made the request for a female Sangha. She requested three times and was thrice refused‚ a sign of how opposed to this concept Buddha was. It was not until Mahaprajapati and many Shakaya women followed Buddha on his return to the Great Forest Monastery that a junior monk‚ Ananda‚ said he would speak to Buddha on her behalf. He did so and Buddha eventually consented if the nuns agreed to eight conditions‚ on which the subordination of nuns
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Shiva Siddhanta Founder and History of Movement Occasionally such an individual is born who‚ by following his tradition correctly and completely‚ approaches perfection and becomes a symbol to the world. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami was such a man‚ a living example of awakening and wisdom‚ a leader recognized worldwide as one of Hinduism ’s foremost ministers. Gurudeva Suvaya Subramuniyaswami was the foremost exponent and teacher of Saiva Siddhanta in the West‚ a self-realized Western spiritual
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to be the main cause of the uprisings against the king; the evidence shows that the Pilgrimage of Grace was named due to religion. Source 6 also mentions “brought to the boil by the dissolution of the smaller monasteries”. The timing of the rebellions started when the smaller monasteries were closed down and while commissioners were in progress of shutting other ones. Many monks and clergymen were now starring at homelessness and unemployment and many felt that standing up to the kings new policy
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that had previously been paid to the Church in Rome would go to Henry instead and‚ after the break‚ he sacked the Catholic monasteries of their gold and removed the Church’s land making him even richer‚ If he took over the church all of its treasury would be his. The monasteries were very rich and owned about a quarter of the land in the country‚ so he closed down the monasteries‚ took their money and sold all of the land. It was not about a divorce‚ an unlikely idea‚ but about an annulment (an invalid
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Hatshepsut’s rise of power The Idea That A woman could be a Pharaoh or a king in Ancient Egypt was obnoxious where men dominated the life of the Government. However‚ in the 1507 the wife of Thuthmose I1 the Queen Ahmose gave birth to their older daughter the woman who was historically confirmed as a Pharaoh and successfully ruled a nation for more than 20 years5 and was longest reigning female of her time 3 ‚her name was Hatshepsut which means "Foremost of Noble Women" . Hatshepsut was the wife of
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event stadiums were built out of the luxury provided. It was the most advanced civilization of it’s time. The Romans were responsible for a great many advancements. They were responsible for building aqueducts‚ roads‚ bath houses‚ walls‚ theaters‚ monasteries‚ arches and palaces. Many of these resources have lasted until this very day. The great light of the Roman Empire was said to have gone out in 476 AD‚ and thus the age of darkness is said to have begun at that point. Rome’s rule had lasted eight
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What they all have in common‚ is that rulers and leaders implemented the country to practice the religions and demand to build monuments‚ monastery‚ and art relics to promote it. For example‚ King Ashoka‚ ruler of India in the mid- Third centuries‚ promoted Buddhism in India and built The Great Stupa in Sanchi‚ India as a Buddhist monastery. Another great example is the burial mound of Qin Shi Huangdi‚ who believed in afterlife. The burial mound was constructed for preparation for the
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Not only were the monasteries flooded with precious metals‚ they also had a lot of monks to be potential slaves‚ or thrall‚ as it was called at the time in the Scandinavian lands . Though a lot of the monks were killed‚ some were also taken hostage. Even though the monasteries were filled with riches‚ some Vikings also brought farm animals and families to settle in the new lands‚ possibly because
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Hildegard Essay – Take 2 Casey Hartup – Year 12 Intro Hildegard von Bingen was a German nun during the medieval period. She contributed to the development and expression of Christianity in many ways. Hildegard was a role model for women‚ composed music and plays‚ made a stand against corruption in the Church‚ spoke publicly about sexual issues and through her vision ( which she is most famous for )created artworks for the Church. Issue 1: Preaching Tours ‘What the individual heart needs
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to donate their property to the church. The people who went to this school later become monks or nuns. They had to follow three important laws: chastity‚ obedience‚ and the law or the lord if not followed they would be thrown out of the monastery. Most monasteries had a rule of silence: monks could not talk which other except for a short period of time. During meals one monk might read passages from the bible while the others mediated. Even though monks’ lives seem to be so hard it was the best place
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