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    Jainism and Buddhism

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    Buddhism and Jainism are the two branches of the Shramana tradition that still exist today. Jainism is largely confined to India‚ whereas Buddhism has only flourished abroad. However the two traditions share notable similarities A shramana (Sanskrit śramaṇa श्रमण‚ Pāli samaṇa) is a wandering monk in certain ascetic traditions of ancient India including Jainism‚ Buddhism‚ and Ājīvika religion (now extinct). Famous śramaṇa include religious leaders Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. Traditionally‚ a śramaṇa

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    Final HIS 111 Rise of Buddhism: The originator of Buddhism was Siddhartha Gautama. He started out as a prince of the Sakya Republic in the Himalayan foothills. At age 29 he left his life of privileged and began to learn under different paths of Vedic schools. In his journey he experienced a great deal of human suffering and he began to teach Buddhism. Buddhism had a great influence on the inhabitants of India during 260 BCE‚ when Ashoka converted to Buddhism. The end goal was for the top of the

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    Ambedkar and Buddhism

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    AMBEDKAR’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE REVIVAL OF BUDDHISM Dr. Ruchi Singh‚ ruchianoop@yahoo.co.in Bhimrao Ramjee Ambedkar (14th April 1891 to December 7‚ 1956)‚ was a great jurist‚ lawyer‚ and political leader of modern India. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee‚ that was constituted by the constituent Assembly to draft the constitution of Independent India. He was the first Law Minister of India. Ambedkar was born in the Mahar

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    Buddhism and Catholicism

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    Buddhism and Catholicism Introduction to World Religion 2300 Buddhism and Catholicism are two main world religions that great populations believe in. Catholicism and Buddhism differ in teachings as well as holy books‚ life after death or reincarnation‚ and forgiveness of one’s sins. . They differ greatly in their belief systems‚ yet have similarities in the time they established their churches as well as the spirit

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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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    Hinduism and Buddhism

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    of human history. Out of these‚ Buddhism and Hinduism are two of the most popular religions within the general population. Hinduism is the oldest known religion and is very rich‚ with literally hundreds of gods‚ symbolistic rituals‚ and beliefs. It is believed to have been established around 1500 B.C.‚ but Hinduism was not the brainchild of any one person‚ as it evolved over a long period of time through the contributions of a great many religious leaders. Buddhism‚ on the other hand‚ developed its

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    Jainism and Buddhism

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    Jainism and Buddhism Both Jainism and Buddhism start in the 6th century BC‚ and they have similar backgrounds. The founders of these religions have similar stories. Jainism was founded by a man named Vardhamana‚ who was born into a wealthy‚ powerful family.  When he was 30‚ he left his wealth behind and spent 12 years living a disciplined lifestyle and searched for the truth.  He gave up all of his possessions‚ which included even his clothing‚ and eventually found what he was looking for.  He

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    Buddhism Influence

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    The Influence of Chinese Culture on Buddhism Buddhism was originally developed in India and brought to China over the silk road‚ and later to some extent through southeast Asia around the first century A.D.. This was during a time when the then reigning Han dynasty was in a state of chaos and Confucianism was being discredited by some intellectuals. The Chinese people therefore came to identify Confucianism with the failing dynasty‚ and sought a new ideology to take place of stale Confucian thinking

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    zen buddhism

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    Buddhism is one of the world’s oldest and as such one of the most influential religions in history. Laying claim to the majority of East Asia‚ Buddhism finds its beginnings set in Ancient India. Through the centuries‚ Buddhism’s teachings and themes have evolved and grew while the religion its self spread across borders and civilizations. Along the ancient silk road trade route Buddhism and its practitioners seeped into Chinese culture setting the stage as to what is now known as Chan/Zen Buddhism

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    Buddhism and Christianity

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    In the early sixth century Christianity was evolving at a rapid pace. The spread of Christianity was not only moving westward through Europe‚ but it was also moving eastward down the Silk Road. The eastward spread of Christianity was primarily a form of Christianity known as Nestorianism‚ after the teachings of Nestorius‚ a fifth century patriarch. By 635 Nestorian Christianity had reached the heart of China spreading through all of Persia and India. During the middle of the seventh century Nestorian

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