Karma

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Ms. Sidiqinoori is a 49-year-old, Afghani, divorced, female receiving treatment at Paradise Valley Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Services Program. Ms. Sidiqinoori was referred for psychological testing to assess her current neurobehavioral baseline to understand her level of cognitive functioning. Ms. Sidiqinoori was admitted to the hospital on a voluntary basis due to an increase in depressive symptoms, intermittent suicidal thoughts with no plan for the past three…

with his family back in India. Paryushana is a one of the major traditions that his family does together. What: Paryushana Dhrav thinks that for Jains everywhere, Parushana is the time of the year where we repent our sins and try to get rid of bad karma. To him Paryushana tradition is all about getting new perspectives and cleansing the…

Arthur C. Clarke couldn’t have chosen a better title for this brilliant science fiction short story. I’m a sucker for a story with a good title. “The Nine Billion Names of God" revolves around Tibetan Buddhist monks who plan to put together a list that consists of all the names of God. The story opens with Dr. Wagner-- he is asked to work on an automatic sequence computer (Mark V.) that can carry out letters by the lama. They need a computer with letters, so they can write the names of God.…

For most of India, Buddha’s teachings are a way of life and a path to reaching Nirvana. With his teachings brought about many new converts including King Asoka who had edicts made of the dharma for people to follow. Although Asoka seemingly respected and lived by the dharma, some of his beliefs and laws contradicted Buddha’s. Buddha and Asoka both believe that the dharma is to be respected and follow, but Asoka’s idea of dharma focused more on society purposes especially within this world than…

In Buddhism, nothing has a self because everything is impermanent. When we think there is a self is when suffering or dukkha occurs. We have to detach ourselves from everything in order to end suffering. By accepting that there is no self and by witnessing the flow of existence, we will be able to reach nirvana. However, there are 5 aggregates, which include material body, sensations, perceptions/feelings, tendencies/thoughts, and consciousness. These 5 aggregates explain and describe what is a…

alternate extremes are vague from each other, and that they are every one of the piece of the same thing. Figure 3: Symbolism of Lord Shiva (Viewed on 7th December 2015https://twitter.com/healthsite4u/status/438972025474785280) 3.3.3 TECHINICAL PERSPECTIVE The Aghori try to free themselves from the cycle of resurrection by understanding their own place inside of the supreme. They trust that they are a piece of Shiva, and at last wish to rise above from their body, or shava, to an incarnation…

“There is but one God. He is obtained by the true guru’s grace. When there was a egoism in me, thou wert not with me”. (ARL: 81) Hinduism and Buddhism were both formed in the indian subcontinent and have shared a very long and uncomfortable relationship, to Buddhism and Hinduism they are different, but they do indeed share beliefs and different type of worship ideals, “For Buddhist and Hindus enlightenment in its simplest definition, is the ultimate release from the cycle of samsara, or the…

How people treat you is their karma; How you react is yours. The actions that the characters did against the monsters were correct because the people wanted justice and peace in the kingdom as the monsters arrive to the kingdom to kill people without reasons. First of all, the action that people did against Grendel are justify as they wanted justice for all the people he killed. Grendel arrived to the place where all the warriors were celebrating; making a lot of noise. There was when Grendel…

Stapledon’s novel Star Maker is mystical in the sense that the protagonists strives for a union with the divine, but first that he strives for more and more awareness along his journey that leads to the divine. The language evoked in this novel resonates with the terms used in some South Asian religions like Buddhism and Hinduism. Using terms from Hinduism and Buddhism, this paper will explore the central figure and how he uses post-Vedic sense of awakening. One of the main ideas, especially…

After the information and knowledge about the Jain religion this lesson has provided I feel that I have a better understanding of what the followers of Jainism believe and the religious practices and major deities that are highly regarded in the religion such as their major teacher and savior. This chapter has also provided valuable information about the early origins of the Jain religion and how it has influenced Indian traditions along with an insight on the two principle sections that the…