idea of a ‘journey’ apply to Tripitaka’s pilgrimage? If so‚ how? The idea of embarking on journeys has stood the test of time - early man explored uncharted territories‚ while modern citizens jump at the chance to have an overseas experience. Are we truly concerned with materialistic experiences‚ or are we seeking to expand our horizons ? The term pilgrimage itself suggests a journey to a geographical location of spiritual importance. However‚ journey in this case
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The Hero’s Journey: The Odyssey by Homer is the story of Odysseus‚ a very brave‚ strong and smart Greek mythic hero who embarks on an epic journey. His journey fulfills all the requisites of a Hero’s Journey. Odysseus’ Journey takes him through various mental stages which will be outlined in bold. Odysseus’ ordinary world is that of the island of Ithaca where he lives with his beloved wife. When he was looking for a bride‚ Odysseus visited Sparta where he met Menelaus who was to wed
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his life to its fullest potential. Throughout his incredible but life altering journey‚ McCandless encounters many interesting
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plays‚ that are unfortunately have not become as popular as his many books. The genres of his novels are many; teenager books‚ popular books and scientific ones. His pieces of work have been translated to a large number of languages. This book‚ A Journey to the Centre of the Earth‚ has been presented as a movie in 1959. When he wrote many of his books‚ they were like fiction‚ as the things they were about had not been done at that time. Today‚ more than a century later‚ the situation is not the
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spiritual enlightenment. The sole purpose of his journey is to find the wisest way to live and to achieve the Atman within. It becomes clear that he is dissatisfied with his life and also the knowledge he began to suspect was not full. “He had started to suspect that his venerable father and his other teachers‚ that the wise Brahmans had already
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The Hero’s Journey is inevitable. In order to find yourself you must go through this journey and succeed or you’ll descend into yourself until you dwindle. For example‚ Lindsey Lohan after Mean Girls‚ this movie is such a big hit for her everyone considers her this big up and coming actress and then she just flops. She gets addicted to drugs and can’t land a role to save her life. Her journey possibly ended during the diminishment stage which could’ve pushed her into alcohol and drugs to bring her
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Inner journeys involve the exploration of the self‚ as individuals review their growth and development in the light of experiences which challenge and inspire them. The inner journey has the power to challenge an individual’s thinking. They provide new insights and understanding of the world and themselves. Margaret Atwood’s poem "Journey to the Interior" explores the dangers of an inner journey/ the individual becomes enlightened as to her own psyche/ compares the obstacles that face the traveller
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means "word”‚ "speech”‚ "tale”‚ or "story”‚ and that is essentially what a myth is: a story” (Classical Mythology‚ 3) Heroes play a big part of the myth in any culture. They are all different‚ yet each went through similar events in their heroic journey. These events were first noticed and described by Joseph Campbell in “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. Campbell discovered several basic stages that nearly every Hero goes through no matter what
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define‚ it just explains what it happens when you have a problem with yourself. The poem “The Journey”‚ Mary Oliver is trying to explain the journey that we have to do with ourselves with every single struggle we have‚ using theme‚ mood‚ hyperbole‚ and the poem style. The theme is the main idea of the poem. “One day you finally knew what you had to do” this quotes explains how the theme of this is all the journey that you make to get to that day‚ when you finally know what to do. This is how
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Every journey will have its challenges and rewards‚ but by the time it is over‚ we will be changed Without the challenges and rewards in life’s journey we would not be able to grow and become stronger individuals. Our lives are full of journeys and what we experience during these journeys often change us. Journeys can change a person’s perspective of life by providing them with new information and ideas. We often feel like the destination is the most important thing and never take into consideration
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