Mahayana traditions claim that they have the real teachings of the Buddha and that the Theravada tradition is the corruption of Buddhist teachings. The Theravada traditions believe the same about Mahayana traditions. Mahayana Buddhism is more main stream. The creation of Mahayana tradition came from people living in the domestic life. They created this tradition because they wanted nirvana without having to leave home and because of emotional reasons. In the Theravada traditions‚ nirvana is very
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Tradition & Scripture Theology Essay Ebonee Hutchinson Brown 20102509 Tradition We all have family stories that we tell and retell at family gatherings. Families have customs and ways of doing things that are particular to them. We strengthen our family bonds by keeping these memories alive and withholding traditions‚ Ian Knox‚ Theology for Teachers‚ (Third Edition Toronto: Novalis 1999) 76. A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down‚ from generation to generation. It has a symbolic
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of them ‚ asked them what they wanted and why they were in our territory; oddly enough they were not here to hurt us or take over our land. They were here to learn from our customs and culture‚ or so we thought. As time went by‚ they learned many traditions and some of our ways of hunting‚ and we
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Private Peaceful This is a book review on the book “private peaceful.” This is the best book I have read this year. This book is all about “innocence and love‚ courage and cowardice” as it is clearly written on the front of the cover of the book. This is a book about two brothers called Charlie who is the older brother and Tommo who is the smaller brother who go through the good side and the bad side of life because their father has died and other family issues. As they grow up they start to
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The Trent Affair is arguably one of the most outstanding events that took place during the American Civil war in 1861. The whole idea of the Trent Affair came into play after the confederate president‚ Jefferson Davis‚ in accordance with the authority‚ mandated to him by the Confederate version of the U.S. Congress appointed John Slidell and James Mason to serve as diplomatic agents with the end objective of entering into treaties with both France and England. Their duty was to ensure that they convinced
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I will also tell how everything became public‚ the end of United States support for the Contras and about then investigations and public hearings in the United States. But finally this paper is about the significance‚ or impact‚ of the Iran-Contra affair. The Sandinista National Liberation Front was founded in 1963. Named after Augusto Céser Sandino‚ it was an extreme leftist organization “of Castroite and Maoist direction.” There were only about 150 members as of 1975‚ but sympathy was growing
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PROVIDIAN TRUST: TRADITION AND TECHNOLOGY By Melissa Dailey and F. Warren McFarlan DPDN Paul Davidson‚ Brian Dyrud‚ Lindsay Neal‚ and Jennifer Paterson October 8‚ 2003 INTRODUCTION In 1994 Providian Trust was a company rich in tradition‚ experience‚ and a high level of personalized customer service. However‚ due to the lack of efficient business processes and information technology‚ Providian Trust was slowly slipping away from profitability and was allowing competitors to become more
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Madoff is claimed to be the largest white-collar criminal in history. I knew of the scheme when he was arrested‚ however‚ I was not aware of the scope of the crime that had been committed. Furthermore‚ The understanding that I gained from The Madoff Affair documentary involving white collar crime is that not only business managers‚ VPs‚ and even lower level employees are able to commit this type of fraud but that the number one person in charge can run a scheme so big that it boasts billions of dollars
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The Ethics on Intervening in Foreign Affairs Thousands of Americans die each day; these citizens of America die through terrorism‚ and of course war. Through the history of the United States‚ America has interfered with foreign affairs due to world problems. The United States should not interfere in foreign affairs because the negative impacts outweigh the positive impacts.These impacts include the United States hurting foreign countries sovereignty‚ casualties of innocent civilians‚ and the aspects
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Muslim (88.2% of the total population) as of 2009; lots of Indonesian celebrate Lebaran. In Indonesia‚ it is common during this period for people to engage in "mudik" activity. It is the largest temporary human migrations nationally and an annual tradition where people in big cities such as Jakarta‚ Surabaya‚ Semarang‚ Yogyakarta or elsewhere‚ travel to their hometowns or other cities to visit relatives‚ to request forgiveness from parents‚ siblings‚ in-laws‚ relatives‚ neighbors and elders; or just
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