Chapter 28 Reading Questions Invertebrate Evolution 1. State three characteristics that all animals have in common. 1- multicellular 2- ingest food 3-diploid life cycle 2. Explain the colonial flagellate hypothesis about the origin of animals. They are decended from an ancestor that resembles a hollow spherical colony of flagellated cells. Individual cells became specialized for reproduction. Two tissue layers arose by invagination. 3. Describe the different types of symmetry. Asymmetrical-
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EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHY The subject of philosophy has always been divided along two lines of thinking – the eastern and the western. Though each line is concerned with finding the right path to follow‚ the methodology and teachings of the philosophers from either line of thinking has been distinct and different. This paper aims to examine the ideas of one eastern and one western philosopher – Confucius and Socrates respectively and compare the two for similarities and differences. One
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University of Phoenix Material (Latasha Williams) Buddhism Worksheet Write a 1- to 2-paragraph response for each of the following. 1. Explain the basic Buddhist teachings including the three marks of reality‚ the Four Noble Truths‚ and the Noble Eightfold Path. In order to explain the basic Buddhist teachings I would like to provide information on key points due to the fact no one knows precisely what the Buddha’s teachings were because his teaching were done orally and as a
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Buddhism and Islam are both prevalent religions in the world today with Buddhism originating around 2500 BCE in India while Islam began around 700 CE in the Middle East. Buddhism began when Siddhartha Gautama became enlightened and started spreading his teachings of what he learned throughout India. Islam began through the teachings of their main and highest prophet‚ Muhammad. Islam and Buddhism are similar through their beliefs in a founder and a set of ethical standards which they live their life
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What Are the Differences between Ibo Religion and Christianity? After reading‚ Things Fall Apart‚ we might ask what are the differences between the religions that the Ibo Clan practice‚ compared to a highly practiced religion‚ Christianity. Some of the differences are how the Ibo religion practice polytheism‚ belief in more then one God‚ and the Christians practice monotheism‚ belief in only one God‚ the creator of Heaven and Earth‚ his name is God. Others are‚ how they believe in animated Gods
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rebirth‚ the Buddha/Buddhism shares similar Hindu insights as well. Siddhartha Gautama‚ also known as the Buddha‚ upheld the belief in both karma and rebirth. At the same time he advocated an escape from samsara. One might claim that these religions have common or very similar beliefs‚ however these two religions differ in one aspect. Their belief on the meaning of a human being is drastically different. So the question becomes what does it mean to be human for the Buddha? In Buddhism‚ three central characteristics
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Stylistic analysis of the eastern indian school of painting After the mural tradition of India comprising of Ajanta and Post Ajanta‚ one sees the emergence of the illustrated manuscript tradition. 4 major ’pre-akbari’ schools of manuscript painting have been identified- The Eastern Indian manuscript tradition‚ the Western Indian manuscirpt tradition‚ the Sultanate period manuscripts and their variants and the Chaurapanchasika group. The Eastern Indian tradition is the earliest among the four
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Tibetan Buddhism has been called ’Vajrayana Buddhism’‚ because it is part of the tantric Buddhist current‚ within Mayahana Buddhism. The word Vajra can be explained as ’thunderbolt’ or ’Diamond like’. It stands for the clear constancy of the mind of the enlightened meditator. ‘Vajrayana’ is then the path of meditation‚ specifically visualization meditation. all Tibetan Buddhists does not meditate but most that do respect their spiritual leader. [pic] There are four schools The Nyingma Tradition
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with considerable gap between its most developed state—Singapore‚ who is amongst the world’s leaders in socioeconomic indicators—and its least‚ Laos and Myanmar‚ who are regarded as the most problem-ridden in Southeast Asia
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Buddhism is very interesting in regard to its beliefs on birth and death because they are quite unique compared to other religions. Buddhism and Hinduism originated from very similar locations‚ so they contain many of the same elements in what they believe about birth and death. They both believe in Karma and reincarnation‚ but Buddhism looks at them differently. Buddha taught that there is only one great soul that encompasses every person that has ever lived‚ will live‚ and is living now. This means
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