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    Buddhism and Aristotle

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    Buddhism & Aristotle Both Buddhism and Aristotle present intriguing philosophies; Buddhism promotes gratitude and suffering. Buddhists believe that happiness is not achieved by wealth‚ prestige‚ and luxury. Happiness is achieved by understanding the teachings of Buddhism and achieving nirvnana‚ which means to free the soul from bad Karma. On the other hand‚ Aristotle felt that Eudaimonia (happiness) was only achievable by fulfilling one’s full potential. In other words‚ happiness comes from

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    Taoism and Buddhism

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    Taoism and Buddhism Taoism is one of the two great philosophical and religious traditions that originated in China. The other religion native to China is Confucianism. Both Taoism and Confucianism began at about the same time‚ around the sixth century B.C.E. China’s third great religion‚ Buddhism‚ came to China from India around the second century of the common era. Together‚ these three faiths have shaped Chinese life and thought for nearly twenty-five hundred years (Hartz 3). One

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    Hinduism and Buddhism

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    Hinduism and Buddhism Shengjia wu In world culture‚ there are various religious. Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world with around 970 million followers‚ while Buddhism‚ originating in the India‚ the same place with Hinduism‚ has approximately 350 million Buddhists. This essay will firstly discuss features of Reincarnation and Non-violence’s in both religion‚ and then argues that caste system is an area which is sustainable difference. In Hinduism and Buddhism ‚ the aim of the

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    Suicide in Buddhism

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    Buddhism consists of many conflicting and contradicting ideologies. The idea of suicide is a key issue in Buddhism‚ and can be argued as a violation of buddhist code. Recently there has been incidents where buddhists monks and nuns have been committing suicide to protest Chinese rule. There is much debate on whether these suicides are morally acceptable by Buddhism‚ and the question of what makes a suicide immoral according to Buddhism arises. An example of a nun dying by suicide is referenced in

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    Buddhism and Hinduism

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    Both Buddhism and Hinduism are well known religions. They are two of the most popular polytheistic faiths in the world. Some people believe them to be sects of the same religion‚ but they are mistaken. Buddhism and Hinduism have some similarities‚ but many things set them apart from each other as well. They are each their own religion in many aspects.Some people may think that Hinduism and Buddhism are the same religions with just two different names. They aren’t‚ Buddhism and Hinduism both have

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    Coexisting In Buddhism

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    surrounds them: the environment. It has been claimed by many that Buddhist teachings and practices place a considerable amount of emphasis on the environment. However‚ whether Buddhism actually shares a rapport with the environment or not is a matter that has stirred much debate. Discussions about the extent to which Buddhism is “eco-friendly” are incessantly taking place within both the Buddhist community and non-Buddhist scholars. Despite the amount of discourse on the issue‚

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    Buddhism And Euthanasia

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    calling for moral and spiritual guidance. Buddhism as a non-theistic religion presents a passive philosophy that systematically alleviates the central belief of dukkha(suffering) and release from Samsara(cycle of rebirth). In relations to the quotations‚ Buddhaghosa of the Theravada variant and Dogen of the Zen buddhists address the attainment of enlightenment through living the Buddhist teachings and meditation. Similarly‚ the XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibetan Buddhism(Mahayana)‚ stressed ‘peace in the soul’

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    Jainism and Buddhism

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    Jainism and Buddhism Both Jainism and Buddhism start in the 6th century BC‚ and they have similar backgrounds. The founders of these religions have similar stories. Jainism was founded by a man named Vardhamana‚ who was born into a wealthy‚ powerful family.  When he was 30‚ he left his wealth behind and spent 12 years living a disciplined lifestyle and searched for the truth.  He gave up all of his possessions‚ which included even his clothing‚ and eventually found what he was looking for.  He

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    Buddhism and Judaism

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    25 March 2012 Words: 2400 Buddhism and Judaism: In this paper I will talk about the history‚ beliefs and traditions from two different religions. The western religion of Judaism and the eastern religion of Buddhism are the two religions‚ these two religions have some similarities and some contrasts but they also share some of their own beliefs. Buddhism is the way of life on ending suffering achievable through human’s endeavor. On the other hand‚” Buddhism is one of the world’s oldest and

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    Women in Buddhism

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    I decided to research women in Buddhism for my paper. My reason is choosing this was because I was curious to see how women are treated and if their were any differences between my own religion‚ Christianity‚ and theirs. In the early years of Buddhism‚ the expectations for females were extremely low. They were only expected to take care of household duties and raise their families. Education

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