They were in total control with the aid of advisors, priests, officials, and administrators who spoke for the state and welfare of the common people. Under the pharaohs were Viziers (head executives).…

1. Egypt has a large (and to us, sometimes confusing) pantheon of deities. Each of you should find an Egyptian deity not previously mentioned by another classmate. Describe that god or goddess to the others, and attach a link to your source. You must also find an illustration or photo of the deity and insert it into your post. You may attach the image if insertion does not work. I chose Anubis for this week’s assignment. I find Anubis to be the one of the most fascinating God’s in ancient Egypt…

“It is in your interest to believe that God exists.” Do you agree? Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher of the 17 century proposed a wager, that indeed, it is in your interest to believe in God. Pascal’s wager is as follows: If God exists and you believe in Him, you will go to heaven upon death and have infinite happiness, while if He does exists but you do not believe in Him, you will go to hell upon dying and experience infinite suffering. If God does not exist but…

Within her poem, “The Walls Do Not Fall”, H.D. implies that there is a creator that works within the natural world of the shell-fish. This forms the concept that there is a sort of deity embedded within the poem that oversees the creation. In the poem, H.D. continually uses the image of the builder as a representation of the artistic self as a form of creative power. This pattern of images suggests that there is an innate power in the artist to create tangible things that have powerful effects…

Bhakti comes from the Bhagavad Gita and is one of the three paths described within the scripture. The Bhagavad Gita comes from the Hindu epic Mahabharata and it is the council of Arjuna from Krsna. Krsna helps Arjuna with an internal conflict on whether to fight or not. Krsna teaches Arjuna three paths to end his internal conflict. Thus, the Bhagavad Gita show’s these three paths and has become a foundation in Hindu scripture. Krsna teaches or shows Arjuna three paths to self-realization. Among…

With the emergence of Bhaktism in South Asia, Hindus started to show their love for Hindu deities through poetry and other forms of art. Bhakti is an intense emotional love for a personal god. It favors an immediate experience of the divine. This trend leads to the creation of major Hindu devotional groups: Shaivism, Vaishnavism, and Shaktism. All three major groups are unified within the realm of bhakti/devotion; however, each group is distinguishable through their belief system, traditions,…

How many times have we choose to stick with our false beliefs even when strong evidences presented? Loyal believers of Deity tend to abandon and neglect any evidence goes against the idea that God is Omnibenevolent. As Hume had concluded, “...the existence of suffering is prima facie evidence against the Deity as described”(Churchland 1986, p.379). “Why is there so much misery?”Hume asked(Churchland 1986, p.379). According to Hume, there is an explanation for the existence of misery and…

but with a certain twist on it that makes sense with the guidelines of the certain religion. These conflicting truth claims present within the two religions are based on people who create their religions to help understand natural phenomena and the deity.…