process is completely focused on making the oldie’s life as fulfilling as possible in the material world. Stepping into an elder’s shoes‚ I find myself concerned not of the remainder of my tangible life but on a more pressing matter: the question of afterlife. What happens after you leave the material world? Maybe it’s like Socrates said “no one knows whether death may not even turn out to be the greatest blessings of human beings. And yet people fear it as if they knew for certain it is the greatest
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Buddhism Maria Alanis‚ Margery Denton- Thompson‚ Crystal Lenden‚ Diane Freeman-Sims‚ Dorothy Stewart REL 133 September 26‚ 2012 Rachelle Brown Buddhism Buddhism is different from many religions‚ they do not believe in a god. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama he was also known as the Buddha. Buddha was believed to found the path to enlightenment. Buddhist believed that Buddha saw the truth on how the world really was. Buddhist also believes that Buddha was not a god he was a regular
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[student] [professor] [class/course] 11 May 2014 Comparing Judaism‚ Christianity and Islam Judaism is one of the only monotheistic religions is the world to not have a single founder or central leader. According to Fisher‚ Jews are those who experience their long and often difficult history as a continuing dialogue with God. As a nation‚ Israel was a very nomadic people and has been repeatedly oppressed and dispersed throughout their history. Given the persecution‚ dispersion‚ and even lack
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Han Dynasty‚ Buddhism’s popularity gradually began to grow in China. Based on these documents‚ there were two distinct responses China had do to control the spread of Buddhism. Firstly‚ they needed support from Chinese scholars and citizens and secondly disdain towards it from those in direct power of China. Part of the reason Buddhism spread was because it was a missionary religion. Many educated Chinese supported the religion as they created written records highlighting the appealing aspects of the
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visitor. They offer free meditation classes of all levels and age groups. They have different days throughout the week‚ when they teach classes in Chinese or English allowing the communities preference. The classes teach the following: history of Zen Buddhism‚ the four noble truths‚ the noble eightfold path‚ six perfections‚ emptiness and the middle way‚ and the principle of casualties. Once you have completed the advanced classes you can move on to the Sutra study classes which teach more in depth about
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Christianity Christianity (from the Ancient Greek: Χριστιανός Christianos[1] and the Latin suffix -itas) is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion[2] based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings.[3] It also considers the Hebrew Bible‚ which is known as the Old Testament‚ to be canonical. Adherents of the Christian faith are known as Christians.[1] The mainstream Christian belief is that Jesus is the Son of God‚ fully divine and fully
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Throughout time there have been many different views of what afterlife is. Plato and Christianity are no different; between the two ideas there are many similarities and differences that can be distinguished. Plato believed in the idea of immortality and dualism. He believed that the soul was immortal both before and after death‚ and that the body was mortal and ceased to function after death. Plato believed that your soul has always existed and always will‚ and that your embodied life as a human
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February 17‚ 2012 History 111-E1 The Battle of the Sexes in Christianity and Islam We can observe the differences in marriage bonds between different religions such as a Christian marriage and a Muslim marriage in the passage “The Battle of the Sexes in Christianity and Islam”. In the Christian faith their religion considers women to be the origin of obedience. It is quoted in the text “Wives‚ be subject to your husbands because when harmony prevails‚ the children are raised well‚ the household
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Religious tradition: Buddhism Buddhism is a non-theistic religious tradition‚ more so a philosophy‚ which branched from Hinduism. The ‘Buddha’‚ from which Buddhism derived its name‚ was a man named Siddhartha Gautama‚ who abandoned anything associated with worldly desires in pursuit of freedom from suffering. He led a harsh life of meditation‚ study and simplicity‚ and his experiences are what shaped Buddhism. Buddhism is a religion centralising around peace‚ and strongly based on the preaching
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strive to attain an aspect of life known as success that of which can be obtained through Zen Buddhism. Success is when one’s hard work results in the accomplishment of being enlightened‚ which one cannot be received from Taoism due to the fact that the philosophy’s main goal is to be one with the Tao or the Way. Both philosophies‚ Zen Buddhism and Taoism‚ originated in China. There are Three Fruits of Zen Buddhism‚ which occurs once a person is able to pay attention and open a new thought into each present
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