Nowadays‚ Buddhism is practiced by a large amount of people‚ especially in Asia but also in Europe and America. Thailand counts 95% of Buddhists in the country. This strong presence of Buddhism there does certainly influence the business communication. It is actually the 4th biggest religion in the world and the total amount of Buddhists in the world is around 500 millions. The focus of Buddhism is on practice rather than on belief. Buddhism is based on the teachings of Gautama Buddha also known
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of gnosis (illumination) in an attempt to win‚ through one’s own efforts‚ freedom from repeated rebirth. The name Jainism derives from the Sanskrit verb ji‚ “to conquer.” It refers to the ascetic battle that‚ it is believed‚ Jain renunciants (monks and nuns) must fight against the passions and bodily senses to gain omniscience and purity of soul or enlightenment. Jains believe that their tradition does not have a historical founder. The first Jain figure for whom there is reasonable historical
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Beliefs in Myanmar Burma is a predominantly Theravada Buddhist country. An appreciation of Buddhism and its history in Myanmar is a prerequisite for outsiders wishing to better understand the Burmese mind. There are no totally reliable demographic statistics from Burma‚ but the following is an estimate of the religious composition of the country: Buddhists: 89% Animists: 1% Christians: 4% Muslims: 4% Hindus: 2% Most Myanmar are Buddhist of the Theravada stream. Central to their religious beliefs
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life discovered the four noble truths. At the beginning‚ the Buddha’s teachings were passed down with words‚ but were later developed into two formations of scripture which are: Tripitaka‚ meaning the passing down of knowledge down by the council of monks) and The Sutras‚ meaning the passing down by the Mahayana School). Siddharta Guatama In about 580 BCE‚ Siddhartha Gautama was born into a wealthy family in Nepal‚ in the village of Lumbini. Growing up‚ the boy was only presented with the positives
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BUDDHIST MYTHOLOGY BUDDHISM - One of the great religions of the world‚ was founded in India in the 500 B.C.‚ and then spread throughout Asia. Over time‚ many different Buddhist sects have developed‚ each with its own doctrines‚ gods‚ and legends. Although Buddhism has produced little mythology of its own‚ it has incorporated stories from mythologies of various groups that adopted the religion. Buddhist History and Teachings The roots of Buddhism can be traced to one man: Siddhartha Gautama
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Christianity both created amazing artworks which express and communicate the theology of their belief in a wise way. In Indonesia‚ a group of stupas stand on a hill and consist the “Borobudur Temple”. In the Sailendra Dynasty 750–842 A.D.‚ a group of Buddhists and artists constructed this amazing artwork. Thousands of stupas‚ which made of volcanic-stone masonry‚ were placed in circles with same center. Every stupa holds a statue of Buddha to represent Buddha’s essence.
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Society Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist in Birmingham‚ AL. In his essay‚ “Letter to Birmingham Jail” he talks about injustice. His injustice is somewhat similar to Thich Nhat Hanh’s essay‚ “In Search of the Enemy Man”. Thich Nhat Hanh was a Buddhist monk. He was a human’s rights activist‚ who believed that through mindfulness‚ we can learn to live in the present moment instead of in the past and in the future. Dwelling in the present moment is‚ according to Thich Nhat Hanh‚ the only way to truly
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Rites Of Passage In Third World Laos Thaviesak Nachampassak APY 105 - Intro to Anthropology Poltorak‚ D L Rites of Passage: Laotian Culture “Here I am at the crossroads into adulthood. I stand before the threshold to adulthood ready to sever the ties of my youth‚ and begin new growth on the dead tree that represents childhood. The tree of youth that once stood tall with all of it’s quirky branches and knots‚ now lays horizontal‚ ready to give my new growth all the water and nutrients
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his first sermon near Varanasi. This sermon was presented to five of his companions who would then become the first monks admitted to the Buddhist religious order. This religious order also consisted of nuns. The nuns and monks of the religious orders were required to make vows that consisted of them living in a life of poverty‚ not getting married‚ and being nonviolent. These monks and nuns followed the Eightfold path and dharma. The eightfold path to them was a way to release themselves from selfishness
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capital in Heian less than a decade after moving to Nagaoka. Under the Nara state‚ the Buddhist Church gained more and more political power‚ especially under the reign of two peculiarly devoted Buddhist emperors. The first one was the Emperor Shomu (724-749)‚ the other one was his daughter who was first enthroned as Empress Koken and then as Empress Shotoku . It is during this period that Buddhist monks started to gain more political influence. They were not anymore following the strict rules
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