Before the Communist takeover of China the country’s culture was heavily shaped by Buddhism‚ Taoism and Confucianism. During the Cultural Revolution in China‚ religion was condemned and many religious symbols and temples were destroyed‚ but recently it has been allowed to be practiced again. In China‚ there are five major religions that are recognized by the government. These religions include Buddhism‚ Taoism‚ Islam‚ Catholicism and Christianity. Religious groups have to be registered with the government
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Dharma is the teaching and doctrine of the Buddha‚ which include the Four Noble Truths – the most fundamental Buddhist doctrine. The Third Truth explains nirvana as cessation; the cessation of craving. “When these effects of the chain of causation are ended one by one‚ he at last‚ being free from all strain and substratum‚ will pass into blissful Nirvana.”[1] In effect once you can end suffering caused by craving you can attain Nirvana‚ this is not parinirvana (final nirvana) like the Buddha achieved;
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Permanence of Impermanence Imagine a snowflake falling down from the heavens‚ from at least 3‚000 feet above the ground to eventually land on some foreign surface unbeknownst to the flake. The plight of this single snowflake depends on many things – will this flake collide with other falling flakes? If they collide‚ will they stick together and form a larger mass of snow – or will they bounce off each other and maybe alter each other’s form due to the force of the collision? Or‚ if the flake does
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1) On Karma: Buddhism : Buddhism believes in the universality of Karma‚ which is a result of one’s action. Karma is a process‚ a consequence of one’s desire ridden actions that cling to the personality of a being as an impression of its past and determines its future. Good actions lead to good karma and bad actions to bad karma. One can address the problem of karma by following the teachings of the Buddha‚ the truths enshrined in the Dhamma and the code of conduct prescribed for the Sangha
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1. In both Buddhism and Hinduism the goal is to reach bliss otherwise know as Enlightenment or Moksha. Both Buddhist and Hindus try to accumulate as much positive karma possible. They both believe in reincarnation and believe all suffering comes from worldly desires or things. In Buddhism anyone can achieve Enlightenment‚ but in Hinduism only people in the Brahmin caste can achieve Moksha. In Buddhism there is no God‚ but in Hinduism there is many Gods. In Hinduism they believe in the caste system
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Compare and contrast Buddhism and Christianity What a similarities does Christianity and Buddhism share? Any Christian or a Buddhist will be able to tell the differences instantly but not the similarities between these two religions. Two of the most followed religions in the world today‚ Buddhism and Christianity both had an inspiring leader at different parts of the world at different time sharing similar teachings such as treating others and way of life‚ yet extremely different with Christianity
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Buddhism is one of the oldest and greatest religions of our world. It originated in the life and teachings of Siddhartha Gautama‚ an Indian Prince. Although he taught primarily in southeastern India‚ it spread to Central Asia‚ Southeast Asia‚ China‚ Korea‚ Japan‚ and eventually the rest of the world. Its teachings stress achieving enlightenment and escaping the cycle of life‚ death‚ and rebirth‚ which generate suffering. After his Awakening‚ or epiphany‚ he discovered the Four Noble Truths that would
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as long as you are mentally fit‚ that in turn provides increased physical benefits as I witnessed in the Poydras Home. From a Buddhism perspective‚ I did see a lot of suffering‚ but I saw it as something that happens to everybody and nobody is immune to it.
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Spread of Islam vs. Spread of Christianity 600 CE to 1250 CE—a time in which Islam’s golden age took place and‚ from a Eurocentric point of view‚ a time of Christian expansion and conversion—was a period of religious spread and expansion. While Islam was “spread by the sword” due to the military conquests and expansion of the Arab empire (which was predominantly Muslim)‚ Christianity had no association with a specific race or group of peoples and therefore did not spread with the purpose of expanding
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and fourth centuries B.C. were a time of worldwide intellectual ferment. It was an age of great thinkers‚ such as Socrates and Plato‚ Confucius and Laozi. In India‚ it was the age of the Buddha‚ after whose death a religion developed that eventually spread far beyond its homeland. The Gupta period‚ from the fourth to the sixth century A.D.‚ in northern India‚ sometimes referred to as a Golden Age‚ witnessed the creation of an "ideal image" of the Buddha. Related Timelines (12) Primary Thematic
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