Historical Background Bodhi-Dharma (菩提達摩) was an Indian Buddhist monk who came to China from India in the first quarter of the sixth century. He brought Mahayana Buddhism to China. Coming to China‚ he stayed nine years at the Shao-lin Temple (少林寺)‚ located in He-nan Province (河南省). Bodhi-Dharma is well-known in connection to a story expressed by the phrase “Wall Contemplation Nine Years (面壁九年)”. From the philosophy and practice represented by this phrase‚ the Chinese Zen Buddhism originated
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AS GCE Health and Social Care Revision Schedule [v3] [F910] Unit 1: Promoting Quality Care |Topic |Details |Completed | |Attitudes and |Definition of attitude‚ stereotype‚ prejudice‚ social exclusion and discrimination. | | |Prejudices |
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in the Moment In D. H. Lawrence’s poem "Self-Pity‚" I think he is trying to emphasize that humans‚ have the greatest ability of self pity‚ perhaps more than most animals. Humans can express more self-pity‚ self-loathing‚ and low self-esteem in very small occurrences‚ as opposed to other animals. He says‚ “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself‚” which means that we as sheltered humans feel sorry for ourselves while the wild animals don’t feel bad at all. The poem reminds me of how animals
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Introduction to Service Dominant (S-D) Logic Recently there has been a shift away from the traditional product-orientated marketing perspective to a more service-orientated one which focuses on “intangible resources‚ the co-creation of value and relationships” (Vargo and Lusch‚ 2004). Merz‚ He & Vargo (2009) commented that goods were a “vehicle for service”‚ and whilst the provision of goods was still an important part of a transaction‚ there will always be some element of intangible service attached
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In the short story “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H Lawrence‚ the attention on luck‚ money by Paul’s loved ones drives them apart‚ and all he wants is recognition and acceptance from them. The theme is shown through the characters and their actions. D.H Lawrence displays the idea that love and bliss can be wrecked by money. Just like there is "not enough money" in this story‚ there is also not ever enough love or enough action to amuse Hester. Paul strives for money to win his mother’s love and
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What is Auden trying to achieve in writing this poem? First of all‚ Auden is asking to meditate on the relationship between the past‚ the present and the future. The poem refers to the past as "History is the operator" People should not be limited by the past and it should help them to make the future -> inspiration from the past (first part of the poem). "Tomorrow the enlarging of consciousness by diet and breathing" (plus all the lines on "Tomorrow") indicate hope that humanity will draw from
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The Truth Behind Hawthorne D.H Lawrence was known as a novelist‚ poet‚ painter and a literary critic. Lawrence criticized several works‚ one of his major criticisms was written on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book The Scarlet Letter. Lawrence greatly disfavored the whole book‚ the critique is all written in a very sarcastic and sardonic tone‚ as he mentions that the greatest triumph of American women is to seduce all pure men. Lawrence uses three literary devices to demonstrate how the two most purest
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direction of the change in both price and quantity sold. a. Scientists find that an apple a day does indeed keep the doctor away. b. The price of orange triples. c. A drought shrinks the apple crop to one-third its normal size. d. Thousands of college students abandon the academic life to become apple pickers. e. Thousands of college students abandon the academic life to become apple growers. 3) The rent control agency of New York City has found the aggregate demand
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S&H Green Stamps In the 1950 ’s and 1960 ’s supermarkets gave customers "green stamps" for every dollar of purchases at the grocery store. These stamps could then be redeemed by the customers for merchandise at an S&H warehouse. Basically‚ the company (Sperry and Hutchinson) provided the stamps to the grocers who didn ’t have to pay for the stamps until the month after they were given out to customers. Unused stamps could be returned to the supplier. The customer would collect the stamps in a book
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Consort: Piano Quintet” The consert was my first time and delightful that I had a opportunity to listen to classical music through the first concert‚ two Piano Quintets performed by Karen Follingstad‚ Alyze Dreiling‚ Susan Ung‚ Lorie Kirkell‚ Bert Turetzky at the Incarnation Lutheran Church on February‚ 19‚ 2012. The performance consisted of two pieces and the first piece performed was Piano quintet‚ Op 87 written by J.N. Hummel in the end of classic era and the second piece was Piano Quintet‚
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