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    of Tashi Lhunpo monastery? Secondly‚ he speaks through a human medium. He said to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at Dromo Dhungkar Monastery in 1951 he came directly from the pure land of Lama Tsonkapa. Kyabje Pabongka also wrote it in the Life entrustment ritual that he is the one who comes from the pure land of Je Tsonkapa. If it is so easy for him to go directly to the heavenly abode of Lama Tsonkapa as he pleases‚ then how come that he could not enter Tashi Lhunpo monastery where there is

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    negative ways by Buddhism’s societal role. -One of the most direct influences was the change in economy due to the creation of Buddhist monasteries by the government. Most emperors of the fifth and sixth centuries‚ including emperors who otherwise appeared to hold Buddhism in a low esteem‚ spent large amounts of time‚ money and resources to building extravagant monasteries. -Exaggerated spending and utilization of resources taxed the economy heavily. -The common people‚ whose labor was used to create

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    In this essay I am going to try and find out why King Henry VIII created the Church of England. In 1532 he broke with papal authority and announced himself head of the church in England‚ in 1533 the Church of England was created and in 1535 monasteries were closed. There are many arguments to do with economics‚ power‚ popularity‚ religion and finally succession and his personal life. Henry did not believe that any woman would be fit to rule the land. Henry’s first wife was Catherine of Aragon and

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    Persecution” as important agent in the history of India. This voice is prominent in H.D. Sankalia’s book where he advocated “a death blow was given by the mighty- blood- smeared hand of Islam.” The series of attack that uprooted not only Buddhist monasteries by the Turks and Arabs but certain places were literally wiped out of existence. Dharmasvamin’s account of the Doom of Nalanda in the hand of Muslim invaders‚ but still he points out that teaching and learning were going on at least over the

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    extended power towards central Asia‚ causing the ties between China and central Asia to grow. A Chinese monk by the name of Xuan Zang went to India‚ returning with 500 crates of Buddhist literature. Buddhism became more widely known and a Chinese monastery for Buddhist teachings was formed. People began to relate to Buddhism‚ but due to poor translations‚ Taoist had to be used like fillers to understand and grasps the material about Buddhism. After the fall of Han‚ Buddhism started to attract more

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    selfish person King ruled England made enemies 1) Henry 8 was the king of England and he ruled the land in 1509 – 1547 he was known for replacing the Roman Catholic Church to create the Church of England. He was also known for nocking the monasteries down in England. He had six marriages because he was hoping for a son so the son could be a king. Henry the 8s farther henry the 7th and his mother Elizabeth of York. Henry the 8th seems to be adventurous by taking on the pope and arguing about

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    used in Tibetan prayer flags and manuscript printing processes. If China had its way‚ this term would no longer be in use. Tibetan culture is rich in heritage and custom‚ from yak hair tents atop the chang-thang plain‚ to the rich murals in the monasteries. Tibetan culture and art possesses a history of more than 5‚000 years‚ but the practice and depiction of Tibetan Buddhism has had by far the greatest influence on this culture. The development of Tibetan culture and art proceeded through four stages:

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    Why Did the Vikings invade England? During the 700’s‚ the Vikings began to raid English monasteries and churches to trade and sell. The Anglo-Saxons at the time had never seen such merciless men. In the Anglo-Saxon chronicles‚ the Vikings are described as ‘sea-borne pagans’‚ as all of the Vikings came on huge war-ships from what we would now refer to as Scandinavia. The Vikings had originally come from Sweden‚ Denmark and Norway‚ and they were certainly very vicious people. The first raids came

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    Middle Land Chan Monastery is a Buddhist Temple I visited in Pomona. Middle Land Chan Monastery was built in April of 2008 and was founded by Master Wei Chueh‚ who is also the founder of Taiwan’s famous Chung Tai Chan Monastery. Wei Chueh wanted a Buddhist temple the inland empire to broaden the Buddhist religion and wisdom. Middle land Chan Monastery welcomes any race‚ gender‚ or religion and is free to any visitor. They offer free meditation classes of all levels and age groups. They have different

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    monk. Luther entered the Augustinian Monastery at Erfurt on the 17th of July. In the monastery‚ he practiced strict order and discipline and began studying scripture intensively. He was declared a priest in 1507. Luther believed he was very sinful and always had a guilty conscience; he tried to evade it by living in the monastery but it was not very effective. Shortly after‚ in 1511‚ he received his doctor of theology degree. He started living in another monastery in Wittenberg and taught at the University

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