Essays Tagged: "Gautama"

"Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey" by Kenneth K.S. Book Report.

e way of life throughout history.        Buddhism was founded by an Indian prince, Gautama Sakyamuni, who lived during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. He was the son of the king o ...

(3 pages) 143 0 3.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Siddartha's development in Hesse's book

f his son, as they all contribute to his self discovery and individuality.Siddhartha's meeting with Gautama, the Buddha, is the first key experience that contributes to his maturation process. After s ... process. After several years of living the ascetic life of a Samana, Siddhartha decides to seek out Gautama, "The Illustrious One," as a possible source of assistance in his journey to find his inner ...

(3 pages) 91 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Buddhism.

origin, traditional Buddhism began in the 6th century BC with the historical person born Siddhartha Gautama, but better known by a variety of titles including Shakyammi, Tathagata, or most commonly Bu ... dha was born to a royal family in northern India, in the foothills of what is now Nepal. Siddhartha Gautama led a sheltered existence in the court of his father, Shuddhodana, the king of the Shakya cl ...

(4 pages) 81 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha".

enmentThe first step on the road to 'Enlightenment' was the transformation of the young prince into Gautama, the ascetic: a transformation effected when Siddhartha changed his royal robes and rich orn ... ough the artists of the Bandhara school ignore this motif and continue to show the Buddha with hair.Gautama proceeded towards the city of Vaishali which was then the capital of the powerful republic o ...

(14 pages) 87 0 3.4 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Siddhartha: this essay is about how siddhartha obtained his wisdom through his own experience

s son. These events contributed to his self-discoveries and individuality.Siddhartha's meeting with Gautama, the Buddha, is the first key experience that contributes to his learning process. After sev ... process. After several years of living the ascetic life of a Samana, Siddhartha decided to seek out Gautama, "The Illustrious One," as a possible source of assistance in his journey to find his inner ...

(2 pages) 103 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Buddha

Legenden om BuddhaBuddha hette egentligen Siddharta Gautama. Han kallas även Shakyamuni vilket betyder "den vise av Shakya klanen". Han levde 563-4 ... ärskare och prins av Shakya klanen.Som legenden förtäljer drömde Maya, då Gautama ännu inte var född, att en vit elefant gick in hennes sovrum. Vita elefanter ä ... ten by, Kapilavastu, i en liten dunge, idag känd som Lumbinidungen, där sägs det att Gautama föddes utan smärta från Mayas sida. Hon dog kort därefter och den framt ...

(5 pages) 28 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

"An interdisciplinary approach to the study of the life of Siddhartha Gautama, focusing on his moral and ethical context in terms of actions, influence and response"

texts emphasize the motivational forces behind the actions of the figure. In the case of Siddhartha Gautama, it is relevant to approach these texts with a manner of edification, particularly when cons ... society. There is a great deal of religious controversy surrounding the character Siddhartha Gautama and his life before "Paticcasam Uppậda" , the Chain of Dependant Origination, or essen ...

(6 pages) 45 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Is life life? - Buddah, kuran, bible

s of mishaps, and no sensible person would entertain any firm expectation of well-being or of life (Gautama, 658). Buddha recognizes that the body is something humans are cursed with; it is a medium f ... pened to be a stranger to you; in the future the stranger of today will be one of your own people" (Gautama, 657). Buddhism holds the earth as a temporary place for the human mind, but believes that o ...

(5 pages) 34 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Siddhartha's Self Realization

These three events contributed to his self-discoveries and individuality.Siddhartha's meeting with Gautama, the Buddha, is the first major experience in his journey that affected his learning process ... motivating years of living an ascetic life of a Samana, Siddhartha began his journey and sought out Gautama, known as "The Illustrious One." Siddhartha hoped that Gautama could assist him in his journ ...

(2 pages) 49 0 4.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Tantra

monly termed Tantras, as are works dealing mainly with sorcery.Buddhist occult tradition tells that Gautama the Buddha imparted esoteric teachings to select disciples, "by initiation and by word of mo ...

(4 pages) 1972 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Buddha

Siddhattha Gautama was born in Lumbini, Nepal in the year 560 BCE under the full moon of the sixth lunar month. ... m." The Life of Buddha. 2000. buddha101. 26 Oct 2006 ."Information on Buddhism Religion."Siddhartha Gautama(The Buddha). September 2005. Woodlands Junior School . 23 Oct 2006 .Reynolds, Frank. "Buddha ...

(2 pages) 1937 0 3.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

World Religions Report Assignment

interview, I have found that Buddhism is an interesting religion. Buddhism was founded by Siddartha Gautama, and eventually, he became the Buddha. His intentions were not to form a new religion, only ... 500 years before Christianity even started. Buddhism began in India where a scholar named Siddhatta Gautama (known as Buddha) wrote a religious doctrine that focused on being spiritual with one self a ...

(8 pages) 21 0 0.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

buddha

Siddhartha Gautama was born and lived during the 563 and 483 BC. Gautama was born in the area that is known as ... -Nepalese region. Since he was a bodhisattva, a person who has lived many lives until his last one, Gautama was on the edge of attaining the last fruit to fulfill his enlightenment. The last life Gaut ... led a small kingdom called Sakya, which is near present day Nepal. Lumbini was the village in which Gautama was born in that consisted in a warrior tribe called Sakyas. Because of Gautama being born i ...

(5 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies