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    yourself and the common people will be good.” While Buddhists believe in samara‚ a continuous cycle of reincarnation‚ Confucians trust in a single birth and death. The goal of a devout Buddhist is to reach nirvana‚ which is the release of one’s soul from the system of samsara and karmic effects. (Karma is all of the good and bad actions which affect one’s next reincarnated form and station of life.) However‚ contrary to Buddhism‚ Confucianism is strangely quiet about the afterlife and mainly deals

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    Buddhism and Christianity are different is in their beliefs. Firstly‚ they are different in their beliefs about the afterlife. Buddhism believes that the afterlife is more than one life in the reincarnation. Buddhists believe that good person can go to Nirvana and be a Buddha. Furthermore‚ Buddhists believe that doing bad things will be punished relate with that bad things in the 18 levels of Naraka‚ or hells. For example‚ if they tell a serious lie‚ which is cause bad for another people when they live

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    According to Buddhist teachings‚ the ethical and moral principles are governed by examining whether a certain action‚ whether connected to body or speech is likely to be harmful to one’s self or to others and there which are likely to be harmful. (Karma) in Buddhism‚ a mind that is skilful actions that are likely to cause suffering or remorse. Environmental ethics is the exploration of the relationship between human and the environment which adherents live. Buddhists ethical teachings provide

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    pass away. After this‚ he understood how all the negative feelings and cravings that make people cling to life‚ bring more suffering and that he had overcome these cravings. Then‚ at dawn he gained full enlightenment and experienced the peace of Nirvana‚ which is the point where the three poisons‚ greed‚ hatred and ignorance disappear and a sense of happiness and calm is achieved. [2]After he was enlightenment at 35 years old‚ he travelled around India teaching

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    Prompt- Discuss how the karma theory plays a role in determining the precepts of Jain ethics. Is the Jain ethic a theory of volunteerism? To what extent is it normative and to what extent does it have a practical connotation? The literal meaning of the Sanskrit word Karma is deeds‚ including thoughts and words. However‚ according to Jainism‚ Karmas are invisible‚ fine particles of matter prevailing all around us just like the air particles. Our souls attract these karmas through activities related

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    wanted nirvana without having to leave home and because of emotional reasons. In the Theravada traditions‚ nirvana is very difficult to achieve. Very few people are actually saved through the three step path through the Theravada tradition. The Mahayana tradition did not like this challenge in the Theravada tradition. The Mahayana traditions believe that nirvana is everywhere‚ that it is limitless‚ and that it is infinite. Since nirvana is everywhere‚ people are already in the power of nirvana. Unlike

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    Musallam Almashali Professor. Michele Desmarais INST-4140-856 October 30‚ 2017 Short Assignment #2 (The Fountain) It is not only that religion plays an essential role in the filming industry‚ but also filming industry playing an important role in religion. Aside from the fact the movies can entertain‚ educate‚ promote political agendas‚ and present life. They also have the ability to shape the people’s values‚ norms‚ attitudes‚ and perceptions in life (Torry and Flesher n.p.). There are films that

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    Birthdate – 3/29/70 – illusions – before father‚ before mother; you are infinite; you are gods and goddesses Simple World View Things To understand Chinese and Japanese religions‚ understand that the world is united/connected! Nothing is independent. Samsara Maya – illusion Om – everything is vibrating; nothing is solid Pre-Socratic – What is stuff made of?  atom Change - Heraclitus – The entire universe is constantly moving. It is in flux. Everything is changing. Stasis - Parmenides – All things stay

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    Jainism‚ Buddhism‚ and Hinduism Jainism‚ Buddhism‚ and Hinduism‚ three of the world’s most dynamic and ancient religions developed in India around the same time. Though each borrowed from‚ evolved because of‚ or came into conflict with each other: Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ and Jainism are more than religions‚ but cross-sections of an entire culture and time period. Jainism‚ Buddhism‚ and Hinduism have many a huge impact on eastern life as we know it. The interactions between humans and environment

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    Anicca And Siddhartha

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    concepts of Anicca and Samsara‚ the passage from the novel Siddhartha resonates with me because of the many levels to its description of Buddhist ideas. Firstly‚ the excerpt elaborates thoroughly upon the Buddhist concept of Samsara‚ or rebirth. At first‚ one might notice that the quote deeply describes that it takes thousands of lifetimes to reach a state of happiness‚ and these lifetimes often strongly contradict with each other. All of this depends on the Buddhist idea of Karma. Similar to other Eastern

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