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    showed that even though the slaves were named after great‚ noble people‚ the slaves would never amount to greatness. This was a cruel action. The slaves were regular human beings and they did not deserve the treatment they received. This story enlightened me to why the contemporary world has fought so hard for the freedom of slaves. Wars and struggles have occurred over this issue and still to this day we have violence against discrimination. This story helped to open my eyes to the hatred African

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    Introduction to Buddhism Teacher Resource Guide By Kat Harrington Georgetown University East Asia National Resource Center An Introduction to Buddhism Buddhism is the practice of following the Buddha’s teachings with the goal of achieving ‘enlightenment’ and reaching nirvana. The core precept of Buddhism is that life is suffering brought on by humans’ attachments and desire‚ and that one must shed his or her attachments and be without desire in order to transcend life’s suffering. Buddhism

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    patience‚ effort‚ concentration‚ and wisdom.  • THE SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS  The Individuals enlightenment is not possible according to Mahayana. We cannot separate ourselves from each other‚ the ideal in Mahayana is to enable all beings to be enlightened together and out of a sense of compassion.  The rapid spread throughout Asia. UNIQUE PRACTICES In three ways in Mahayana‚ the Buddha nature can express itself in three ways‚ this is called trikaya “three-body”

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    society because it is only through this that man can progress toward enlightenment. According to Kant‚ public discussion allows for men to use their rational minds in the formation of new ideas and the debate of communal matters. It is through enlightened debate that man can construct the rational laws with which it chooses to live by. Also‚ Kant finds it easier to bring enlightenment to society rather than a single individual. He is a firm believer that thought requires the effort of the community

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    Change The Enlightenment movement in Western Europe is one of the most studied movements in history. That being said there are many different ideas about just what the Enlightenment was intended to do. In his book‚ The Intellectual Origins of the French Enlightenment‚ Ira Wade argues that‚ “The Enlightenment did not attempt to develop a new body of teachings‚ though‚ nor did it seek a new dogma. […] It is a manner of thinking [….] It functions in every enterprise in which the human being is engaged

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    Advanced Vocabulary – 1 |ambiguity |A sentence/expression can be ambiguous if it has two possible meanings‚ and it is not clear what the | |(adj = ambiguous) |writer/speaker wants to say | |Although she said she was committed to the scheme‚ there was some ambiguity in her voice. | |Christians are not ambiguous

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    recognition to an epiphany‚ he will later realize‚ as imperialism. He says clearly‚ these men can not be viewed as criminals‚ for the only function they seemed to be carrying out was dying‚ and die they did‚ in great numbers‚ and at the hands of the "enlightened" Europeans. I believe his conscience was getting the better of him‚ first seeing the death‚ disease‚ starvation‚ and chaos all around‚ allusions of a modern day genocide‚ which righteous people can not stand to watch‚ but are helpless to do anything

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    and form of worship.  Siddhartha Gautama was born about around 563 B.C. He left his life as human and suffered pain in order to seek wisdom when he was 29. After meditating for many days under a tree‚ finally he enlightened. In present‚ People had known him as the Buddha or “enlightened one”. Alike to Buddhism‚ Jesus of Nazareth was born in the first century C.E. The people practiced other religions envy with him because he claimed to be the son of God. Subsequently‚ Jesus was prosecuted for heresy

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    answer. Now I have other solutions and my economy is different now. And during that time I also helped them by creating new buildings and giving them required education. I also gave the poor serfs farming equipment. And I am still the brightly enlightened one because I have the best government. Catherine the Great: You actually chose nobleman to work in government positions instead of being members of the middle class. And even though you made all religions live together in peace‚ Jews were still

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    the religion with the interesting characteristics. Buddhism is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama‚ he received the name Buddha when he became enlightened and discovered the truth about life and suffering. It is a religion about why we suffer and how we can get rid of it. A spiritual goal for Buddhists is to reach nirvana‚ the most enlightened and blissful state that one can achieve because there is no suffering in nirvana. One interesting feature of Buddhism is that there is no god. Buddha

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