In examining the Buddhism religion‚ particularly the role of women in Buddhism‚ it was quite clear that the religion of Buddhism is practiced very different from country to country. Buddhism is a philosophy of life expounded by Gautama Buddha ("Buddha" means "enlightened one")‚ who lived and taught in northern India in the 6th Century B.C. The Buddha was not a god and the philosophy of Buddhism does not entail any theistic world-view. The teachings of the Buddha are aimed solely to liberate sentient
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applications. Buddhist practice uses meditation as the way to connect to our inner self to look for enlightenment and reach the Nirvana. For Buddhism‚ the Nirvana is the state of liberation where you reach the perfect freedom‚ happiness‚ quietude and realization. Meditation and Buddhist practices are closed related. More and more meditation practices are taking Buddhism principles to improve their techniques and reach mindfulness. In the following lines‚ we will explore four different types of
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RESEARCH PROPOSAL ON “A STUDY ON MANAGERIAL AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MIDIUM ENTERPRISES IN NEPAL” BY GAUTAM LAMA KATHMANDU‚ NEPAL SEPTEMBER‚ 2012 1.1 Background of the study: The meaning of SME depends upon who is defining it‚ however the meaning of SME can be generalized as those companies whose headcount or turnover falls below certain limit. According to UNDP’s data in context of Nepal; companies with fixed asset up to 200‚000 rupees are categorized as micro enterprises‚ companies
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Dharma is the teaching and doctrine of the Buddha‚ which include the Four Noble Truths – the most fundamental Buddhist doctrine. The Third Truth explains nirvana as cessation; the cessation of craving. “When these effects of the chain of causation are ended one by one‚ he at last‚ being free from all strain and substratum‚ will pass into blissful Nirvana.”[1] In effect once you can end suffering caused by craving you can attain Nirvana‚ this is not parinirvana (final nirvana) like the Buddha achieved;
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Permanence of Impermanence Imagine a snowflake falling down from the heavens‚ from at least 3‚000 feet above the ground to eventually land on some foreign surface unbeknownst to the flake. The plight of this single snowflake depends on many things – will this flake collide with other falling flakes? If they collide‚ will they stick together and form a larger mass of snow – or will they bounce off each other and maybe alter each other’s form due to the force of the collision? Or‚ if the flake does
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Since Dr. Jurewicz’s article has been published‚ I shall not here attempt to reproduce her very rich argument‚ but only to give its gist. As an example‚ I quote from publications of a modern Buddhist author from Sri Lanka‚ G.H. de Zoysa. and as Heinz Bechert asserts‚ is “accepted by the Sinhalese Buddhists of Sri Lanka as well as by Theravada Buddhists in Southeast Asia.” to which we will return Space obviously would not permit a full review of the wide range of papers included in these
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Buddhism is a far reaching religion in which the people who practice it are told to detach themselves from all earthly desires. It stretches from the plains of Tibet to the cities of Britain. Buddhism also affects the identity and outlook on life for those who practice it because the religion advises against earthly attachment and being extremely rich or poor. Those who follow the extremes of life are unable to follow the “Middle Way” to achieve enlightenment. Buddhism affects the internal identity
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above‚ assess the impact of Buddhist ethical teachings on the expression of Buddhism as a living religious tradition. Ethical teachings have long been the ongoing guidance and discipline for all humanity. Ethics can be defined as a system of moral principles dealing with values relating to human conduct‚ with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions. The impact of Buddhist ethical teachings has been extremely effective throughout the world of adherents. Buddhism exists as living
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majority of world populations identify with a religious group. Why is the actual numerical figure of people believing in God or something supernatural approximately six billion and twenty million people? It is axiomatic that religions make a marked impact on the individuals’ life in several dimensions‚ both positive and negative manners. Taking a look at the medieval history of human beings‚ many people cannot forget the Crusades undertaken by European Christians from 11th to 13th to recover the Holy
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at first acknowledged Buddhism and shielded its arrangements‚ throughout the hundreds of years others progressively investigated Buddhism’s nonattendance from past writings and utilized it as a substitute for political and social issues. At the point when there was no domain to uphold laws‚ Buddhism picked up ubiquity‚ yet after majestic power reemerged‚ Buddhism confronted mounting restriction. An extra record that demonstrates the genuine quantities of believers to Buddhism amid this time‚ ideally
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