different ideas between regions. The spread of Buddhism was aided by trade‚ but it was the Buddhist Monks who truly spread this religion to many different regions. The Monks spread Buddhism using a very smart strategy. They traveled around for the welfare of the people. Buddhist missions were not large and well organized‚ and instead they took the form of Monks traveling the land spreading the religion. These Monks spread their ideas along with the traders and royal
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This is a good representation of what the Sri Lankan culture would expect from a grandmother because homosexuality is something that is completely illegal‚ unacceptable and unnatural. As I was researching the Buddhist beliefs on homosexuality‚ I found that there are a lot of disagreements amongst the different schools of Buddhism. While some are very specific about what is licit sexual intercourse and what isn’t‚ an article from the Huffington Post outlined that
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Dhammadassi thero It is with a deep sense of gratitude and honour that I send this message of felicitation and best wishes to the Most Venerable Witarandeniye Kassapa Thera‚ the Chief Incumbent of the Birmingham Buddhist Viharaya and the Director of the International Buddhist Relief Fund (IBRO)‚ United Kingdom. At this momentous occasion‚ my memories revert to the 1990s‚ at which I was destined to read for my Ph.D at the University of Lancaster‚ England. One of the most cherished opportunities
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In medieval China‚ a lot of people believed Buddhism‚ which coincided with the protracted collapse of the Han order and the ensuing period of social instability and political fragmentation. However‚ some elites in China argued that some foreigner monks have differents opinion
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India From 200 B.C. To A.D. 300 Introduction The Mauryan period is remembered for the greatness of the empire. The post-Mauryan period from 200 B.C. to A.D. 300‚ saw the rise of many states all over the Indian sub-continent. Some were small whereas others were large such as the kingdom of the Kushanas which extended into central Asia. But more than the states‚ what brought the sub continent together in this period was the spread of commerce and trades. It was a time when there was noticeable
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own version of Samsara…repeatedly reincarnating. Samsara is a very interesting concept to me and I am fascinated by the stories I’ve heard from Buddhist friends of mine. I’ve enjoyed the company of my Buddhist friend‚Betty‚ because I’ve learned so much from her as we both have shared our religions with each other… me being muslim and her being Buddhist. Our religions are completely different from one another so I was very curious to know what she believes and how reincarnation and Samsara play a
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addition‚ Buddhists use prayer as a way to show dedication and commitment to God. The Buddha and his followers go to great lengths to make Buddhism accessible to all and encouraged others into believing that salvation was at hand if the proper codes of conduct were adhered to. Buddhists offer prayers to the Buddha as much in the same way that Christians offer prayers to Jesus Christ‚ they are both a vehicle unto God or Nirvana.‚ which has been thought by ’some writers to be a Buddhists substitute
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Comparison of Two types of Pagan Religion i.e. Hinduism and Buddhism South Asian people have a well-defined amalgam of Abrahamic and Pagan religions. Two of the Pagan religions of this region are well-known in this region because their birth place South Asia. These two religions are “Hinduism” and “Buddhism”. “Hinduism refers to the principal and most ancient religious tradition of India: in it the lives of the believers are governed by the doctrines of “Dharma” or universal law‚ “Karma” or the
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How We Can Evangelize to the Shans Ethnic Tribe in Myanmar. REPORT ON MY VISIT TO HSIPAW (TI BAW) TOWN‚ THE NORTHERN SHAN STATE HSIPAW OR THIBAW: In the Shan language‚ it is called as Hsipaw and in the Bama language as Thibaw’. The word Hsi’ in the Shan means four and Paw’ means town. The exact population of the town is probably not known. The most probable suggestion given by the town-dwellers is between 150000-200000. There lived different ethnic minorities like Shans‚ Lisu‚ Palaung‚ Wa
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ocean of wisdom. When he was asked for view himself‚ he said that: "I always consider myself as a simple Buddhist monk. I feel that is real me. I feel that Dalai Lama as a temporal ruler is a man-made institution. As long as the people accept the Dalai Lama‚ they will accept me. But being a monk is something which belongs to me. No one can change that. Deep down inside. I always consider myself a monk‚ even in my dreams...‚ the spiritual or religious life is something I know and have great interest in
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