most part‚ Eastern religions are polytheistic‚ meaning there is more than one god that is worshipped by the followers. Whereas Western religions are generally monotheistic in that only one god is worshipped. While some estimate the gods of Hinduism to run into the thousands‚ there is one true god or supreme reality called Brahman. The many gods of the Hindu way of life are a manifestation of Brahman. Thus‚ Hinduism sometimes gets looked at as a Western religion instead of the Eastern religion that
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difference between western and eastern culture The major difference between Chinese and Western culture is that China is an oriental country‚ and its traditional culture is completely different from western heritage. Chinese culture is older than 5000 years‚ and Chinese people have developed their own music‚ musical instruments‚ painting techniques‚ traditional Chinese medicine‚ and not to forget‚ cooking methods etc – completely different and unique when compared to Western culture. Chinese believe
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HOMOSEXUALITY: A COMPARISON OF WESTERN AND EASTERN VIEWPOINTS The purpose of this paper is to shed a positive light on homosexuality. The paper will also look at how religion has shaped the views that people have regarding homosexuality. It will be seen that‚ for the most part‚ Christianity in the West has encouraged people to take a negative attitude on the subject. By contrast‚ the Eastern religion of Buddhism has taught people to have a more tolerant attitude toward homosexuality. It
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Religions around the world can differ in various ways. What one religion believes and practices may be the opposite of what another believes. The Eastern and Western traditions especially differ. Not only what they believe in but also how they do it can sometimes be on opposite ends of the spectrum. Hinduism and Buddhism are religions of the east. In both religions‚ you have to go deep inside yourself and worship inwards in order to find enlightenment. They believe that suffering is caused by attachment
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adapted to deal with finite objects. God‚ on the contrary is infinite and of a completely different order of being from what our minds can grasp. To expect our minds to corner the infinite is like asking a dog to understand Einstein’s equation with its nose. I found the concept of God as infinite to be very similar to what I have been taught my entire life. This quote reminds me of how God was described to me as a child. I was told that humans could never fathom God in any realistic way. I feel the
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Comparison of Different Thinking Patterns between Eastern and Western Advertisements 【Key Words】 advertisement; thinking patterns; cultural differences Ⅰ Introduction With the fast development of globalization‚ economical communications become more frequently‚ which brings more inter-cultural advertisements. The purposes of the commercial advertisements are to persuade customers to buy those products and to earn great interests trough describing the products lively and specifically. English
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Eastern religions are typically described by those religions that are practiced in areas like China‚ India‚ Southeast Asia‚ and Japan. Eastern religions are also polytheistic‚ whereas Western religions are monotheistic in that only one God is worshipped. Western religions are those religions that are practiced in most other countries outside of the East. Just a few of the Eastern religions that are followed in India are Buddhism and Hinduism. Buddhism is based on dharma where the goal is to liberate
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make decision on Poland and eastern Europe‚ the “Pandora Box of infinite troubles” Finally decided eastern European governments would be freely elected but pro-Russian The Yalta compromise over eastern Europe broke down almost immediately Even before the conference‚ Bulgaria and Poland were controlled by communists who arrived home with the Red Army - Postwar Potsdam Conference of July 1945 o Long-avoided differences over eastern Europe finally surged to the
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my speech on the topic “Why Eastern India is falling behind Western India?” on behalf of Shakti House. There are several reasons due to which eastern India is falling behind western. I will compare the various aspects for development in both the regions. Firstly the literacy rate of 2 regions has a vast difference. According to the 2010 census‚ the literacy rate of eastern India is 59.7%‚ which is much much less than the national rate of 74.04%. To the contrary‚ Western India has literacy rate of
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not realize this because they are trying to get there in two different ways. In many cases of this‚ it takes a while for the two sides to understand each other‚ but when they do‚ they are always welcoming to the other party. In many ways‚ the Eastern and Western Churches of the 1050s resemble this. They fought for the same outcome in two different ways; the traditional members of the Greek Orthodox Church were against the new ideas of the Roman Catholic Churches. Though they split claiming to be too
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