the Elders)‚ this particular group spread mainly through countries in South-East Asia‚ for example‚ Sri Lanka‚ Thailand‚ Cambodia‚ and Burma. They were taught the law of cause and effect‚ in other words‚ karma. In addition‚ Buddha had taught them meditations to distance from one’s thoughts and feelings. Mahayana (Great Way) was most people from Northern Asia‚ including Japan‚ Vietnam‚ China‚ Tibet‚ and Korea‚ This teaching attracted people whose central goal in life was to be selfless‚ and aim to gradually
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Comparison of Christianity and Taoism through the concept of Zen By Joe Sowatzke For Dr. B. David Burke HUM 202.100 Philosophy of Religion Elgin Community College December 8‚ 2011 Within our westernized culture‚ it is easy to think that a culture other than ours is completely different‚ especially when it comes to religion. However‚ there can be key similarities between two presumably different religions. For example Judaism and Islam have many key similarities seeing is
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New Age spirituality is a relatively recent‚ Western concept. This form of spirituality often involves the appropriation of many ideas or practices found in older religions‚ such as meditation and asceticism‚ and merging them together in an ahistorical belief system. Most new age spiritualists see themselves as “gurus” and use terms and beliefs often found in Hinduism and Buddhism‚ to name a couple‚ to preach a holistic view of spirituality and divinity that finds its roots in the same religions
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utilizing various forms or techniques" (Prayer‚ Britannica). This definition is the one that was kept in mind in the composition of this paper as it allows for a wide range of practices to be interpreted as prayer. For instance the Buddhist practice of meditation fits the above definition. This paper will explore the practice of performing prayer and worship as well as the purpose of it in the traditions in question. In the examination of prayer and worship in Christian and Buddhist traditions there are
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are very ancient religions‚ both are monotheistic‚ and both have sacred writing‚ Hinduism has Vedas and Judaism has Tanakh. Buddhism and Hinduism are similar because they both believe in karma‚ they both believe in certain spiritual practices like meditation and concentration‚ they both believe in desire is the cause of suffering‚ they both originated and evolved in the Indian soil‚ the founder of Buddhism was Hindu who became known as the Buddha. Buddhism‚ Judaism‚ and Hinduism are all different and
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Report For The First Field Trip On 19th of March 2014‚ my tutor‚ classmate and I went to a Vietnamese Buddhism Temple. I was very exciting before the trip. Since I don’t have transport to go to the temple‚ I went to the classroom that we used to go during our class time and gathered with my tutor to ask her to fetch me to the Vietnamese Buddhism Temple. When I reached the classroom‚ our tutor‚ Dr Lili Zhang was talking to a male tutor about some trip to Japan and how the people there treat foreigner
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announces that she is out of her depression and not surprisingly back to her original weight. Then traveling she travels to India to do exactly what the book says pray. She sits for hours a day in silent meditation at here guru’s ashram. She claims after many hours of silent meditation she has “seen” God and has learned that God is found within herself. She talks about finding inner peace is the most important thing any human can do. This is my favorite part of the book‚ because I am not too
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sure that there are certain stress busters therefore everybody can find a path to inner peace. To begin with‚ doing sports can really help to deal with stress‚ for example yoga or jogging. That is because while doing exercises you relax‚ it’s like meditation‚ you just switch off and forget about all problems concentrating on your body. Secondly‚ having an early night is very beneficial if you are extremely exhausted as it gives opportunity to your organism to regain balance from intensive working day
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of this we was taught how to read and to write while most others are unable to do these (Hesse 54). This follows the Indian cultures because being tough how to be a priest from a young age‚ you would learn these tools as a way of teaching others. Meditation is used to clear the mind for tranquillity or insight (Partridge
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flow because it indicates someone who does the same things as others. This forces a person to be trapped in the “average” category of people in the world. Whereas‚ in Zen Buddhism‚ as stated by BBC‚ “The first step is to control our minds through meditation…” (“Zen Buddhism”). This quote implies that a person has to learn to control one’s mind to enable oneself to make alterations to certain events happening in life if it is not on the right course to success. Therefore‚ a person who chooses to follow
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