Asian Behavior and Thought 10/16/12 Study Guide 7 – Mahayana Buddhism 1. What are the four sublime states? 1. Boundless love is related to friendliness. Buddhists cultivate love that is unconditioned and unlimited‚ based on the knowledge that all are one in the ocean of love. 2. Boundless compassion is the intense fellow feeling one should have for all living beings who suffer through pain‚ anxiety‚ ignorance and illusion. 3. Sympathetic joy- moves one to seek out happiness
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What are the basic differences between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism? The Theravada Buddhist believed that they practiced the original teachings of Buddhism as it was handed down to them by Buddha. Theravada Buddhism corresponds fairly exactly with the teachings of Buddha. Theravada Buddhism is based on the Four Noble Truths and the idea that all physical reality is a chain of causation. This includes the cycle of birth and rebirth. Through the practice of Eightfold Noble Path and the
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The Tang and Song Dynasties of China were marked by tumultuous conflict in which two philosophies competed for dominance. The native ideology‚ Confucianism‚ attempted to flush out the foreign‚ burgeoning belief system called Buddhism. Confucianism was founded by the Chinese teacher and philosopher Confucius around 500 BCE (Ebrey). After Confucius’s death‚ the ideology spread all across China and began to play an important role in forming Chinese character‚ behavior‚ and way of living. Its primary
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There are many religions in the world and they each have thousands of followers. Even though they all have something that they believe in; each religion varies. Buddhism and Hinduism have both have a form of rebirth‚ but they have different opinions on the caste system and the idea of having a god or gods. In both Hinduism and Buddhism they have a form of rebirth apart of their religion. In this rebirthing/ reincarnation process the followers are trying to achieve perfect harmony and to get out
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influential religions that helped shape India’s history. Buddhism has its own unique aspects and rules‚ some of which were retained from Hinduism‚ that helped construct a sustainable social structure through unification‚ peace‚ and order. Buddhism formed as a result of the decline of popularity of Hinduism. Hinduism was very complex in rituals and daily lifestyle which was an impetus for a simpler religion to take hold. During the formation of Buddhism‚ Gautama Buddha retained many aspects that were a
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Mittal March 3rd‚ 2015 Reflection of Buddhism While learning about Buddhism‚ I have learned that is more complex than I thought‚ as it suggests that they do not really have a God as such. Through the help of the textbooks “The World’s Religions” by Huston Smith and “Religions of South Asia” by Sushil Mittal and Gene Thursby‚ and thanks to the teacher’s explanations that helped me be on the same wavelength‚ leading me into the path of understanding Buddhism; a religion that seeks to instill an ideal
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Theoretical: Buddhism seeks a “Middle Path” between indulgence and asceticism by exchanging greed‚ hatred‚ and delusion for transcendent happiness (p. 196-8). Doing so ends the cycle of arising and passing away as the individual reaches nirvana. While Buddhism is typically seen as a non-theistic religion‚ one tradition (Mahayana) does parallel Christian theology in that their belief in a previous Buddha’s power allows them access to the “Pure Land” (p. 223).There are three vehicles (traditions) in
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Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ and Judaism Some differences between Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ and Judaism were that Buddhism is a philosophy or way of life which leads to a moral life. Its founder was Siddartha Gotma. It also has no creation or narrative about everything that happened. It uses Indian cultural referances. Buddhists believe that enlightenment is achieved by individual effort and mediation. Judaism uses Jewish cultural references. They don’t believe that desire causes suffering unlike Buddhists. Judaism
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religions of Buddhism and Hinduism‚ Dharma is the belief of a life path that should be followed in both religious practices‚ and is considered to be the foundation of both‚ and while vastly similar‚ the concept and meaning differs slightly between the two. Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ and other religions of Indian origin share the concept of dharma‚ a term that makes its appearance in the ancient Vedic scriptures as a word for the central order of the universe (Thompson‚ 2015). When Buddhism separated from
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Buddhism is a religion to about 300 million people around the world. Its origins began about 2‚500 years ago when Siddhartha Gotama‚ known as Buddha‚ was enlightened at the age of 35. Due to the wide spread of the Buddhist religion many sub religions‚ that still adopt most of the original religious concepts‚ have been created. There are many different types of Buddhism‚ because the emphasis changes from country to country due to customs and culture. This essay focuses on the two main strands of
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