Siddhartha

Siddhartha Gautama came from a princely family in the Himalayan and he was protected by his parents from any harm or dangers. At age 29, he went out from his palace and encountered an old man, a sick man, and a dead man (Judge and John 51). That made his determination…

Coming from a Presbyterian background, I’ve had a fairly limited knowledge of most other religions. However, after coming to Webb in sixth grade I began to study many of the other religions in my history classes. Freshman year in World History we spent a brief amount of time learning about the origins of the five largest religions; Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Hinduism is a development of the religion brought to India by the Aryans in around 1500 B.C. These Aryans…

1.Legalism: Before China united under the ruler Qin Shihuangdi there was a popular philosophy known as Legalism. Legalism refereed to following the laws of society and not believing in anything else. An example of the lack of beliefs was a negative view of life that people had no purpose except to be guided by the state. The influence of legalism in China was that it presumably helped citizens be more loyal and knowledgeable to the politics of the part of China they were living in, which also…

Before Confucianism there was the Mandate of Heaven and the Classic of Changes. The Mandate was led by the Zhou dynasty (1122 BC - 256 B.C.). This doctrine asserted the ruler’s accountability to a supreme moral force that guides the human community. The Mandate caused a lot of internally fighting amongst dynasties because it decriminalized constant rebellions. The Classic of Changes was published in the 9th BC and was said to be have complied by a mythical hero Fu Xi. These were sets of six…

Explain the major differences between Hinduism and Buddhism. Hinduism and Buddhism are different in many ways. First, you will read about Hinduism. There was no founder of Hinduism. The Hindus believe that there should be castes, a social class, so that they can separate the groups from each other. The castes were not allowed to associate with one another. The different castes in order from most important to least important are Brahmin (priest), Kshatriyas (rulers and warriors), Vaishyas…

It seems feasible to believe that Stoicism and Platonism would have a more similar sense of duty rather than Buddhism since they are both Philosophical. But do they really? By analyzing The Dhammapada by Siddhartha Gautama, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and Euthyphro by Plato, it will be argued in this essay that Buddhism and Stoicism have a far greater aligned sense of duty than either has with Platonism. In this essay, There will be five sections, the first section refers to Buddhism as a…

Boyu Sun (861144976) Religions 005 Section: 028 Site Visit Hsi Lai Temple In the morning on October 31st, I arrived Hsi Lai Temple, which is one of the biggest Buddhist temples in the United States. Just like many temples I had been before, His Lai temple is located on a mountain surrounded by trees, where is quite and peaceful. When I walked close the temple, I smelled thurification and heard sound of Buddha song, and it made me have an illusion that I am already in the temple. The first site…

The original Buddha was a guy named Siddhartha Gautama. He is thought to have lived in the 6th century B.C. He was a prince of a region that is now Nepal. Since he was a prince he lived a life that was easy and was never in need. He lived a life completely secluded from the outside world and knew nothing about suffering. That is until he was about 29 years old and left home and saw what the world was like. He saw suffering, death, and poverty; after witnessing this he left his wife and newborn…

believe in the Eightfold Path on how to achieve the nirvana: correct view, correct intention, correct speech, correct action, correct livelihood, correct effort, correct mindfulness and correct concentration. In the Buddhist story, The Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, taught the Eightfold Path and soon reached enlightenment. He did not just reached this easily, he had to suffer from not eating and starving himself to death and to reach this enlightenment that he was aiming…

Early Buddhists but, not the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama himself, used the idea that animals were spiritually inferior as a justification for the exploitation and mistreatment of animals. It is widely recognized that experimenting on animals is wrong. Buddhists say that this is morally wrong if the animal experiences any pain. So perhaps a Buddhist approach to experiments on animals might require the experimenter to accept the karma of carrying out such an action. The positive way Buddhists…