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    George Wing Instructor: Abby Wolford English 101-004W June 12‚ 2013 Cramer Lakes The Cramer Lakes are nestled six miles up a gentle incline from Redfish Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness of Idaho. The jagged‚ irregular peaks of the ridges surrounding the lakes form the horizon. Mt Cramer towers over the rest at an elevation of 10‚715 feet‚ the second highest mountain in the range. Each of the three lakes has a short outflow into the next‚ eventually reaching the South fork of the Payette River

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    American Films and Stella

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    SCENE I Stella is a transfer student in a famous university .In the beginning of her first semester‚ her teacher asked her to introduce herself. Teacher: Nice to meet you Stella‚ could you introduce yourself to everybody? Stella: Sure. I have a dream‚ that is‚ to have a colourful life in the next four years. First I’ll do my best in studies‚ not only for scholarship but also for myself. Second‚ i’d like to make some new friends in my university life. With no doubt‚ Stella will be a star in the

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    Krishna's World View

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    Duncan Guarino James Joiner PHI150 Mar 26‚ 2013 Krishna’s World View The Bhagavad Gita uses the conversation between Pandava Prince Arjuna and his guide Lord Krishna to portray Hinduism world view and Krishna’s view on the different fundamental questions. When he’s facing a war‚ Arjuna is guided by Krishna to be a selfless leader‚ and dedication to the cause. Origin‚ this fundamental question focuses on why is there something rather than nothing. One important aspect of the Krishna world

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    ramayanaya

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    many aspects of Indian culture and still today influences the politics‚ religion and art of modern India. It is the immortal tale of Shri Rama that teaches us the values of ideology‚ devotion‚ duty‚ relationships‚ dharma and karma. The hero‚ Rama‚ lived his whole life by the rules of dharma; in fact‚ that was why Indian consider him heroic. When Rama was a young boy‚ he was the perfect son. Later he was an ideal husband to his faithful wife‚ Sita‚ and a responsible ruler of Aydohya. History of Ramayanaya

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    more detailed picture of statecraft. Kautilya was the chief mentor and a minister who helped first emperor of India Chandragupta Maurya to extend his kingdom to whole of India and beyond up to Afghanistan. His political science is often called ’Raj dharma ’ (Righteousness of the King) and ’Niti Shastra ’ (Science of Ethics) with ethical course of conduct as hallmark of internal and external policy of the state. The concept of ‘Mandala’ the system of developing and preserving international relation

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    The nature of modern society continually grows through the adversities presented throughout life‚ calling for moral and spiritual guidance. Buddhism as a non-theistic religion presents a passive philosophy that systematically alleviates the central belief of dukkha(suffering) and release from Samsara(cycle of rebirth). In relations to the quotations‚ Buddhaghosa of the Theravada variant and Dogen of the Zen buddhists address the attainment of enlightenment through living the Buddhist teachings and

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    Traditionally‚ marriage is the recognized union between a man and a woman that establishes rights and obligations between them. Although‚ the meaning of marriage varies. Hindu marriage is the joining of two individuals for life‚ so that they can pursue dharma (duty)‚ artha (possessions)‚ kama (physical desires)‚ and moksha (ultimate spiritual release) together. Catholic marriage is the pledge by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered

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    people after they die; a place for those with kind hearts‚ and those without. This thought of two different destinations is similar to the moral code and caste system of Hinduism. According to these sources‚ fulfilling dharma allows rebirth to a higher caste while not fulfilling dharma leads to rebirth in a lower caste. The ultimate goal is to escape reincarnation and attain moksha. Moksha is similar to the eternal life that belongs to the righteous in Christianity. Conversely‚ being born into a lower

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    Arjuna five reasons as to why he should fight and why he will not have bad karma from taking part in the war. He explains that the self is eternal‚ and therefore you cannot actually kill someone. Also‚ that he should fight because it is his duty‚ or dharma. The third is that withdrawing from battle is a decision in itself and being inactive is impossible. Another reason given is that it is passions and desires bring about evil‚ not actions. Which leads to the fifth reason that is that there are ways

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    Reading Guide #2 Question 1: Prior to the founding of the Roman Empire‚ Rome was a republic. Roman citizens elected officials in order to represent the common interest of the people. It had a powerful legislative body called the Senate‚ and “it advised on policy within the republic and members held virtually all executive offices in the Roman state”. (Stearns‚ Adas‚ Schwartz‚ and Gilbert 90) However‚ the highest elected position in the empire was the consul. Only two consuls were elected by an assembly

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