Essays Tagged: "buddhists"

Satanism, Is it really a threat to you?

and allChristian denominations other than their own are forms ofSatanism. This would imply that all Buddhists, Hindus, Moslems,and Jews. In fact at least 75% of the world's population would beSatanist ...

(6 pages) 129 5 4.2 Sep/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Reincarnation in Different Cultures and Religions

animal. It keeps reborning until it redeems itself. Then it returns to the temple of god, which the Buddhists call 'Nirvana' - eternal tranquillity. Two of the many ancient tribes who believed in rein ... from the endless circle of reincarnation.Reincarnation is interpreted differently in Buddhism - the Buddhists do not believe there is a soul. They believe that the force which travels from body to bod ...

(3 pages) 79 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Reincarnation in Different Cultures and Religions

animal. It keeps reborning until it redeems itself. Then it returns to the temple of god, which the Buddhists call 'Nirvana' - eternal tranquillity. Two of the many ancient tribes who believed in rein ... from the endless circle of reincarnation.Reincarnation is interpreted differently in Buddhism - the Buddhists do not believe there is a soul. They believe that the force which travels from body to bod ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Buddhism and Christianity

In looking at Buddhism and Christianity and their views of God, we can find tremendous diversity. Buddhists say there is no deity while Christians believe in God who is loving and approachable. In B ... r and very similar to other world religions: be good.People outside of Buddhism often think that Buddhists worship Buddha. In fact, Buddhists do not worship any Gods. Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) ne ...

(3 pages) 157 4 4.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Explains the differences between Christianity and Buddhism in certain ways.

dhism ones, while Christians have an open minded meditations, where the mind can wonder off freely, Buddhists have a closed ends meditations, in which there is only one goal to the meditation and your ... d to concentrate only on certain things. The perception of life differs very much in two religions. Buddhists state that "Life Is Dukka", life is pain and suffering, while Christians treasure life in ...

(4 pages) 249 3 4.1 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Buddhism.

aid to have issued from his mother's womb stating that his cycle of rebirths was about to end. Some Buddhists devoutly accept the fables as we in the west accept Christmas narratives, while others cho ...

(4 pages) 81 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Buddhism: Case Study - Continuity, Change and Globalisation in Buddhsim.

ect that this is also a change within the belief system. Buddha had taught tolerance and encouraged Buddhists to help and teach other people, though the Nan Tien Temple did not quite display this beli ... m about Buddhism. In researching my assessment, I have come across many websites about Buddhism, by Buddhists, and this is clear evidence of the impact technology has had on Buddhism. The website "Bud ...

(3 pages) 101 1 1.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

"Hinduism and Buddhism"- Short essay comparing two old religions.

ood karma rule that is also taught in Buddhism. These beliefs should be lived by to achieve Moksha (Buddhists' Nirvana). Buddhists believe that Buddha found the Four Noble Truths and that knowledge wi ... hile the Buddhist believe everyone is suffering. Nevertheless, it does not have to last a lifetime. Buddhists say that when you free others and yourself of suffering your Nirvana can be reached. Anoth ...

(1 pages) 105 1 3.4 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

Buddhism.

ere is over 0.2%-0.1% billion Buddhism in the world (Bowker, 67). Presently, there are over 300,000 Buddhists in the United States ( Bowker, 67). Even the governor of California Jerry Brown accepted t ... refers to the law of cause and effect of a person's life, reaping what one has sown ( Harris, 13). Buddhists believe that every person must go through a process of birth and rebirth until he reaches ...

(3 pages) 146 0 3.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

An essay comparing the issue of abortion from the religious views of Catholics, Jews, and Buddhists.

ife and oppose abortion with respect to their religious laws and beliefs.Roman Catholics, Jews, and Buddhists have scriptures and laws that emphasize on the importance of human life. According to Roma ... mother, one must treat it with full respect and compassion as a full-grown human.Traditionally for Buddhists, the "life process of sentient beings begins at the moment of conception, when a being's c ...

(5 pages) 69 0 4.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

To what extent is the doctrine of Anatta essential to the Buddhist understanding of the human condition?

loss of this delusion of 'self' is equivalent to enlightenment. This teaching of 'no self', to the Buddhists is known as Anatta.Around the same time as the Buddha, The Shramanas taught 'self' was a r ...

(3 pages) 31 0 0.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Separatist Movements and Civil Wars in the Tamils and Sri Lanka

form their own state. Since the tamils have a larger part in the government than the Sinhalese, the Buddhists are jealous and feel that their rights are not being protected. Ethinic conflicts between ... nd feel that their rights are not being protected. Ethinic conflicts between the majority sinhalese Buddhists and the minority Hindu tamils cause strife. The tamils feel that their language should be ...

(8 pages) 66 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Buddhism and the seven dimensions

erstanding. The core element of Buddhism is the Experiential Dimension, as the ultimate goal of all Buddhists is to attain Enlightenment or Nirvana. The other aspects of the faith all concern the achi ... hievement of this experience. However, in stating this, the other dimensions are still important to Buddhists but exert less significance.The Experiential Dimension of Buddhism is essentially the ...

(10 pages) 250 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

The Heart Sutra

The Heart Sutra is the most familiar of all the originall teachings of the Buddha. Buddhists recite it daily all over the world. The Heart Sutra contains Buddhism's most direct, most ... f all the five elements not one can be by itself. Each of the five has to be made by another.To the Buddhists, wisdom is not something we learn. They believe it is something that comes naturally, and ...

(1 pages) 23 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Buddha

ces of reaching this state. Buddha stated the Four Noble Truths to explain the overall ideals that Buddhists must achieve. Also, he laid out an Eight Fold Path to help the Buddhist find his way to n ... uffering.Causality, the simple fact of why things happen and for what reasons, was taught by the Buddhists to explain different events in their world. This flows directly into the concept of karma ...

(4 pages) 37 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Buddhism and Pop Culture Details the comparison between the movies "The Matrix" and "Fight Club" and Buddhists beliefs.

asy to understand why two of the most popular movies of today are a parallel of the core beliefs of Buddhists. Both "Fight Club" and "The Matrix" are representations of Buddhism in our modern world. ...

(3 pages) 139 1 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Information literacy assignment about Sri Lanka.

e. The majority of the people are Sinhalese, which makes up 74% of the population, most of which is Buddhists. The largest minority is the Tamils; they account for 18% of the population and are primar ...

(4 pages) 43 0 4.4 Sep/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

About Buddhism by: Katy Buxton

Buddha), is the outcome of Gautama's realization. Often times praying to Buddha can be seen, by non-Buddhists, as praying to a god. This is not the case. Buddha was exclusively human. He was neither c ... al quest, Buddha did leave us with some practicalities in which we should live our lives; karma. As Buddhists we are called to observe the Five Precepts. 1. Do not take life. 2. Do not take what is no ...

(4 pages) 42 1 4.8 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Indian Art

e best example of a stupa is the Sanchi in Madya Pradesh.Later, cave temples were introduced by the Buddhists, and were later followed by the Jains and Ajivikas. They were hewn into rock and they were ...

(2 pages) 32 0 1.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Art Essays

Buddhism vs. Hinduism

ithin.The Hinduism position on the self is vastly different from Buddhism position on the self. Buddhists believe in anatta, which means no self. They believe that there is no self, only an ever- ... buried slightly underneath ego, and Brahman is buried way under atman and therefore hard to grasp. Buddhists do not believe that there is an ego, atman, or Brahman.The Buddhist position on desires ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism