Teachings of the Buddha Summary and Reaction The book “Teachings of the Buddha” edited by Jack Kornfield is a collection of many stories drawn from popular sources of Indian‚ Tibetan‚ Chinese‚ and Japanese literature. Its short writings‚ poems‚ and drawings captured the essence of Buddhism‚ and helped Buddhists learn more about the path to Enlightenment. I have carefully chosen several of these short versus from the book‚ which I thought reflected the teachings nicely‚ and also intrigued me as
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from a Buddhist and Christian Point of View "You will be with me today in paradise‚" Jesus Christ told this to the thief on the cross while they were dying. However‚ can people believe that there is truly life after death? In many different religions there are different perceptions of life after death. For example in the Buddhist religion‚ the Buddhist people believe that life is practice for death. Professor Brown‚ of California State University of Northridge stated‚ "The Buddhist people cultivate
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the unknown‚ counting the dots on the ceiling. It is unfortunate that many students today are subject to this form of teaching and learning. I believe that the most effective teaching method involves assignments that directly relate to the students’ lives‚ problem-based learning and activities that impact students physically‚ intellectually‚ socially‚ and emotionally. The teaching philosophy that includes all of these learning tools is progressivism. According to our textbook‚ “progressivism is an
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Extended Response: The Hindu Caste System The Hindu Caste System has governed the lives of the Hindu people in India for thousands of years. Today‚ the Caste System shapes society in a similar‚ perhaps more extreme‚ way as when it was first implemented. Beginning with the Aryans‚ the Caste system gradually became the social system that gives an "unchangeable" structure to the Hindu people’s lives. While this manner of living is considered taboo by westerners and people of other religions‚ it is
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that a group of people believe in and live by. In the Buddhist religion‚ the fundamental Buddhist teaching is the doctrine of conditionality. Everything is dependent on conditions nothing has a fixed and final essence and this includes ourselves. Buddhism seeks to minimize any thoughts or actions‚ that cause humans to suffer and that suffering results from the nature of the reaction to events‚ rather than necessarily the nature of those events. Buddhist scriptures provide guidelines to ethical
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I recently read your article ’Live lazy‚ live long - look at Britain’s oldest man’ that was published in ’The Guardian’ on 5th November 2012. After reading your article‚ I felt it was important to write to you explaining why I disagree with the message within your article. My first criticism is that initially you stated‚ “It seems to make sense that slow lives‚ as well as being enjoyable‚ are long lives.” I would like to point out that there is no proof that
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In grammar‚ a preposition is a part of speech that introduces a prepositional phrase or combines with a noun to form a phrase. For example‚ in the sentence "The cat sleeps on the sofa"‚ the word "on" is a preposition‚ introducing the prepositional phrase "on the sofa". In English‚ the most used prepositions are "of"‚ "to"‚ "in"‚ "for"‚ "with" and "on". Simply put‚ a preposition indicates a relation between things mentioned in a sentence. Another simpler term‚ a preposition is a prior explanation
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In Hindu mythology Kali is a fertility goddess and a goddess of time. Kali is a protector and often protects humans during disasters. In Egyptian mythology Bastet is the goddess of fertility‚ childbirth‚ and cats. Besides being in different culture the two gods have some other differences and similarities in their appearance‚ origin‚ and role. Kali has a terrifying appearance. Her skin color is originally black‚ she usually does not wear any clothes‚ is very thin‚ and has long‚ messy hair
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Useful Phrases for Structured Structured Monologue M. Platonova "Materials for the Speaking Part of the Centralised Exam" Structuring When delivering a structured monologue‚ one of the ways to begin your presentation is to outline its structure‚ using one of the following phrases: I’ve divided my presentation/speech into three (main) parts. In my presentation/speech I’ll focus on three major issues. M. Platonova "Materials for the Speaking Part of the Centralised Exam" Effective
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j01trl~lff ELSEVIER Journal of Pragmatics 29 (1998) 155-171 The noun phrase in advertising English* Susan Rush Fonds Gustave Guillaume‚ Ddpartement de langues et linguistique‚ Facult~ des Lettres‚ Pavillon Charles-de Koni.~ck‚ Universit~ Laval‚ Quebec G1K 7P4‚ Canada Received 17 August 1995; revised version 7 April 1997 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to give a formal description of two unusual features of the noun phrase in English print advertising: its ability to operate as an independent
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