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    Selflessness Notes

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    Almost everyone‚ when confronted with the idea of Dependent Origination and Impermanence‚ still feels they have a personal ’essence’ which is unchanging. In Buddhist teaching this sense of personal self is interchangeably called Ego. In fact‚ the self does not exist as we experience it and relate to it. It too is impermanent‚ in a constant state of formation‚ and continually dependent on other factors. What we experience as self is actually just input from our five senses (sight‚ hearing

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    Selflessness In Beowulf

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    leadership‚ and selflessness is literally‚ “the stuff of legend”. Each of these are characteristics‚ we in the modern world still see as essential to a hero. Beowulf’s courage was shown time and time again. From the battles with the stealthy Grendel and his vengeful mother‚ to his final moments battling the

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    An Act of Selflessness

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    When I swim past this secret chamber‚ an incident which happened five years ago will uncontrollably appear in my mind. This was what happened then… “Yay! We’ve won again!” The school of baby angelfish exclaimed excitedly. “Okay‚ okay.” I‚ the dolphin‚ said reluctantly. The baby angelfishes cheered once again. “Hey‚ what’s that sound?” I asked‚ curiously. My eyes wandered around‚ and an enormous creature greeted my eyes. I retreated into my world of silence as I tried to think of a way to

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    Selfishness is seen as someone who is self absorbed‚ negligent on the needs of others‚ and only cares for oneself. Selflessness‚ on the other hand‚ is otherwise. I understood the reason why people are selfless because acts of kindness towards other people feel good. Selfless people tend to do it because of the rewards they reap after feeding the hungry‚ donating money‚ etc. They feel good about themselves. Isn’t that a selfish trait? The person did the good deed because he/she cared for himself ultimately

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    Anne Frank Selflessness

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    and a third person point of view. Anne states in her diary that “in spite of everything‚ I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Anne is correct‚ which is shown through the Franks’ kindness‚ President Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler’s selflessness‚ but proven wrong by the Fire in Reichstag‚ and then right again with Miep and Mr. Kraler’s

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    Even though it may appear Beowulf acts for selfish reasons‚ or to increase his fame‚ he is actually committed to justice proving his selflessness. Throughout the book‚ Beowulf goes out of his way to help people even with all the conflicts making it hard on him. In the beginning of the book‚ he comes to the Danes and he offers to help. It states‚ “It was the end of their voyage and the Geats vaulted / over the side‚ out on to the sand‚ / and moored their ship” (224-226). From a faraway land came Beowulf

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    The theme selflessness first appears in The Third Wish when Mr. Peters saves a swan. First‚ Mr. Peters makes sure this swan is fine. For instance‚ the text says‚ “ Mr. Peters wanted to make sure that the swan was all right and had suffered no Injuries in its struggles.” Mr. Peters wants to make sure that the swan is okay. even if he doesn’t know he will get three wishes. As Leta grows older she starts complaining that she misses her sister at her old life. Mr. Peters wife Leta‚ complains about

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    Impermanence‚ Selflessness‚ and Dissatisfaction Buddhism is neither a religion nor a philosophy‚ but rather a way of life. This does not imply that Buddhism is nothing more than an ethical code: it is a way of moral‚ spiritual and intellectual training leading to complete freedom of the mind. (DeSilva‚ 1991:p 5). Of the many Buddhist sects‚ Zen Buddhism places particular emphasis on living ‘the right ’ life‚ and does not revolve around rite and ritual. Buddhism outlines the three characteristics

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    Selflessness and the Ages Throughout "The Grapes of Wrath"‚ the Joad family repeatedly crosses the paths of families in need‚ and the Joads help them out nearly every time. For the Joads it’s almost a requirement‚ an obligation to help those they can. Why do people help each other? Has this changed any since the 1930’s? There seems to be an inexhaustible number of reasons that one person might go out of his way to assist another. One of the more interesting of these is to give to soothe

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    The greatest achievement is selflessness. -Buddha Buddhism is a religion of free thoughts and practices‚ one that tries to point humanity in the right direction when it comes to alleviating suffering. Buddha was a great prince but left that life to find the answers to life. He wanted to know why we have to suffer and why does death take us way‚ so he meditated for 6years under a fig tree. After enlightenment he teaches the four noble truths that I agree

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