prayer was still not exhausted. Therefore‚ Dagchen Sonam Rinchen included him in the pantheon of worldly dharma protectors of the lower rank. I found the above explanation far from convincing. In my opinion‚ seeing the deplorable situation in which the spirit was passing through‚ out of pity‚ Dagchen admitted him to the lower rank of Sakya protectors on the condition that he must serve dharma practitioners. Anyhow‚ he finally found a
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of the oldest religions that is still in exsistance today. Those who follow Hinduism say that it is not a religion that it is in fact a way of life. The law that governs all of a Hindu’s life is called a Dharma. Hinduism‚ has its own beliefs‚ ethics‚ philosophy and theology. The question of origin in Hinduism is that there is no origin. If you look in the Bible for the answer‚ you will not find any mention of Hinduism
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Ancient Assam was known as Pragjyotisha in early times and as Kamarupa in later times. The name Pragjyotisha stood for both the kingdom and capital city. The earliest mention of the city of Pragjyotisha is found in the Ramayana and Mahabharata. According to the Ramayana‚this city was founded by Amurtaraja son of Kusa and grandfather of the famous stage Viswamitra. There are different options regarding the origin of the name’’Pragjyotisha’’. According to the Kalika Purana‚’’here Brahma first
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The movie Little Buddha follows the story of a boy named Jesse who lives in Seattle and is said to be the reincarnation of a dead monk named Lama Dorje. The monks bring Jesse and his father to Bhutan where him and two other children are to be determined if they are really the reincarnation of Lama Dorje. There is also a second story going on in the movie which shows how Siddhartha left his fathers kingdom and became Buddah. The movie follows many of the topics on Buddhism that we covered in class
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BUDDHISM AND THE FOUR PRINCIPLE BELIEFS Buddhism‚ with about 365 million followers makes up 6% of the world ’s population and is the fourth largest religion in the world (exceeded by Christianity‚ Islam and Hinduism). Buddhism was founded in Northern India in the sixth century BCE by the first Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama when he attained enlightenment. Buddhism is made up three main forms. They are Theravada Buddhism found mainly in Thailand‚ Burma‚ Cambodia and Laos‚ Mahayana Buddhism which is
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story of creation‚ seen in the Rg Veda texts. It was said that each caste was created through the different body parts of a god. They become the varnas or castes of hindu society; each varna with its own level of knowledge and own duties in life. The dharma-shastras are the rules for social order‚ and their main emphasis is on following varnashramadharma. Varna‚ or this caste hierarchy‚ is therefore a ruling on the hindu people. Different varnas lead people to have different tasks to complete in order
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and a meaningful unity” (Jammer‚ 1999). Buddhism qualifies as a religion depending on one’s point of view. If religion is defined as a system of worship or devotion to a higher deity then Buddhism does not fall under the religious category (Buddha Dharma Education Association‚ 2012). However‚ if religion is defined as a system of beliefs and rituals and morals then Buddhism classifies as a religious practice (Harshorne‚ 1996). The aspects of religion that include rituals and devotions are the very
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sacrifice to reach moksha. In these passages‚ sacrifice is considered and related closely to other fundamental Hindu beliefs. Four of the fundamental beliefs of Hinduism found in this reading are Brahman‚ dharma‚ moksha and ātman. Truth and Transcendence talks about how Brahman created dharma and that dharma is truth and a way to attain moksha. Self-Effort and Liberation teaches that a person must gain moksha individually. Maya explains the relationship of Maya to Brahman. That is You and Qualified Dualism:
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followed by the reading of a second passage‚ the "Three Treasures." After the second reading‚ children that attend the dharma school were asked to come to bow in front of where they offered oshoko. They came in order of lowest grade to the upper grades and their parents came as well to do the same ritual. This was followed by the chanting of a sutra or gatha and a Dharma talk. The Dharma speech was about Gratitude-the giving of thanks to everything‚ after this‚ we gasho and chanted. The service is
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in only one God Krishna. Dasa claimed that Hare Krishna is a monotheistic religion with one God who manifests into 2 unique individuals‚ one man and one women. He also stated that Hindus think of Dharma as faith‚ but Hare Krishna believe that faith is not dharma because faith can be changed while Dharma is only
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