Question 1 2 out of 2 points A Mahayana legend says that Buddha was conceived when his mother dreamed that a: Answer Selected Answer: a. white elephant entered her body Correct Answer: a. white elephant entered her body Response Feedback: Good! Question 2 2 out of 2 points This elephant-headed deity is Shiva’s son by Parvati (Shiva’s consort). Answer Selected Answer: b. Ganesha Correct Answer: b. Ganesha Response Feedback: Right! Question 3 2 out of 2 points
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part of Thailand’s history and culture through both good time and war time. It is a symbol of tradition‚ history‚ royal‚ fortune and superstition. According to Buddhist legend‚ Queen Maya of Sakya‚ Lord Buddha’s mother‚ was dreamed that a divine Bodhisattva on white elephant touched her side. Later she became pregnant. This is why elephants are place in high esteem and reverence to Thai people‚ and white elephants are representing as high dignity and majesty. Therefore‚ the white elephant was a national
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THE INDIAN RELIGIONS The Indus Valley Civilization Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa (2500 – 1500 B.C.) - trade‚ commerce‚ domestic‚ sewage system‚ drainages‚ buildings‚ establishments‚ streets‚ paved roads‚ fortresses‚ urban planning‚ infrastructure‚ peaceful civilizations - indigenous Indian people – Dravidian‚ language – Dravidian or Indo-Aryan - declined between 1800 – 1700 B.C.E.‚ possibly due to the effects of flooding and drought - Aryan (‘Noble Ones’) Invasion/Migration - nomadic tribe located
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Buddhism and business from an intercultural perspective in the context of economic and cultural globalization‚ we present some modern Chinese business people‚ including some overseas Chinese‚ who behave in accordance with Confucianism‚ pray to Bodhisattva for safety and wealth‚ and donate to the temple. Reasons for these phenomena are analyzed and the role of harmony emphasized by Confucianism and Buddhism is taken into account. On the one hand‚ we find that silence‚ connections (guanxi‚ 关系)‚ tolerance
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[pic] CARL JUNG 1875 - 1961 Dr. C. George Boeree Theory Jung’s theory divides the psyche into three parts. The first is the ego‚ which Jung identifies with the conscious mind. Closely related is the personal unconscious‚ which includes anything that is not presently conscious‚ but can be. The personal unconscious is like most people’s understanding of the unconscious in that it includes both memories that are easily brought to mind and those that have been suppressed for some reason. But it does
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Tara in Tibetan Buddhism “The worship of the goddess Tara is one of the most widespread of Tibetan cults‚ undifferentiated by sect‚ education‚ class‚ or position; from the highest to the lowest‚ the Tibetans find with his goddess a personal and enduring relationship unmatched by any other single deity‚ even among those of their gods more potent in appearance or more profound in symbolic association.”1 Tara is thought to protect her people from “the cradle to beyond the grave; and‚ as Stephanie
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Chinese food culture Though there are many different schools‚ branches‚ regional variants‚ etc.‚ of Chinese cooking‚ together they constitute what one might reasonably term "Chinese Cooking"‚ where "Chinese Cooking" is distinct from‚ say‚ "Italian Cooking". A nation’s cooking culture reflects its food traditions‚ from the food-preparation and eating habits of the countryside to the food-preparation and eating habits of the city‚ notwithstanding the increasing introduction of foreign fare that is
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Ch 5 Margin and Big Picture Answers Margin Review Questions 1 What different answers to the problem of disorder arose in classical China? • Three major schools of thought that emerged from the Warring States period. • Legalism was a hardheaded practical philosophy based on a rather pessimistic view of human nature that assumed that people were stupid and shortsighted. • Supporters of Legalism argued that only the state could act in the long-term interests of society as a whole. They advocated
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Jonathon Martin Period 1 Chapter 8 Questions 1. Long-distance commerce acted as a motor of change in pre-modern world history by altering consumption and daily life. Essential food and useful tools such as salt were traded from the Sahara desert all the way to West Africa and salt was used as a food preserver. Some incenses essential to religious ceremonies were traded across the world because there was a huge demand for them. Trade diminished economic self-sufficiency by creating a reliance on
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Course Syllabus College of Humanities REL/133 Version 3 World Religious Traditions I Copyright © 2010‚ 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course offers a survey of the major historical developments‚ structural cosmology‚ symbolic interpretation‚ and values of the Hindu‚ Buddhist‚ Taoist‚ Confucian‚ and Shinto traditions. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained
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