Thich Nhat Hanh

Buddhism”, I wanted to know how mindfulness would be described. Not to mention, I had just finished an essay on dharma in my history class where I had to compare and contrast Buddha’s interpretation of dharma versus King Ashoka’s. When I saw that Thich Nhat Hanh was a follower and teacher, I wanted to know if he would speak more in depth about Buddhism given the title as well as talk about dharma. Instead, the podcast focused on his ideas of mindfulness and suffering as well as his followers’…

In Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Art of Communicating, Hanh mentions many habits that can improve one’s own life. Two of the various habits that stood out to me were peaceful language and mindful breathing which I attempted to practice for a week. Throughout the week I learned how changing one’s own habits can be, but also the benefits from changing habits. Ever since I was little I have been told to watch my language by adults, whether that be my parents, grandparents, teachers, or my older…

TIME-OUT FOR RADICAL SELF-CARE By Silvia Mordini Yoga is time where we get back in touch with caring about ourselves. Self-care is essential to a productive, peaceful life. It is a deeply spiritual practice. Developing an attitude of self-care means seeing yourself as the author and expert on your life story. Authoring one's own life assumes some measure of authority and requires appreciating yourself. Sadly deep down a lot of us don't approve of ourselves. Or we don't think we are worth the…

My assignment for discussion 6 was to summarize the assigned readings. Our first reading was called “Engaged Pedagogy” by Bell Hooks. This reading was a very interesting reading on how Hooks describes her experiences as a teacher and a student. The second was actually not a reading but a podcast that was assigned for us to listen to. The podcast was called “The problem we all live with” by This American Life. Which talks about desegregation and integration within schools. I have personally never…

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In this chapter, some relevance of Buddhist thought in contemporary society will be presented. Firstly, an attempt has been made to describe the Buddha's teachings on resolution conflict in society, then analyze issues of crime and social control under the light of Buddhist thought. Finally, this chapter presents Buddhist social thoughts for awakening society. Resolve Conflict in Society under the Light of Buddhist Thought Conflict is used to describe both people and groups who have beliefs,…

Review of Literature Metaphysics teaches we are of the body, but we are not, the body. Thich Nhat Hanh states: “This body is not me, I am not limited by this body, I am life without boundaries, I have never been born and I have never died” (188). For this to be understood, one needs to know the domains of human life and how the human life is directly connected to cosmic life.(Ref) The life of each individual self can be seen to encompass several levels. These can be described as: (i)…

Superior “Love” In the Symposium, eros is considered as the love between boys and men, while the true friendship is wishing for the well-being of others in the Nicomachean Ethics and the compassion is a strong feeling to sharing the pain of the whole world in The Heart of Understanding. Considering love to be a strong feeling of affection, eros, the true friendship and compassion can all be described as “love”. Love can be explored from 3 dimensions, the reason for love, the form of expression…

Jainism Religion exists all across the world in many different shapes and forms. All these religions are different in their own way. One of these religions is known as Jainism. Jainism, a non-theistic religion (Long, 2009), is, contrary to the belief of some, an independent world religion. Many believe and say Jainism was founded by Vardhamana Mahavira in about 500 B.C. But Mahavira was one of twenty-four Tirthankara’s, one’s who make liberation possible (Long, 2009). Mahavira’s predecessor,…

Joseph U. Akhuetie CORC 3202 November 8, 2016 What The Buddha Taught Buddhism is an act of truth, peace, and freedom and most importantly the control of the mind. It is also a practice that teaches emotional growth and human intelligence. It is said that only a man can potentially be a Buddha only if he has the desire and will to practice its endeavors and teachings to which he shall be regarded as a “super-human” meaning perfect in his ways. According to the book “What the Buddha taught”…