or essentially enlightenment. Like one of the essays about the matrix said‚ “proper teaching only occurs when students are prepared to make discoveries for themselves.” With this applied to Neo‚ he could get all the help he could want to become enlightened‚ but if he doesn’t make the conscious effort and choices to bring him to where he wants‚ it wouldn’t be possible. Free will is what sets the human race apart from other species‚ as other animals are merely meat robots controlled by their genetics
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Crimes against women Dear Noopur‚ I have read your latest article in Newslaundry. I appreciate your sentiments‚ and with respect I share them. Rape and other crimes against women are a disgrace to a society and deserve harsh punishment. In my judgment in the Supreme Court in Satya Narain Tiwari vs. State of UP (which can be seen online) I said: “The hallmark of a healthy society is the respect it shows to women. Indian society has become a sick society”. In that case‚ I had said that death penalty
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Buddhas. The left hand rests in the lap with the palm facing towards the sky‚ and the right hand hanging over the knee‚ pointing downwards‚ palm facing inwards towards the body. This simpled Mudra symbolises connecting with the Earth and enables Enlightened Ones to triumph over demons. The Dharmacakra‚ Gesture of Turning the Wheel of the Law‚ is one of the more complicated Mudras. The thumb and index finger form circles in each hand; left palm facing the body and right palm facing outwards. With
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Buddhism is a religion that originated in India and was founded around the late 6th century B.C.E. The religion was founded by a renouncer by the name of Siddhartha Gautama‚ later to be recognized by the title of Buddha‚ meaning enlightened one. Buddha’s long journey to enlightenment included many accounts that helped shape this religion that held dominance for several centuries. Siddhartha Gautama was born into a kshatriya family around 560 B.C.E where upon his birth‚ it was predicted that he would
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The Heroic Journey of Jackie Robinson Program In this lecture about Jackie Robinson we were enlightened about not only Jackie Robinson and his history playing baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers but also about the time period he lived in. When Jackie was first drafted‚ it was 1945 and the Brooklyn Dodgers decided to take on the first African American ball player. It was Branch Rickey who decided to take on the experiment of drafting an African American to an all white baseball team. During this
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What is life without Suffering? We all suffer from being ignorant. Is it possible to end your ignorance? According to the Buddhist theory it is. It is possible to end your ignorance and all personal desire to eventually become enlightened and reach Nirvana‚ which is utter peace. Ending your ignorance will in turn end suffering. The Buddha taught that there were many natural occurrences that led up to ignorance and that we all are capable of liberating ourselves from. It is true that we all
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nobles. She had earned the nobles loyalty by giving them control of the serfs. Thanks to the support of the nobles Catherine the great of Russia was able to rule absolutely over Russia.Catherine the Great of Russia was an Enlightened ruler because she installed Enlightened ideas into her absolute monarchy.She met with Enlightenment thinkers Voltaire and Diderot. Elizabeth I of England was able to combine strength with cleverness in order to make England flourish. Elizabeth I
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Human creation is constantly puzzled by the discovery and purpose of its existence on Earth. One will strive to understand the meaning of life and when found‚ a person will inevitably work hard to achieve their purpose. In the short story "The Bet"‚ Anton Chekov displays the true intentions of our existence through displaying a poor lawyer who is willing to do anything for money. At the end of the story‚ I began to realize that the lawyer is misled to believe that money is essential to life‚ but
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Scrutinizing Candide in context of the larger scope of Western thoughts and movements‚ the book is no doubted very critical of many different social institutions of the time. Yet‚ while criticizing many of these aspects including the class system‚ religion‚ and the hated monarchy in France; Candide still has bias and “unenlightened” thoughts that the revolutionary movement in France was ultimately based on. Although the philosophers wanted to work through conventional forms‚ including the monarch
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they are looking after the empire‚ which can only be maintained with the help of technology. Others in Han society consider technology as a gift from enlightened leaders. Huan Tan‚ an upper-class philosopher (document 3) mentions that Fuxi invented some technology which was efficient and beneficial to society. Fuxi‚ is said to be a wise enlightened emperor which means that since Fuxi made it‚ it is no doubt a great gift. There is also some government sponsored history (Document 4) which characterizes
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