wisdom)at heart seated on a moon disk -imagines moon disk in center of heart‚ then the letters of the heart sutra -the letters of the sutra radiate both light and their own sound‚ serving as offerings to the Buddhas and bodhisattva: alleviate and purify the sufferings and purify all those gathered for thr performance of the rite as the lama contemplates the meaning of emptiness -when recited the sutra standard offerings are made: ablution‚ flowers‚ incense‚ lamps‚
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ASAS Mysore B.Sc Visual Media Nirmal‚ Vishnu Menon 0ctober 13 ‚2014 [ The Timeless Vedas ] A brief description on Vedic literature‚ its structure and content. The Timeless Vedas Compiled by Nirmal and Vishnu Menon B.Sc Visual Media ASAS Mysore Preface The Vedas are divine and eternal. The Vedas are truly considered to be boundless repository of “knowledge par excellence”. Ours is a humble effort in briefing about Vedas. An attempt like this is similar to sipping handful
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Performances Act in 1876. After Indian independence in 1947‚ theatres spread throughout India as one of the means of entertainment. Sanskrit Drama The earliest-surviving fragments of Sanskrit drama date from the 1st century CE. The Mahābhāṣya by Patañjali contains the earliest reference to what may have been the seeds of Sanskrit drama. The major source of evidence for Sanskrit theatre is A Treatise on Theatre (Nātyaśāstra)‚ a compendium whose date of composition is uncertain (estimates range from
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A Book Review of The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch This book review will identify the important origins of Ch’an Buddhism in China through The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch‚ which has been edited and transcribed by Phillip Yampolsky. This book provides the most accurate origins of the Tun-huang text‚ which was found in a “sealed cave in Central Asia” (Yampolsky 5). This authentication of the text defines the origins of the Lankavatar School‚ which identifies a story of the Buddha
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Commandments of Christianity. The Sutra on Totality: This verse was specifically dedicated to the monks or devoted followers of Buddhism. It revealed the secret to life’s totality‚ almost as if it were answering the question on the meaning of life itself. The Sutra said that totality is to basically use all of your senses and its maximal potential. There could be other interpretations of this‚ but the Sutra also stated that any other claims of totality are false. The Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing:
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Religious studies 1 EDT303Q 1 UNIT 1 – Welcome to the world of Religions 1 UNIT 2 - Overview of the religious history of humankind 1 UNIT 3 – Points of departure 1 UNIT 4 – African Religions 3 UNIT 5 – San‚ Batswana & Amazulu 3 UNIT 7-9 – Hinduism 4 UNIT 10-12 – Buddhism 7 UNIT 13-15 - Judaism 9 UNIT 16-18 – Christianity 10 UNIT 19-21 – Islam 12 Religious studies EDT303Q UNIT 1 – Welcome to the world of Religions Pluralistic world – many religions Religion – something referring to God Throughout
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drove the movement of Buddhist beliefs and ideas across China‚ and most of Eastern Asia. The idea of Upaya is noted in the Lotus Sutra. Sutra refers to a text or a collection of texts with religious values and meanings. Most Sutras in Buddhism were written on books of palm leaves sewn together with thread. The Lotus Sutra was written between 100 BC and 100 AD. This Sutra talks
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Regarded by some historians as the "oldest living civilization of Earth"‚ the Indian tradition dates back to 8‚000 BC and has a continuous recorded history for over 2‚500 years. Several elements of India’s diverse culture — such as Indian religions‚ yóga and Indian cuisine — have had a profound impact across the world. Religions and spirituality Close-up of a statue depicting Maitreya at the Thikse Monastery in Ladakh‚ India. Dharmic religions‚ such as Hinduism and Buddhism‚ are indigenous to
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orthodox systems (astika‚ those systems that recognize vedic authority) of Hindu philosophy. The major text of this Vedic school is the extant Samkhya Karika. There are no purely Sankhya schools existing today in Hinduism‚ but its influence is felt in the Yoga and Vedanta schools. Samkhya is an enumerationist philosophy that is strongly dualist. Samkhya philosophy regards the universe as consisting of two realities: Purusha (consciousness) and Prakriti (phenomenal realm of matter). They are the experiencer
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National Youth Day is celebrated in India on 12 January on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda. In 1984‚ the Government of India declared and decided to observe the birthday of Swami Vivekananda (12 January‚ according to the English calendar) as a National Youth Day every year from 1985 onwards. To quote from the Government of India ’s communication‚ ’it was felt that the philosophy of Swamiji and the ideals for which he lived and worked could be a great source of inspiration for the Indian Youth
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