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The Joyful Land Kadampa Buddhist center is a constructed place as it is within a building, possibly a former house. At first glance, the space did not seem at all religious. When I entered the center, I was greeted by a lady wrapped in red and yellow sheets, gave me a tour of the center. It was not until I entered the meditation room in which I got a grasp of a sacred space. The room had many chairs in which faced the front of the room. The front had a large chair facing the other’s, a stand of…

The Bodhicaryāvatāra is one of the most useful guides available on Buddhist ethics being that Śāntideva explains the teachings that a member of the Buddhist faith must know to become a bodhisattva. Among all the teachings included in the Bodhicaryāvatāra, Santideva’s teachings on the self are very noteworthy. When Santideva states, “I” he means the soul, he pairs the concept of the soul and mindfulness to deduce “consciousness” Being that the soul paired with mindfulness is what is “conscious”,…

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 their goal of Enlightenment, which is a life without suffering. Buddhism…

Tibet’s Buddhist art has developed into in to its own distinct style because of the initial influences and interactions with other countries and regions like Nepal, China and Central Asia. Between these different exchanges of thought and techniques Tibet has established its own form of Buddhist art that is separate from other forms of Buddhist art. From the early development of Tibetan Buddhist art to contemporary art, the Tibetans have managed to maintain their unique style. This paper will…

The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom Chapters 4-26: 30 pg- 82 pg Chapter four is an entire chapter written in a metaphor describing life and oneself as a “flower”. “Like a beautiful flower full of color but without fragrance, even so, fruitless are the fair words of one who does not practice them”, (chapter 4:51). Verse 52 claims that one who does practices the words of Buddha becomes “fruitful”. Chapter nine starts with the name “evil”. This chapter mostly refers to the evil of…

I do not agree because that will focus on teaching the Buddhist story of suffering, but as a principle “The Four Noble Truths” article 1 is suffering (all of the noble will of power) in general means that most scholars. "The truth of the good life" and interpreted it. According to Buddhism, life is nothing other than misery and suffering not only to teach a man anything that does not look good, it is suffering. Whether or not it's nice to be suffering. Or optimistic reality too is suffering as a…

Throughout The Cost of Discipleship you are able to see the main messages Bonhoeffer is trying to make with each chapter. The main themes I am going to be writing about in this paper start with the type of grace you are trying to receive from God whether it is cheap or costly. The next theme would be the type of obedience Bonhoeffer talks about it being single-minded and the obedience they give. In this book Bonhoeffer talks a lot about discipleship and how it is shown from both the individual…

Ragamuffin Gospel Reflection Reading the Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning was a challenge; while I agreed with his thoughts and feeling the style in which it was written I found to be very cumbersome. Then this feeling of being critical of the writing made me feel guilty because the subject and the topic is so important and many individuals give the book very high reviews. I much prefer a local Springfield, Missouri author named Jennifer Rothschild; Jennifer is a nationally renowned author…

There were several important themes in Paul’s Epistles the three that are significant to my church and/ or personal life is as follows justification, grace, and faith. Justification has taken many years to totally understand for my walk with Christ. It has been really hard to grasp onto the fact that I do not have to do everything myself. All I have to do is give everything to Jesus and he will be there to help me through whatever it is that I am facing. Last year my husband was in a life…

If you would, please open your Bibles to Colossians 2. [Pray] Colossians chapter 2. We’re going to begin in verse 6. Before we start, I’m just going to warn you that there is going to be a large chunk of Scripture used here. But we be focused here in Colossians 2 almost the entire time, so it will be easy for you to follow along in your Bibles. Now, I want to give you a little background on the Colossians. I like to give historical context in my sermons because it is a tremendous help when…