The Buddhist doctrine of karma ("deeds"‚ "actions")‚ and the closely related doctrine of rebirth‚ are perhaps the best known‚ and often the least understood‚ of Buddhist doctrines. The matter is complicated by the fact that the other Indian religious traditions of Hinduism and Jainism have their own theories of Karma and Reincarnation. It is in fact the Hindu versions that are better known in the West. The Buddhist theory of karma and rebirth are quite distinct from their other Indian counterparts
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Hinduism Hinduism is like most of the other Indian religion ways that have been categorized together as if they were a single tradition. The term Hinduism is derived from the name that has been applied by foreigners to people who are living in the region of the Indus River (pg. 71). This was introduced in the nineteenth century under the colonial British rule that was a category for census-taking (pg. 71). There are Indians that are now asserted that the Western analysis of Hinduism
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Every person on the planet has a belief‚ a religion. Even if the person who believes that god does not exist‚ he has a religion of his own. All the religions differ from each other; the beliefs‚ the rituals‚ the holidays. But all of them have things in common too; every religion wants her followers to be happy‚ to not brake the moral code of conduct‚ to teach people to forgive‚ and believe that they forgiven first of all by god‚ and to make every follower live in peace. Like Albert Einstein had said
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between its citizens. Japan’s emperors were chosen through the Sun Line‚ a clan called the Yamato clan that claimed to be decedents from the sun goddess‚ Amaterasu Okami (Andrea). This portrayed the emperor as a divine ruler for the citizens and through the emperor‚ Shinto practice was spread and encouraged throughout the state. Shrines would be funded by the emperor and Shinto ceremonies were used in the imperil court. An example of this can be seen in the jingiryd‚ a set of laws which instituted ceremonies
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traditional belief system of Japan‚ Shinto has no fundamental creeds or written teachings‚ and is not particularly evangelical. It is an ethnic religion which is almost exclusively associated with the land and people of Japan; it is the essence of what is means to be Japanese as its beliefs and characteristics have had a significant role in shaping Japanese culture. It also resonates with a veneration for Japanese tradition and the invisible presence of innumerable spiritual powers‚ or kami. Shinto is essentially
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Understanding concepts: Concepts are very complex definitions of everything that we see in everyday life. They are also typically never specific. Concepts of a certain thing or idea might and most probably will change if the person examining the object or idea changes his point of view. Various authors throughout the textbook have written about the different ways we could see things if we don’t close ourselves to what we can only see. One of the authors that talk about this is S.I Hayakawa. His
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How is the Nile different from the Tigris and Euphrates? Egyptians depended on waters of a great river system. They had the Nile‚ Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Nile is 4‚000 miles long and it starts far in the south‚ in lakes of central Africa and it empties into the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria (Pouwels‚ Adler‚ 2015‚ pg. 37). All three rivers would flood‚ but with the Tigris and Euphrates you could not predict when they were going to flood. The Nile on the other hand was a benevolent river
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somewhat similar yet carry some differences. The same is true spiritually. God and Jesus are one and yet are different in some areas. They are the same in: a) reputation: they are both hated as Jesus reported in John 15:24; b) resemblance: the Son is “the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person…” (Heb. 1:3). c) character: “who did no sin‚ neither was guile found in his mouth” (I Peter 2:22). d) title: “In the beginning was the Word‚ and the Word was with God and the Word
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is really similar. Chimpanzees only differ from us in about 2% of their genetic material. After discovering that chimpanzees are only different from us by around 2%‚ they were reclassified. Today‚ humans and chimps are both classified as hominids because we have a close evolutionary relationship and a lot of similarities. For example‚ the majority of our genetic codes are shared with chimps. Humans and our immediate extinct relatives are also classified as hominids (Lone Survivors). 2. What is human
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Shinto Religion Shinto is an original religion of Japan‚ which implies the worship of kami‚ or spirits. Kami divides two different approaches‚ local kami‚ represents the spirit of a specific location‚ and the other kami stands for substantial natural extraordinary Amaterasu‚ the Sun of God‚ or Fuji mountain. The Shinto beliefs and characteristics respect nature which are related to the complication of environmental conservation include shrines in groves‚ the relation between nature‚ kami‚ and
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