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    World Nations to facilitate their development. It is true that depending on traditional values and introducing appropriate technologies could boost the local development. The value of sustainable agricultural development educate people stay away from over-farming and reduce the consumption of natural non-renewable resource‚ such as land‚ coal and metal as only nature-based exploitation and utilization do meet the requirements of long-term development for all nations. Also‚ intermediate technologies

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    Vajrayana Buddhism

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    Vajrayana Buddhism NO NAME REL/133 September 19‚ 2011 Deborah Wilkinson Vajrayana Buddhism Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism is called the Diamond Vehicle. This third branch of Buddhism teaches that strength‚ clarity‚ wisdom‚ and flashes of light; here Vajrayana allows followers to receive such enlightenment through this vehicle of the lightning bolt. Those who practice this type of Buddhism find its complexities to be quite clear as the encounter truths of Buddha along the way of life

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    Invention and Tradition

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    starting from the original work‚ rather the works are a large collection to be navigated. One might see an adaptation before the original. Hutcheon also wishes to view adaptations as adaptations‚ not as independent works. Three ways of story engagement: telling‚ showing‚ and interactivity. Adaptations also dominate their own media. The most heavily awarded films are adaptations. Hutcheon suggests that the pleasure of adaptation from the perspective of the consumer comes from a simple repetition

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    Indonesia Tradition

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    People‚ “Toraja itself is formed from word ‘to’ means people and word ‘riaja’ means highlands.” So‚ it means “People who living in the highlands” or highlanders. Suku Toraja traditional ceremony and traditional house are very popular. Both of them are related. Another reason why both very popular are because both have symbols with a lot meanings. Because of the uniqueness‚ Tana Toraja becomes a popular tourist sites. In this paper‚ writer is going to write and describe the death ceremony rituals that

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    Elements of Religious Traditions Paper REL/134 Elements of Religious Traditions Living on the age of knowledge we have uncover a vast of information throughout the ages. We have now the advantage of choosing our own believes‚ let that be a believer to a god‚ a believer to two or more gods‚ a none believer‚ or simply acknowledge that there is a higher power. Although we have the power to chose what we believe on‚ sometimes this believes are planted into us since childhood

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    Hindu Religious Traditions

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    Hindu Religious Traditions Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the Hindu religion. The paper will describe what the Hindu religious traditions consist of. It will describe what sacred elements characterize the Hindu religious traditions and their significance and meaning. Hindu Religion Hinduism is the described as the world’s oldest organized religion and is the world’s third largest religion. Hinduism consists of "thousands of different religious groups that have evolved

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    World Religious Traditions 1

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    REL/133 NOTES CHAPTER 1 agnosticism: “Not know” (Greek); a position asserting that the existence of God cannot be proven. animism: From the Latin anima‚ meaning “spirit‚” “soul‚” “life force”; a worldview common among oral religions (religions with no written scriptures) that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits. atheism: “Not God” (Greek); a position asserting that there is no God or gods. deconstruction: A technique‚ pioneered by Jacques Derrida

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    Wealth and Tradition in “Woman from America” In Bessie Head’s short story “Woman from America‚” the speaker acts merely as a voice for the community to which she belongs in‚ both sharply contrasting the aforementioned woman in socio-economic class and obedience to authority. With no description of the narrator and an explanation of the community setting only in relation to the woman‚ Head emphasizes the woman from America as the focal point of this narrative. Rather than serving a significant

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    Elements of Religious Traditions Joshua McCoy REL/134 May 06‚ 2013 Dr. Johnny Boudreaux Elements of Religious Traditions Religion means different things to people‚ a religious person must have a transcendent aspect of life‚ e.g.‚ the existence of supernatural power above human beings. The religious perspective of an individual is dependent on how the person is persuaded by people who raised him or her. The descriptions or definitions of religion tend to be inadequate because they

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    Tradition In Beowulf

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    “Wise sir. Do not grieve. It is always better / to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning. / For every one of us‚ living in this world / means waiting for our end. Let whoever can / win glory before death. When a warrior is gone‚ / that will be the best and only bulwark. / So arise‚ my lord‚ and let us immediately / set forth on the trail of this troll-dam. / I guarantee you: she will not get away‚ / not to dens under ground nor upland groves / nor the ocean floor. She’ll have nowhere to flee

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