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    Everyone knows Buddhism and how it was founded by the Buddha‚ a.k.a. Siddhartha Gautama‚ to become a major world religion. But how does Buddhism‚ using Ninian Smart’s 7 Dimensions of Religion‚ answer the human’s search for meaning in life? It is believed through 3 of those dimensions in particular‚ Ritual‚ Experiential and Doctrinal‚ Buddhism explains that to end suffering and reach Nirvana (escaping rebirth and anatta) is the ultimate answer‚ but it takes the 3 Jewels of Buddhism (the teacher‚ the

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    March 7‚ 2005 At first glance the traditions of Christianity and Buddhism appear very different from each other. One centers around a God that was at one time physically manifest on earth in the human form of his "son" Jesus Christ‚ the other primarily worships a historical figure that gained divine status through enlightenment. This assessment is broad at best‚ especially in the case of Buddhism where the Theravada and Mahayana traditions differ significantly. Christianity also has division within

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    Right Action Buddhism

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    Right Action (Samma kammanta in Pali)‚ is a key truth in The Eightfold Path of Buddhism and greatly impacts the actions of followers. The vital truth of Right Action in the religion of Buddhism is still relevant today due to the fear of gaining negative karma and receiving an undesirable reincarnation. Reincarnation is a common concept in Buddhist and Hindu tradition and it states that‚ after biological death‚ the consciousness of a person can begin a new life in a different body. Karma is an element

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    is the result of our previous karma. The word Destiny can also be used to explain why some things that will happen to an individual will eventually happen. In other words‚ Destiny is the direct result of an individual karma from his or her previous life and may be accumulated. In Buddhism‚ apart from karma‚ the primary cause of rebirth is the three poisons- Ignorance‚ Greed‚ and Anger. Universal Creation Buddhism has no creator god to explain the origin of the universe. Instead‚ it teaches that everything

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    Theme Topic Three Assignment: Buddhism Buddhism is like psychology where the Buddha seeks to help us‚ through example‚ liberate ourselves from suffering. Using the essentials of Buddhism‚ explain this idea. What is our problem? What causes this problem? What can I do to “cure myself”? Be clear and specific as you work through the many elements. Be selective but craft a directed narrative. Ian S. Markham and Christy Lohr‚ co-authors of A World Religions Reader (2009) state: Each and every one of us

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    Tibetan Buddhism

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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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    The Rise of Buddhism

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    sixth century B.C.E‚ Buddhism has spread across the world and influenced many different cultures through its ideas of reality and enlightenment while also having a profound impact on the human condition and on a new way of thinking as a religious philosophy. Buddhism emerged in India as a religious philosophy to gain understanding of the human condition through meditation and personal reflection. Buddhism’s ancient teachings‚ as described by Dr. Jay Stevenson‚ were developed as ideas about the reality

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    Buddhism and Celibacy

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    A Life of Celibacy; Buddhism and Sex Buddhism which just may be the most tolerant religion in the world‚ constitutes teachings that can coexist with almost any other religions. Buddhism began with Siddhartha Gautama who lived in northern India in the sixth or fifth century B.C.E. The religion has guidelines in two forms in which Buddhist followers must follow. These are the Four Noble Truths and the Eight fold Path. Buddha taught that man is a slave to his ego and that the cause of suffering

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    Buddhism Apologetics

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    Buddhism Simply put‚ Buddhism is mans attempt to escape pain and suffering through self-perfection and meditation. The goal is to eliminate desires in an attempt to stop the endless cycle of reincarnation and karma by attaining enlightenment and thus extinguishing self‚ desire‚ and pain; while at the same time becoming one with the universe. Buddhism is appealing because of its mystical aspects; it is also appealing to those who desire to escape from material reality. One works to attain

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    Christianity vs Buddhism

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    Eder Armando Garcia World Religions Mr. Wayne Knight Christianity V. Buddhism The concept of God within Christianity differs depending on the angle one chooses to look upon it. The Trinitarian concept of god breaks it down into 3 separate parts all of which are acting in unison. The first part is God; the father in this form god is a loving father figure who acts like a loving parent who has his children’s best interest at heart. In the second part God‚ the son he is Jesus a son of god who

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