THE INDIAN RELIGIONS The Indus Valley Civilization Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa (2500 – 1500 B.C.) - trade‚ commerce‚ domestic‚ sewage system‚ drainages‚ buildings‚ establishments‚ streets‚ paved roads‚ fortresses‚ urban planning‚ infrastructure‚ peaceful civilizations - indigenous Indian people – Dravidian‚ language – Dravidian or Indo-Aryan - declined between 1800 – 1700 B.C.E.‚ possibly due to the effects of flooding and drought - Aryan (‘Noble Ones’) Invasion/Migration - nomadic tribe located
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“Krsna Consciousness the Topmost Yoga System” by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This is an evaluation copy of the printed version of this book‚ and is NOT FOR RESALE. This evaluation copy is intended for personal noncommercial use only‚ under the “fair use” guidelines established by international copyright laws. You may use this electronic file to evaluate the printed version of this book‚ for your own private use‚ or for short excerpts used in academic works
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different lengths and they help to divide the city from the sacred monastery. The entrance also has an eighty-meter pond that is placed to symbolize a mind that is clear and reflects the truth. The concrete walls are made up of the two major Zen Sutras which were
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World Religions 1/31/14 Most religions are patriarchal. -Institution led by men that intend to represent “father figures.” -Women are mostly seen as supporting figures. -Women are usually supporting social causes. Negative aspects of religion: -deaths and wars -unethical and misguided -political power‚ groups of followers are able to effect political progress. -may split rather than unify -routinization of charisma leads to a focus on the outside rather than inner spirituality
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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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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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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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who speak slander against the “Right Dharma”. In Dialogue VII‚ “The Warnings of The Buddha”‚ Nichiren writes‚ “As far as Buddhist sutras are concerned‚ it can be concluded that the peace of our country will be realized if slanderers of the Right Dharma are eliminated and keepers of the Right Dharma are protected. ‘The Buddha says to [Maitreya Bodhisattva] in the same sutra: I remember that I became a king of a great country Jambudvipa in a previous existence…I heard some Brahmas slandering the great
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Buddhism whose main sutra is the Lotus Sutra. The Nichiren sect of Buddhism is any denomination of Buddhism that derives its beliefs from the teachings of the ancient Japanese teacher Nichiren. “Nichiren is comprised of more than forty different independent religious institutions. Nichiren‚ originally a monk of the Tendai doctrine did not see himself as the creator of a sect‚ nor did he give his followers a name. It was in his death that his teachings‚ based on the Lotus Sutra‚ were denominated
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