Soto v. Rinzai Zen Buddhism The practice of Zen Buddhism in Japan was developed through Mahayana Buddhism in China and inspired by the travels and teachings of Dogen and Eisai. Dogen who became a well-respected monk‚ founded the Zen Soto school with emphasis on shikantaza. To put it simply‚ Soto schools focus on the art of meditation by just sitting silently without goals or specific intention. Those who have faith that all beings are essentially Buddha practice the art of sitting. Shikantaza is
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In The Crossing‚ a book by Gary Paulsen‚ a boy named Manny Bustos is trying to overcome the challenges of crossing the border between Mexico and the United States. Manny‚ a 14 year-old homeless boy thinks that if he can cross the border his life will be good forever. He is right that he will be able to get a job and be able to do fine. He will be fine if he is able to make it to America because if he is able to survive in the harsh conditions of Juarez‚ Mexico such as fights‚ drunken soldiers‚ older
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In chapter four of Gary Paulsen’s Nightjohn‚ a slave named Alice was caught walking into the White House. Waller‚ the slave owner‚ doesn’t allow slaves in the White House so he whipped her until her back was ripped and bleeding. Sarny‚ the narrator‚ recalled a story about a slave name Jim. Jim tried to escape during the night but the next morning Waller set after him with the dogs. Waller feeds the dogs blood things that make them mean. Jim climbed a tree but the tree wasn’t good enough; the dogs
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Hernando De Soto was the first to see the Mississippi river? De Soto was born in Spain. He might was born in the year 1496 or 1501. His real name is Fernando. In 1539 De Soto and his men went ashore at Tampa Bay Florida. He grew wealthy as a trader as a trader of Indian slaves. Hernando sailed for Spain. He started from Spain. He went to Tampa Bay. He discovers the Mississippi river. It ended when he was going back to the Mississippi river. His death is on May 21‚ 1542. De Soto joined the
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In the novel Hatchet‚ by Gary Paulsen the theme is survival of the fittest. In Hatchet‚ by Gary Paulsen the book binds you to continue reading it until the very end. It like you are there with Brian and had a very descriptive image what it would look like standing next to him. “ A book is a magical thing that lets you travel to far-away places without leaving your chair” - Katrina Mayer. The plot of Hatchet‚ by Gary Paulsen is very interesting because of how you could imagine yourself right
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Hatchet In the book‚ Hatchet by Gary Paulsen‚ a thirteen year old named Brian Robeson is flying on a plane from his Mom’s house‚ in the USA‚ to his Dad’s house in Canada. He’s planning to stay there for the whole summer because it was his Dad’s turn with Brian. Personally‚ I wouldn’t want to have someone taking “turns” with me‚ let alone have a divorce. Earlier‚ before the flight‚ Brian’s Mom gave Brian a hatchet‚ “For the trip” she had said. The pilot slammed back into his seat scaring the
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over vanilla then vanilla is lost. For every choice there is a consequence and a beneficial factor‚ the decision is presented and the question is are the consequences of our actions minimal enough that they may be overlooked? The story NightJohn by Gary Paulsen tells the story of a young girl and her so called family in the midst of slavery‚ the girl’s name is Sarny and she desires knowledge but in such a time as slavery the cost for knowledge is extremely high‚ as high as death sometimes. The choice
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In the modern day book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen‚ the author takes us on a descriptive journey through the Canadian wilderness. Brian the main character is still getting over his parents divorce and his dad not living with him anymore. After Brian’s mom drops him off at an airport Brian encounters many obstacles. As we follow Brian through this dramatic book‚ we learn that when it comes to survival‚ there is no limit on what a person can do. When Brian aboards the rusty bush plane after Brian’s mother
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Fort just came running into the house screaming at me that Betsy slapped one of the cows and it kicked Adam across the grassy field behind the house. This isn’t old news… I go out there hearing Adams four year old screams‚ while hes laying in the grass gripping onto his stomach. This happened about 7 years ago right after Fort was born but the cow kicked George. It happened the same way too. Our family friend‚ Frank‚ Slapped our cow because it tried eating his shoe and the cow got angry and
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Gary Stanley Becker was an American economist born in Pottsville‚ Pennsylvania in 1930. Becker is described by the New York Times as “the most important social scientist in the past 50 years and possibly longer” (Wolfers 2014). Over his career‚ he made astonishing accomplishments that no other economics have made. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science in 1992‚ was the Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the University Professor of Economics and
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