living very simply‚ and going toward what is holy and most sacred‚ and remaining focused on the opportunity of having a life-changing experience. In this way we will undergo voluntary austerities for purification to relieve ourselves of lifetimes of karma. This process will help change our consciousness and our perception of our spiritual identity
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Nirvana: While there are numerous significant characteristics of Buddhism‚ Nirvana would definitely hold a place at the top of the list. Nirvana is described as a sanctified and blissful state where those who achieve Nirvana are freed from temptation‚ misfortune‚ and secular egotism. Buddhists who obtain Nirvana also no longer die or undergo reincarnation‚ and they are liberated from karma. Buddhists devoting their lives to completing the final stage of Nirvana can be viewed as analogous
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The basic worldview of Buddhism is about the reality is an indescribable unity when humans find themselves in a realm of suffering governed by karma. Buddhism can be thought of as a religion with psychological emphasis. It teaches the transformation of consciousness from attachment to ego‚ suffering‚ and objects of craving to the unattached bliss of Nirvana. Its fundamental teaching is that the Buddha who‚ through his enlightenment‚ showed the way out of the wheel of rebirth or conditioned reality
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What is going to happen to us when we will die? Some people never considered what it could happen to them after life. For many people‚ death is a redoubtable event because they do not know what to expect after their death. However‚ other persons‚ such as religious people are conscious of what to expect after their death because of their beliefs. Each religion has different ideas and different ways of looking life. Death‚ therefore‚ is viewed by different religions in many ways. Although‚ different
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religion‚ or way of life‚ of the Indian subcontinent‚ and consists of many diverse traditions. It includes Shaivism‚ Vaishnavism and Shaktism among numerous other traditions‚ and a wide spectrum of laws and prescriptions of daily morality based on karma‚ dharma and societal norms. Hinduism is a categorization of distinct intellectual or philosophical points of view‚ rather than a rigid‚ common set of beliefs. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world‚ and some practitioners refer to
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One impersonal Ultimate Reality – Brahman Manifest as many personal deities True essence of life – Atman‚ the soul‚ is Brahman trapped in matter (“That art thou”) Reincarnation – atman is continually born into this world lifetime after lifetime (Samsara) Karma – spiritual impurity due to actions keeps us bound to this world (good and bad) Ultimate goal of life – to release Atman and reunite with the divine‚ becoming as one with Brahman (Moksha) How does Hinduism direct life in this world? Respect
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of Nirvana. Theism believe the only one God exist‚ and is usually personal and relates to all humankind in a very close way. The Bible says “In the beginning God created the heaven and earth.” (Genesis 1:1) 2. The Question of Identity- naturalism is ideas mankind is a product of evolutionary forces. They look to understand through scientific theory. Pantheists view all life to be sacred or spiritual in nature. Also‚ the teach of life cycles call “reincarnation.” They believe good karma will
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Gautama. Siddartha Gautama was a prince and was born in northeastern India around 560 B.C. (Caner‚ 2008) Gautama fasted underneath a fig tree and meditated for seven days. After mediating and after no eating or drinking‚ Gautama reached a state of Nirvana. The fig tree was renamed as the Bodhi tree (tree of wisdom) and Siddartha Gautama renamed himself as Buddha (Enlightened One). The “Buddha” shared his teachings of the “four noble truths” (Caner‚ 2008). These teachings from Buddha lack the understanding
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3.8—Becker’s “Immortality Project” as Denial of Death and False Heroism The non-theist‚ Ernest Becker‚ has written about secular man’s “Denial of Death” through symbolic defense systems which seek “immortality projects”. Becker sees human civilization as a “symbolic defense mechanism” against the truth of our mortality‚ Humanity has both physical selves and symbolic selves. Through our symbolic selves we can transcend our mortality through the (false) “heroism” of our "immortality project"
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Tenzin Gyatso is the XIVth Dalai Lama. His “attained special insight” of Buddhist teachings as a bodhisattva means that he is able to help teach and guide Buddhist individuals and the community towards Nirvana. The Dalai Lama has written 72 books that explain the Buddhist teachings‚ his most influential being Art of Happiness. His translations of the Tibetan Book of the Dead into other languages has allowed Buddhist from all over the world‚ especially the West‚ to access teachings and knowledge that
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