Quiz 5 Question 1 3 out of 3 points Siddhartha Gautama was born into: Selected Answer: A wealthy family Question 2 3 out of 3 points The Eightfold Path consists of eight steps/points which are to be achieved in a sequential (one after the other) manner. Selected Answer: False Question 3 3 out of 3 points Since the “Fall” of humanity (Genesis Chapter 3) mankind has sought to declare independence from God. Selected Answer: True Question 4 3 out of 3 points The title “Buddha” literally
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In his writing The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism‚ Weber argues that the religious ideas of groups played a role in creating the capitalistic spirit. He examines the correlation between being Protestant and being involved in business‚ after which he attempts to explore religion as a potential catalyst of the modern economic condition. Weber believes that the modern spirit of capitalism profit is virtuous. He wants to understand the source of this spirit‚ for this he looks at Protestantism
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Different cultures and religions have many different customs and rituals. In Islam it is common practice for women to be covered from head to toe. In Tibetan Buddhism it is common for devotees to practice asceticism. In Hopi culture and religious tradition food and sex play large and important roles‚ although in different situations the roles may be completely opposite. In Sun Chief particularly the chapter called "the Making of a Man" we can see that food is very important spiritually
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More importantly‚ how does meritocracy fit into this? Well‚ Weber notes that in some Protestant societies‚ such as Calvinist‚ there was the notion of a calling. He says‚ “The Puritan wanted to work in calling; we are forced to do so. For when asceticism was carried out of monastic cells into everyday life‚ and began to dominate worldly morality‚ it did its part in building the tremendous cosmos of the modern economic order”. (Weber 103). It was this idea of a calling that made people dedicated
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Author’s note1. In the novel Krakauer identifies the name of the magazine his articles was published in. The magazine title was “ Outside”. The novel specifically states‚ “ I was asked by the editor of Outside magazine. “ (Krakauer). The novel specifically identifies “Outside” as the magazine Krakauer article was published in. 2. In the novel Krakauer identifies the original time of his article was published. His article was published in January 1993. The novel specifically states‚ “I wrote a nine-thousand-work
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the 29 year old was restless and sought to explore his environs‚ which lead him to discover that the world was filled with suffering. Consequently‚ he divorced himself from his former life‚ and left the protection of his father’s house to study asceticism. Hence
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for spiritual enlightenment‚ or nirvana. He deviates from his privileged life and encounters a multitude of people and situations. In doing so‚ he explores change through suffering‚ and seeks a state of ultimate peace. Siddhartha experiments with asceticism and a life of indulgence‚ and fails to find happiness in either. He goes on with no direction hoping he will end up in the right place‚ and learns many things through his rough travels. He ends up staying with a ferryman on the river who helps him
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culture. Except for the fact that there is no single founder of Hinduism and Hinduism was not founded as a religion. The Buddhism way of life was created by Siddhartha Gautama. His main goal was to have a way of life that was less severe than the asceticism of his time. It was a culture that basically flourished in India‚ which later took the form of a great religion. Contrasting greatly with the monotheistic religions of Hinduism‚ Buddhism didn’t believe in any type of god. The two cultures were
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enlightenment of the individual or the reaching of Nirvana. It focuses on freeing the individual from earthly desires and pleasures by way of the “middle path” which can be reached by becoming an ascetic. It has no deities and enforces the strict ways of asceticism in order to reach the Sambhodi‚ or Nirvana. Buddhists typically believe that the world is a place of sorrow‚ and that achieving freedom from this sorrow by way of the Eightfold Path is their main goal‚ whereas Hindus believe that there are four
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Late Antiquity‚ often defined as the period from the late 3rd century C.E. to the mid-7th century C.E.‚ saw the birth of modern world institutions. It was a time of political‚ cultural‚ and spiritual changes that laid the foundation for what was to come in the Middle Ages and beyond. Late Antique society saw the birth of the bureaucracy‚ with rulers who became increasingly separated from the ruled by increasingly intricate channels of access. It saw the end of widespread paganism with the triumph
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