Disciple

An anonymous narrator narrates a gathering of gentlemen in Andrew Culwin's house in which they all tell ghost stories. The host is the last one telling his story, a personal story of two ghosts he has seen, a story he tells to the narrator and his disciple Philip Frenham. Culwin is an uncomfortable being, partly despicable for his own contempt towards the rest of the world,…

defines their bond as a guru-disciple relationship. The author who calls himself a sadhaka also indicates at this connection of Hindu tradition in an interview with Asha Kaushik, “The Serpent and the Rope is a novel of the discovery of the guru. And The Cat and Shakespeare shows how one functions after one has found the guru – the Vedantic Guru”. (A K: 36) Thus, Raja Rao touches upon and succeeds to narrate an uncustomary literary subject – the dynamics of a guru-disciple…

The Western Tradition video on the rise of the Church begins with Christ and his disciples preaching to the Jews. This preaching contained the beliefs that a day of judgment would come when good would be rewarded and evil punished, instead of the Hebrew tradition of the coming of a Messiah creating the Kingdom of God on earth. One of the disciples, Paul, was initially a devout Jew, who punished Christians as heretical. This changed when Paul had a dream that showed him Jesus was the Son of God.…

As one of the leaders of Hundred Days reform, Kang thought change is not a new topic for china, as he wrote in his essay Kongzi gaizhi kao, “Chinese principles and institutions were all laid down by Confucius. He disciples received his teachings and transmitted them so that they were carried out in the country and used to change old custom” (De Bary 651). Rather than directly showing people something abstract, Kang slowed down the process which helped people to accept…

An artist’s identity sprouts from the roots of the societal values to which he or she establishes themselves in. Through their creation they establish an artistic vision that is both critized and praised by the practical among them that tries to create a conformicy within its citizens. “The Artist of the Beautiful” by Nathaniel Hawthorne demonstrates how Owen Warfield, an unconvetional artist that strives for public approval, finds his artist identity in a utilitarian world. Although Owen…

the truths of the world and officially became Buddha. After being hesitant to teach at first, he found five ascetics that listened to his first sermon which consisted of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. These first ascetics became his disciples and became monks who followed him. All people were allowed to follow these teachings and there were no barriers to race, gender, or class. Buddhists believe that if they follow Buddha’s teachings of the Four Noble Truths that they will reach…

Limit Muskegon boys”. That’s where he was from and hung out with a group of guys. Also it meant “Never Leave My Brothers” But Herb is known the hang around a more bigger gang known as the BD’s or “Black Disciples.” They run with a smaller organization but the same as BD. GDK which means Gangster Disciple Killer. He is affiliated with all the above, that’s what happens when you live in Chicago. But Chicago has made a very big impact on music since about the 2000’s. They have made a name for…

The Ascension by John Singleton Copley is an oil in canvas painting that depicts the ascension of Jesus to heaven. Copley derived his idea whilst in Rome as he studied Raphael’s Transfiguration of Christ. Copley’s work was at the heart of American Neoclassicism which was born out of the birth of the American republic. The Ascension differed greatly from Copley’s usual work of portraits, however maintains similar characteristics one would expect from work of this time. American Neoclassism has…

Sacraments are seen as both personal and communal encounters with Jesus Christ. Jesus is understood by followers as a living symbol of God, therefore seen as uniquely as a sacrament himself. This was noted in John’s gospel when Jesus said to his disciples “Who has seen me, has seen the Father” (John 14:9, NRSV). The Eucharist is a celebration and this celebration occurs over a meal. The Last Supper has been considered a particular type of meal; a Passover meal. For Jewish people, the Passover…

He taught moral conduct and suggested the idea of what people would do and what is right to do. Confucius wanted his disciples to improve their human nature and characters through moral conduct. Among the disciples who succeeded to the philosophy of Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi are most famous and their theories have been studied until now because they argued the perfectly opposite philosophy and developed Confucianism…