it a monarchy‚ democracy‚ republic or could it even be a dictatorship? Since this question is not only relevant to politicians but to society as a whole‚ many people have offered their opinion on the subject‚ including religious leaders such as the Buddha. But can a man dedicated to religion share similar ideals to a man dedicated to politics? In order to answer these questions as well as the question of what is the best form of government‚ this paper will examine the Buddha’s political philosophy
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This can be shown in the two examples used throughout the course of this paper‚ The Seated Buddha with Attending Bodhisattvas from the 6th century A.D. and The Virgin and Child from the late 1400’s. Each piece of artwork is representative of its artist and the time period in which it was created. The religions of Buddhism and Christianity play a large role in the creation of these two pieces. The Seated Buddha with Attending Bodhisattva was purchased by the museum in 1934 and was the 34th piece purchased
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History leads to ‘now’ The United States of America is a federal republic liberal capitalist nation since 1788. The People’s Republic of China is a sovereign narrow minded communist state since 1949. Tibet was and always has been a remote religious Buddhist …… (Blank)………… Nation or state or both or none? The Tibetan identity is grossly undefined since China’s armed incursion of 1950. Half the country is in exile in India and other parts of the world. It has been 58 long years since what China
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over the world. Buddhists commemorate the important events that took place in the life of Lord Buddha on this Vesak Full Moon Poya Day. First comes the birth of Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini in Nepal which took place under the arbor of Sat trees where queen Mahamaya gave birth to him. The second event was Siddharta Gautam ’s supreme attainment as the Buddha‚ the Enlightened One. The third event was Lord Buddha ’s Parinibbana over 2500 years ago at Kusinagar. Apart from Sri Lanka‚ many Asian countries
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collection of wonderful episodes leading to self realization or ’Nirvana’ written by Herman Hesse. Out of the so many beautiful‚ breath taking and thought provoking episodes the ones that I find the most impressionable are Siddhartha’s meeting with Gautum Buddha‚ the questions he asks and the answers he seeks as a result of the mental stir created by those questions and secondly when wise Siddhartha learns to understand the silent language of the river with his good friend Vasudeva. I shall elaborate on these
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the Minneapolis Art Institute‚ there are many sculptures that deal with Buddhist tradition and religion. This is especially true when it comes to depictions of the Head of the Buddha. First‚ the head itself appears to be carved out of some sort of yellow or brown rock‚ possibly sandstone or limestone. The Head of the Buddha has many distinct features that separate it from others. First and probably most noticeable are the elongated ears on both sides of the head. Both ear lobes appear to fall to
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------------------------------------------------- 양식의 맨 위 양식의 맨 아래 10 World Heritage Sites of Nepal: Natural and Cultural Sites Posted by ImNepal.com on May 22‚ 2012 in Tourism · 0 Comment inShare Nepal is a small mountain landlocked nation in the world. Even it has the area of 147‚181 sq. km.‚ Nepal holds 10 places as UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization) as ‘World Heritage Sites’. There are 830 properties of world in World Heritage List as cultural and natural
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highlighting enduring customs and beliefs. We are knowing Nepal by different sectors‚ like Nepal is the richest country of mountains and it is knowing by the temples country and the second richest country of rivers.Our country is the birthplace of Gautam Buddha who is the founder of buddhism religion. We are the richest peoples with have many part of jungles and rivers and villages etc. In conclusion we proud to our country. Because in our country there many national and international torists had come
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1. Introduction Lumbini‚ the birth place of Lord Buddha‚ is situated about 22 km. from Bhairahawa (Siddharthanagar)‚ below the Churia range‚ 24 km. south from the foothills of the Himalayas‚ on the western bank of Telar river in Rupandehi district of Lumbini zone in Nepal. It is about 300 km. west of capital city Kathmandu. Kapilvastu‚ Rupandehi and Nawalparasi Terai districts of Lumbini Zone are around Lumbini‚ the birth place of Lord Buddha‚ which are fertile and densely populated. It is about
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‘untouchables’ could attain social equality and psychological liberation only through the teachings of Buddha. He undertook a detailed study of the religion and met numerous Buddhist scholars. He was greatly influenced by the writings of P.L.Narasu and other Tamil Buddhists‚ and also of Mahatma Jotiba Phule‚ a nineteenth century radical social reformer of Maharashtra. Ambedkar claimed that he had three gurus the Buddha‚ Kabir and Jotiba Phule. He travelled to Ceylon and Burma to see Buddhism being practised in
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