Essays Tagged: "Nirvana"

Mind over Matter

embracing a life of meditation and study. While attempting to achieve enlightenment, and therefore nirvana, a Buddhist must first come to eradicate his sense of self, effectively destroying his ego. ... ing and body, which results in a greater understanding of the barriers that need to collapse before nirvana can be achieved. This practice of meditation was the Buddhist practice that I participated i ...

(5 pages) 133 0 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

That Place In Your Mind (What is hell, related to Dante's Inferno)

is where a person goes if she commits sins and is never redeemed again. Some religions believe in a nirvana, where all is good. On the other hand, if a person does not believe as they do, then they ar ... many descriptions of Hell, depending on what their idea of the good land is, whether it is heaven, nirvana, or something else. It can be everlasting damnation. It can be everlasting restlessness. It ...

(2 pages) 83 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Kurt Cobain

gton and his life ended on April 5, 1994. Kurt fronted one of the greatest bands of our time called Nirvana. In this report I hope to inform you about the life and mysterious death of Kurt Cobain.Kurt ... d on June 22, 1989 in San Francisco and ended in New Castle, England, the bands first European show.Nirvana started another short US tour in February of 1990 and one month later Chad left the band to ...

(5 pages) 65 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Reincarnation in Different Cultures and Religions

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 reincarnation are th ... ontinuos stream of a waterfall, is not eternal and at some point it redeems itself and reaches the 'Nirvana'.Brahminism: Reincarnation is one of the most important principles of Brahminism. The Brahmi ...

(3 pages) 79 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Reincarnation in Different Cultures and Religions

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 reincarnation are th ... ontinuos stream of a waterfall, is not eternal and at some point it redeems itself and reaches the 'Nirvana'.Brahminism: Reincarnation is one of the most important principles of Brahminism. The Brahmi ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The Journey for Inner and Outter Desire. Refers to "The Little Prince", by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "Siddhartha", by Herman Hesse and "The Monkey God"

t behind taming. Siddhartha, from Siddhartha, left his life filled with riches and pleasure to seek nirvana and riddance of the 'Self.' And finally the half human, half monkey, from The Monkey God, se ...

(5 pages) 62 0 5.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

TheVines:Rocking Your Brains Out With Enthusism and Rage

, they go for McCartney's tunefulness and Cobain's raw anger. By taking elements of the Beatles and Nirvana, they have come up with a sound that's raw new and their own. Their looks are also a part of ...

(2 pages) 45 1 2.8 Jul/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Reincarnation, Tao and Buddha

show how Taoism and Buddhism view the idea of reincarnation, also ways of reaching ultimate one and nirvana explained.Taoist and Budhhist view of human nature and its stages also explained in this ess ... ll reborn.Believers of Buddha think that everybody comes to life back again and again until achieve Nirvana. If they are free from pain and suffering, they will not come back again, but until that day ...

(6 pages) 89 1 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

If You Read You Will Judge is a research paper that was composed on Kurt Cobain's musical talent and acheivements rather than his suicide.

ished. This collection gives readers an insight into to the mind of Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana. On April 8, 1994 Cobain was found dead in the greenhouse of his Seattle home. One of Kurt C ... d, and chronically ill.Critics, publishers, and psychologists have interoperated Cobain's lyrics in Nirvanas first hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit" where Cobain sings, "I'm ugly and contagious" countless ...

(3 pages) 44 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Japan, a brief history, current information, and global issues.

such as Confucianism, Islam, and Christianity. Buddhism runs mainly based on the goal of achieving Nirvana, a state of enlightenment, where Shinto is a religion based greatly upon its optimism. It se ...

(9 pages) 242 1 3.9 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Buddhism: Case Study - Power and Gender in Buddhism.

ings be told, that a person must live a moral and truthful life in order to reach enlightenment, or Nirvana. In the beginnings of the movement, Buddha opened his teachings to members of all castes, de ... both the monks and the nuns, who work and serve the monastery but are highly unlikely to ever reach Nirvana. One of the most influential Tibetan nuns, Tenizin Palmo, believes there is such great inequ ...

(2 pages) 98 0 4.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Kirk Kobain: The Rise & Fall of Grunge Music.

s heard around the world. Bleach may have been their debut, and "In Bloom" was the first single off Nirvana's brilliant Nevermind album, but it was that opening riff off "Smells Like Teen Spirit" that ... Jimi Hendrix's birthplace to find out what the noise was all about. And noise it was. Great noise. Nirvana was definitely not the first band out of Seattle to play Grunge music, but it was the one th ...

(6 pages) 166 5 4.2 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

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

ule 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 will lead to ... ieve that Buddha found the Four Noble Truths and that knowledge will lead to true enlightenment and Nirvana. Buddhist and Hindus, however, have different viewpoints on life. Hindus practice the Atman, ...

(1 pages) 105 1 3.4 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

Buddhism.

tree if wisdom"), ( Harris, 11), Gautama experienced the highest degree of god-consciousness called nirvana ( Harris, 11). Gautama then became known as Budda, the "enlightened one " ( Harris, 11). He ... m as deity ( Harris, 13).Three important concepts in understanding Buddhism are karma, samsara, and nirvana ( Harris, 12). Karma refers to the law of cause and effect of a person's life, reaping what ...

(3 pages) 146 0 3.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

A concert report on Rob and Amy the University band.

ing music by Counting Crows, Live, Oasis, Matchbox 20, Our Lady Peace, Billy Joel, Brian Adams, U2, Nirvana and Def Leopard to name a few, as well as a few of Rob's own songs.Tuesday nights are pretty ...

(3 pages) 53 0 3.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Samsara.

n the cycle of Samsara and until we come to realize the truth about each of them we will never gain Nirvana.The first of the three characteristics is impermanence. According to the Buddha nothing in t ... ks replied that this man has experienced and learned his own nonexistence and that he would achieve Nirvana easily. We say the body has no self because when we dissemble all the parts of our body, it ...

(6 pages) 34 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Mahayana Buddhism.

they hold their concepts to be of higher value than that of the Hinayana. Their belief in attaining Nirvana through devotion, their view of Nirvana as heaven, and their notion that salvation is attain ... ough intercession of a bodhisattva distinguishes them from the Hinayanists.Mahayanists believe that Nirvana could be achieved "through devotion and not just through painstaking attention to one's beha ...

(2 pages) 114 1 3.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Analysis of Bao-yu's dream in Cao Xueqin's 'Story of the Stone'

ke it down to the mortal world where it lives out a human life, thatof Jia Bao-yu, before attaining Nirvana. Once a rock again, a Taoist copiesthe inscription on its surface ''from beginning to end an ...

(14 pages) 71 0 4.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Buddha

imately, it is focused on the clearing of ones mind and achieving a highly enlightened state called nirvana. This can be reached by doing many things. One of which is causing no harm to surrounding ... Buddhists must achieve. Also, he laid out an Eight Fold Path to help the Buddhist find his way to nirvana step-by-step. Yet, the notion of avoiding destruction of living objects is slightly difficu ...

(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.

g is falling apart..." detail the philosophy echoed by Buddhist Chogyam Trungpa, "The attainment of Nirvana (enlightenment) from the ego's standpoint is extreme death, the death of self, the death of ... acle's house; a Latin phrase translated "Know Thyself". Jacobus agrees that the only way to achieve nirvana is this, as he details by saying, "You are further asked to apply mindfulness to your sittin ...

(3 pages) 139 1 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism