The three poisons are greed‚ anger‚ and ignorance (Grubin). One of the goals of Buddhism and accepting oneself is converting the three poisons into their opposites‚ greed would become generosity‚ anger would become compassion‚ and lastly‚ ignorance would be converted into wisdom (Grubin). In my experiences converting the three poisons to their opposites would make a positive impact on someone’s life. If I would have grown
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How to we save the earth Our planet is in great danger. The people of earth have wasted and misused the natural recourses of earth. Several plans have been developed to stop the abuse of earth.Environmental problems have become so complex that many individuals feel they can have no effect on them. Problems like oil spills‚ hazardous waste‚ loss of rain forests‚ endangered species‚ acid rain‚ the ozone layer‚ the municipal waste crisis can feel out of our control. At the very least‚ these problems
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traditional story‚ especially one concerning the early history of people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon‚ and typically involving supernatural beings or events.There are many myths that exist in the world today. The myth‚ “How Stories Came to Earth‚” is about an ancient Egypt sky God (Nyame) that kept stories from everyone in the world. He told only certain stories of his choosing. Anansi‚ who was a spider‚ wanted everyone to have access to the stories. In order for Nyame to release
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“How the Earth was Formed” video notes: Theory: -sun was surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas -as cloud cooled little grains of minerals started forming -grains of minerals started bumping into each other (Problem was nobody could explain how these microscopic minerals formed a planet) Then in 2003 astronaut Don Pettit performed an experiment onboard the international space station. He put some salt in a plastic bag and found that almost immediately the grains started gathering together into little
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church‚ the age of the earth was 6‚000 years old. 2. James Hutton discovered that the earth was much older from the tilted rocks because he knew these rocks was once laid down horizontally on the sea floor and were buried under great depth to be crystalized. Then they were tilted on end by great earth forces and then eroded away. The rocks were then deposited on top. He understood it had to take millions of years for this process to happen. 3. Lord Kelvin calculated the earth to be around 20 million
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Christopher Hitchens’ New Atheist novel‚ “God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything” written in 2007‚ highlights everything that is wrong with religion‚ and how its effects are detrimental to society. Hitchens critiques Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and even Hinduism and Buddhism‚ for their atrocities and blasphemous beliefs and makes a very valid point as to why many individuals have turned away from religion. Though quite persuasive in some cases‚ other times the novel makes points that seem weak
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How earth is like spaceships Introduction Earth is very similar to a space ship because both are self-contained system with all the necessities to support lifelike a spaceship planet Earth moves through space‚ revolving around the sun at a speed of 108‚000 km/hr planet earth is isolated. A spaceship has a unique life support system providing air‚ water‚ food‚ shelter and companionship. Earth also has its own life support system which includes the atmosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ lithosphere and biosphere
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The earth has not always looked the way it looks today. In other words‚ the United States one billion years ago was in a totally different location than it is today!! How does this happen? And why does this happen? Let’s take a look. In order for us to get some understanding of how the earth has changed over time‚ we first need to understand some of the things that took place‚ and are still taking place‚ in the earth. What about the internal structure of the Earth? Our best clues about the interior
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natural riches and a beautiful environment that would serve as our home. We are so secure‚ safe and well-nourished within Mother Earth’s womb. However‚ we never saw the real extent of how precious this planet is to us and we went out the world as a successful species but completely a failure as sons and daughters of Mother Earth. Instead of protecting and nurturing the environment‚ we did just the opposite. We built factories that release substances that destroy the environment and kill many animals‚ we
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Reaction Paper How the Earth was Made There were a few things I liked about the video how the earth was made. The video brought up some things that I had previously known about our planet’s development into what it is today. Also it brought about some interesting new theories about our planets ice ages‚ continental alignments and the water world theories. Here are some of the things that I had found most intriguing
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