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Thomas Tweed’s missive, titled ‘Who is a Buddhist?’, dissects the Buddhist community and separates those who identify with, or simply dabble in, the faith into more appropriate categories. In this piece, Tweed identifies various levels of involvement in Buddhism, classifying its followers in groupings from the faithful to those who simply show passing interest. Most importantly, Tweed separates the sheep from the goats by making it clear to his audience: just because someone participates in…

I am writing to express my support for the construction of a monument in the honor of Buddha. Buddhas are those who can obtain total freedom and wisdom of life and death [ Life of the Buddha XII. 91-99 ]. There are multiple Buddhas that have and do exist. All of the Buddhas that have existed are equally as important as the next. Originally known as Siddhartha Gautama the commencing Buddha’s destiny is to be a light of knowledge to end the dark illusions of the world [ Life of the Buddha I . 74…

Samurai culture changed the place of women in Japan’s society. All of the influences were discriminatory to women. Bushido meaning is "the way of the warrior". Bushido talks about the ways of the Samurai. Bushido was also influenced by Shinto and Zen Buddhism. The Bushido have eight virtues: Righteousness, Courage, Benevolence, Respect, Serenity, Honour, Loyalty, and Self- Control. This are the virtues that they live by until death. Masago should have acted more like a man in certain…

Question 1: View Stuart McMillen's Rat Park comic at this link. Relate Dr. Bruce Alexander's psychological research on addiction to Fromm's discussion in chapter 2 as it pertains to human separation and ways people attempt to transcend separation in our capitalist socioeconomic system. While reading Mr. McMillen’s Rat Park comic, the first hypothesis Dr. Alexander forms are whether solidarity makes becoming an addict, easier. According to Fromm, separateness or in this case to be solitary, is…

performed today. Popular performance modes of the 10th and 11th centuries, Dengaku-no and Sarugaku-no, led to the development of Noh in the 14th century. Noh was performed almost exclusively for samurai class, and it focuses on the Buddhist concept of zen, contemplation, and the withdrawal from worldly desire and distraction. Noh is a combination of Shinto performance elements (demon-quelling dances, stamping feet, ritual purification, presence of spirits and ghosts) and Buddhist tales. This…

As a religion, Buddhism has no known god, but there are enlightened beings known as Buddha. In Buddhism, their holy writings are the Tripitaka, Mahayana Sutras, Tantra, and the Zen texts. Buddhism beliefs are the four Noble Truths: All beings suffer; Desire causes suffering; the desire can be overwhelmed, and the route that leads away from yearning is the Eightfold Path. There are two main types of Buddhism known, which are Theravada…

supported for centuries by a sequence of royal courts and noble clans, until development generated a general market. Mutually spiritual and nonspiritual creative customs were established with Buddhist and Confucian artistic ideologies, especially the Zen conception that every characteristic of the physical world is parcel of a comprehensive entity. (New World Encyclopedia,…

Compare and contrast Today I Christopher Tafolla is comparing and contrasting two books that are based on the Holocaust. The first book that I will be talking about is The Enemy Above. This story talks about a 12 year old boy named Anton and lives on his family’s farm in Ukraine. Anton’s mother died when he really young and his father enrolled into the Polish army in 1939 so he was being raised by his grandmother and his uncles. When the Nazis come to ukraine and they have to leave his farm he…

Eulogy As Leo Tolstoy once said, “If you want to be happy, be”. This was one of Raj’s favorite quotes because it explained the mindset he had towards life. Raj was the most positive, easy going, and enthusiastic person I knew. No matter what obstacles Raj was facing in life he always found a way to be happy and he didn’t let anything get him down because he believed that there was no point in being sad if happiness is always an option. Even during his crazy college years when he had tons of…

Maruti Suzuki has almost 40% market share of passenger cars in Indian market. Its major competitors are Tata motors, Hyundai motors and M&M. Maruti Suzuki manufactures sells a large variety of cars from entry level “alto”, hatchbacks “Ritz”, “wagonR”, “Zen”, “celerio” , “Astar” , “ciaz” , “swift” , sedans…