Gautama Buddha

Name: Vrinda Datta Roll no : 60065 College: Hindu Professor: Dr Anil Aneja. M.A English fourth semester. The Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits 1) According to Hindu mythology, the valley of Kashmir is said to have been named after the ancient sage rishi Kashyapa. Kashmiri Pandits are said to be the original inhabitants of the valley. The term Kashmiri Pandits refer to the Hindu Brahmins who have a five thousand year old ancestry and culture . There roots can be…

Traditional Chinese culture, under the influence of Confucius and the long domination of Confucianism, has never claimed belief in an omnipotent god nor conceived the idea of a creation of man and the world by God neither experienced this insatiable need to believe in the immortality of the soul or in the existence of another world after death. For the Confucian school, the most important is the life of humans, their existence in the real world and in society, which relies primarily on his own…

Arab Open University Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) FACULTY OF LANGUAGE STUDIES AA100A TMA COVER FORM (First Semester 2014-15) Branch: Jordan Program: English Language and Literature Course Title: The Arts Past and Present Course Code: AA100A Student Name: Mahmood Saad Al-Khayyat Section Number: 2 Student ID: 2140444 Tutor Name: Ms.Ola WHO IS DALAI LAMA? The Dalai Lama is known as the leader monk of Tibetan Buddhism and by tradition, is responsible for governing the Himalayan…

It is a continuous cycle, always coming back to the same starting point. Like a circle, there is no beginning, and there is no end. In Buddhism, this concept of a circle is very important for the principle of rebirth. If one does not live a fulfilling life, one cannot leave the cycle and reach nirvana. Being reborn is like hitting a reset button to get a second chance. One should live constantly working to escape this cycle and reach salvation. Above all, I believe Genji’s story is about second…

one religion other than Christianity. Buddhism and the Four characteristics of Religion “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happienss never decreases by being shared” (The Buddha). Through the way the beliefs and believers and expressed, the sacred texts are written, the practices and rituals are conducted, and the ethics are derived, we can see that the four main components of Religion contribute to a dynamic, living…

Christianity and Buddhism spread both differently and the same. The two were the same because they both were a runoff of another religion. They both were open for people to convert from another religion, they both creators had their religion spread by their disciples after their death, and they both spread through trade and peaceful contact. A major difference was that Christianity and Hinduism originated from different places. Also Christianity spread through the downfall of the Roman Empire…

I chose to compose my paper not on a film discourse or advertisement, but rather a tune composed by a legend, whom which his verses emerged to me for this assignment. Buddha once said,“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you.” As a buddhist, we tend to imagine a beautiful world filled with peace and tranquility. John Lennon, the king who stands out amongst the most emotion filled tunes who makes his audience think,…

The quest for Oneness has attracted many a seeker on the path of contemplation through the practice of silence. J Krishnamurti often said: "The mind that enters itself goes on a long pilgrimage from which there is no return." Silence was the defining characteristic of both Mahavira and Buddha's search for meaning — one observed silence for 12 years on his chosen path and the other was exemplified as the silent sage, Sakyamuni, "the silent one of the Sakya tribe". Apart from its religious import…

The Chinese during the Qing dynasty followed three main philosophies; Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The rulers were strong followers of Buddhism. However, discrimination existed heavily in the society. For example, the Manchu were not allowed to marry Han Chinese who forms the majority of the society and were considered a lower social class. Representative Confucian was the social and ethical philosophy during this era. Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi, and Gu Yanwu were the three main scholars…

Religion is additionally an important element and dimension the makes up the Japanese culture. Japan’s religious background is not always easy to grasp and can consequently present itself as unclear to western cultures. Outside of the indigenous spirituality of Shintoism, Buddhism arrived in Japan from Korea around the 6th Century, while the minority religion of Christianity was brought to Japan ten centuries later by Jesuit missionaries (Crane, Bruce, Salmon, Eich, & Brandewie, 2012). Japan’s…