The society and culture of Pakistan (Urdu: ثقافت پاکستان ) comprises numerous diverse cultures and ethnic groups: the Punjabis‚ Kashmiri and Sindhis in the east; the tribal cultures of the Baloch and Pashtun in the west; and the ancient Dardic and Tajik communities in the north. These Pakistani cultures have been greatly influenced by many of the surrounding countries’ cultures‚ such as the Turkish‚ Persian‚ Afghan‚ and Indians of South Asia‚ Central Asia and the Middle East. In ancient times
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Find Mr. Krishnamurthy and tell him you want B-Cube. 2) The corner most point of the college. Resembles a railway compartment 3) Ranging from tea‚ coffee‚ curd rice. This favorite hangout of all the bunkers cannot be missed. 1) ‘Tibet of MES’. Think Creative. Asking around wouldn’t help! 2) Agronomy‚ Bryology‚ Dendrology‚ Mycology‚ Phycology are some of the sub-disciplines of this discipline. 3) This department is also called as ‘Plant Science’ or ‘Plant Biology’
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branch is the Hugli‚ which‚ flows through the city of Kolkata. The other branch enters Bangladesh and is known as the Padma. There are many holy cities in the Ganga basin. Find their names. 3. The Brahmaputra basin: The Brahmaputra River rises in Tibet and enters India from the east. It flows through a narrow valley in Assam. Here‚ the river is always flooded in the rainy season. It enters Bangladesh and joins River Padma. The Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers together from the largest delta in the world
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STUDY GUIDE – MIDTERM EXAM – SSCI 165 Terms: --Spatial --Functional Specialization --Scale --Agrarian & Industrial Revolutions --Realm --ASEAN --Region --Supranational Organizations --Formal & Functional Region
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Mahayana Buddhism is on of the two most practiced sects of Buddhism; Mahayana Buddhism is more closely related to religion. In Mahayana Buddhism‚ followers view Buddha as one of their deities or god-like beings and hold many religious beliefs and practices. The other common type of Buddhism is the Primary Buddhism‚ otherwise known as Theravada Buddhism; Buddha is viewed as a wise teacher in Theravada Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism‚ although based on the same principles and beliefs
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When you look at Buddhist art‚ the Buddha‚ often in the form of Shakyamuni Buddha‚ express peace and he sits and meditate. It brings the audience in a ethereal state because one can feel connected to the Buddha‚ and his “ultimate reality.” However‚ this does not simply gears towards only to Buddha Shakyamuni‚ but also the other Buddhas that exist under Buddhism. Ultimate reality in Buddhism is not a physical place‚ rather it is a psychological and spiritual state that an individual would achieve
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Buddhism is a spiritual tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development and the attainment of a deep insight into the true nature of life. There are 376 million followers worldwide. Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana‚ following the path of the Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC. There is no belief in a personal god. Buddhists believe that nothing is fixed or permanent and that change is always possible. The path to
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Utopia through Materials? Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a novel about a materialistic society that has forgotten social interaction with each other. This materialistic society is where Bradbury believed society today is headed. The materialistic society in Fahrenheit 451 created through Bradbury’s cynic views of society. His views of society are over-exaggerated in contrast with today’s events‚ especially in the areas of censorship and media mediocrity. The purpose of
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family circle of a deity and his or her emotions; the architectural circle of the deity’s mansion and grounds; and the cosmic circle of the universe itself”(Cozort 9). Geshe Thubten Loden said in his lecture‚ "The Symbolism of the Sand Mandala"‚ in Tibet‚ a mandala is called kyil-khor which means the center and surrounding. A mandala is circular in shape and looks like an intricate and elaborate piece of artwork. The act of creating a mandala is a type of ritual performed within the Buddhist religion
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Ancient China In ancient Chinese cosmology‚ the universe was created not by divinities but self-generated from the interplay of nature’s basic duality: the active‚ light‚ dry‚ warm‚ positive‚ masculine yang and the passive‚ dark‚ cold‚ moist‚ negative yin. All things‚ animate and inanimate‚ and all circumstances were a combination of these fundamentals. The ultimate principle of the universe was the tao‚ "the way‚" and it determined the proper proportions of yin and yang in everything. Anything
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