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    claims that Buddhism shouldn’t be taken seriously because the Confucian sages never practiced nor wrote about it. The answer basically says that all written works don’t need to be related to Confucianism‚ and that to compare sages to Buddha would be an insult to Buddha. (END OF 45 MINS) Zhi Dun‚ a Chinese scholar‚ most likely neutral on the Buddhist spread‚ stated that

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    Siddhartha Hero's Journey

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    https://prezi.com/3sjxyw7egpau/siddhartha-heros-journey/ Siddhartha is an interwar novel by Hermann Hesse. It was originally published in Germany in 1922‚ but was later published in America in 1951. The novel takes place between the fourth and seventh centuries BCE. The novel‚ Siddhartha‚ displays the troubles faced throughout Siddhartha’s life on his journey to find spiritual understanding of himself and the world. As a boy‚ Siddhartha was born a respected Brahmin; however‚ he begins to doubt

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    an attic all day with bars on the windows? In turn‚ her mental illness‚ outrageous visions‚

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    Question 1 2 out of 2 points A Mahayana legend says that Buddha was conceived when his mother dreamed that a: Answer Selected Answer:    a. white elephant entered her body Correct Answer:    a. white elephant entered her body Response Feedback: Good! Question 2 2 out of 2 points This elephant-headed deity is Shiva’s son by Parvati (Shiva’s consort). Answer Selected Answer:    b. Ganesha Correct Answer:    b. Ganesha Response Feedback: Right! Question 3 2 out of 2 points

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    official at the Tang imperial court‚ Han Yu‚ writes to his leader (document ) “Your servant begs leave to say that Buddhism is no more than a cult of the barbarian people spread to china… The Buddha was a man of the barbarians who did not speak Chinese… your servant is deeply ashamed and begs that this bone from the Buddha be given to the proper authorities to be cast into fire and water‚ that this evil be rooted out‚ and later generations spared this delusion.” Han Yu was a Confucian scholar‚ so it is

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    Buddhism

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    Buddhist religion there are many different sects with differing beliefs. For the purpose of this paper‚ I will inform you of the basic beliefs that Buddhism was founded. Buddhism revolves around one certain man popularly known as The Buddha. The legend of Buddha is about the son of an Indian war king named Siddhartha Gautama who lived from approximately 566 B.C. to 480 B.C. Siddhartha‚ having become tired of his extravagant and monetary life style‚ renounced his royalty and became a monk at the

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    wall is called the ‘Heart Sutra’. The monks wake up every day to it and have made a tradition to read the whole sutra slowly once they wake up. When the light shines through the sutras and is reflected onto the walls it looks like the teachings of Buddha are revealing themselves to the monks. The Water Moon Monastery has an eighty-meter pond that is used to symbolize the mind. Water also symbolizes purity‚ calmness‚ and clarity which are important virtues for a monk’s mind. The second sutra is

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    Buddhism Kisogotami

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    The Buddha did not just say to kisagotami that death cannot be escaped because she was distraught and was only interested in finding a way of bringing her son back to life. If the Buddha had told kisogatami directly it would only have worsened her loss. The Buddha was explaining the truth in a simple way so that she could understand it herself. He was portraying that no one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life‚ they will be disappointed. Neither those wise nor

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    Buddhism. Additionally‚ the origin date for this is around the fifth century BCE; the place where this first took place was in Bodh Gaya‚ North India‚ in which Buddha Shakyamuni (Siddhartha) found and attained enlightenment at the Bodhi Tree. Afterwards‚ Buddha started to teach the first‚ second and third Wheels of Dharma. In this course‚ Buddha was inspired by love and compassion to find lasting peace and nirvana. In present day‚ there are now a few distinctive numbers of followers‚ the number of

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    (CCC 2314). Buddhism possibly has the best record of all religions for non-violence‚ Buddhism is just as similar as they reject violence and clearly are pacifists from their teachings as Buddhists say ‘it is better to be killed than to kill’. The Buddha has advised everyone not to kill‚ whereas if a person is threatened‚ they are not allowed to kill out of self-protection only try to use their words to talk out of it. Some Buddhists are very active in promoting peace‚ where during the Vietnam War;

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