Incense

influence one 's life then they must clearly contribute to the practice mentally, not just physically, as “(Proper meditation is) single-minded intense sitting without burning incense, worshipping, reciting . . . , practising repentance, nor reading sutras.” This can be seen through the burning of incense. The burning of incense is used to prevent odorous distractions that may disrupt the senses and affect the puja, however, an experienced Buddhist will have already acknowledged Dhukka and thus…

Mesopotamia believed that the world that the world was a flat disk that was just surrounded by the vast hollow space and was enclosed by an over-arching heaven. They also believed that the sea was all around the earth, top, bottom, and the sides. Another thing they believed was that the universe was born by the waters. The mesopotamians were also polytheistic, they believed in many gods. They worshiped four primary gods Anu, Enlil, Enki, and Ninhursag. Along with three sky gods Inanna/Ishtar,…

The Byzantine Empire was a great empire. The Emperor of Rome Constantine, moved the capital of Rome to Byantium, a small seaside town in Turkey. He named it after himself, it was called Constantinople. Constantinople built up lavishly , the city soon grew to 500,000 people. It later was the home of Hagia Sophia and much more great archetechture. Some things that were important to the Byzantines were trade, law, and religion. One thing that was important to the Byzantine Empire was law.…

Essentially modern society is constantly developing under the weight of confliction that is always present in life, generating the desire to seek spiritual guidance and good moral conduct. The expression of the non-theistic religion, Buddhism presents its doctrines through passive teachings that encompasses the reasonings of the Dukkha and the process of Samsara. Different individuals such as the Dogen of the Zen Buddhists and the Theravada variant, Buddhaghosa both address the fulfilment of…

to be celebrated. The first topic is about how they celebrate day of the dead is a 3 day period and halloween is only one day. During day of the dead they visit cemetery, leave food offerings shaped like skulls at the altar along with candles, incense and a picture of the dead person. During halloween we carve jack`o lanterns out of pumpkins, decorate the house with all spooky stuff and try to get people scared, parties, and go door to door trick or treating getting a bunch of candy. The…

Mutsumi Izeki is an Associate Professor at the School of Commerce in Meiji University, and has a PhD from the University of London. Izeki believed that “Human sacrifice was considered by the Aztecs not only as a means to show their political power but also as an important ritual to maitain the order of the universe.” In each celebration sacrifices of people, hearts, or blood were given to the gods. A few types of merciless sacrifices were done by them separating a casualties heart,stipping the…

Imagine, at the temple on the occasion of the Tet Day, you see a blond girl in a traditional Vietnamese long dress, what your feelings will be like? Surely you are curious and try to find out whether he is actually an American. On YouTube, there is one a girl who wears a long dress and sings Viet Khang’s song. The Vietnamese people feel that it’s an honor because our costumes and music are being highlighted through an American. Why so? Why do we need someone else, not a Vietnam origin to…

gate. The dust of the of the uncultivated ground, was steadily aroused by their foot falls. One was carrying something in his hand which looked to Keledrin like an incense vessel suspended by chains ready to be swing into the open air to imbue the surroundings with a sweet scent. Keledrin though, knew better. There would be no incense in that urn. In the same hand the man steadied a stick of sorts that rested within the vessel. The two men who had brought him out of the castle now passed the…

still cremated. They thought that the body is needed for resurrection to occur but, cremation is normal for Japanese Christians (Nakata). If the body is buried, then it will go into a family grave. It will have a stone monument covered with flowers, incense, and water (On Japanese Funerals). If the body is cremated it is more common for it to be spread on the sea or mountains. Once the body is burned, the family will use special chopsticks to pick up the bones and put them into a urn. This is an…

practice Hinduism because of the widespread practice of that particular religion within his family. In fact, he was taken to a Hindu temple when he was just a small baby. He could not talk, but baby Pi absorbed the iconography of Hinduism, the smell of incense. The foundations of his Hinduism were planted. ’’A germ of religious exaltation, no bigger than a mustard seed, was sown in me and left to germinate’’ (Martel, Yann. ’’Life of Pi’’ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. p. 36) Hinduism was…