Comparison of Christianity and Taoism through the concept of Zen By Joe Sowatzke For Dr. B. David Burke HUM 202.100 Philosophy of Religion Elgin Community College December 8‚ 2011 Within our westernized culture‚ it is easy to think that a culture other than ours is completely different‚ especially when it comes to religion. However‚ there can be key similarities between two presumably different religions. For example Judaism and Islam have many key similarities seeing is
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cleaning. Between rounds‚ I have free time—then I read or write. One night last winter at 2:30 in the morning‚ I was fighting sleep. I stared at the wall clock. The second hand clicked forward like slow drips from a faucet. I was reading Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. My eyes kept losing focus. The book lay open in front of me—Pirsig on a motorcycle trip. Troubled thoughts bubbled.
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in high school and was recruited to North Dakota University to play basketball after graduation. While attending the college‚ Phil helped his team win third-and fourth-place finishes in the NCAA Division II championships. Jackson was known as the “Zen Master” to the game of basketball. In 1967‚ Phil Jackson was drafted
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Natalia Cooper Mrs. McGreevy Period 5 7 January 2014 TOK Winter Break Assignments Chapter 10: To me what is appealing about science is that it provides insight and a chance of understanding the world in which I live – however the detail in which Phaedrus studies each hypothesis and how his curiosity and list of hypotheses to test grows is what I do not like about science. I am not a rather curious or imaginative person and I see no purpose in studying the world in such depth…some of the complicated
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I used to think that I knew what quality was. But after reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance‚ I realized I hadn’t even scratched the surface as to what quality really is. As Pirsig has said‚ quality cannot even be defined since it precedes every intellectual construction of it. Although this may be true‚ I will attempt to do so for the sake of this paper‚ both in terms of romantic and classical viewpoints. In reading my paper‚ I hope people can better understand where they stand on the
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are key principles in Zen Buddhism. These themes include: the importance of balance‚ the disapproval of logical thinking‚ and enlightenment. Salinger was questioning his religious views after the war. He turned to Zen Buddhism as his new perspective on life. You can tell his stories were influenced by his religion because most of the common themes throughout Nine Stories‚ a short story cycle‚ represent Zen ways of thinking. If a reader did not have a basic understanding of Zen Buddhism they may have
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part voyage of self-discovery could‚ on the face of it be said to have been conceived and executed pretty much along the lines of Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. 1 However there are a number of subtle differences in style and approach‚ which I believe distances this book somewhat from Mr. Pirsig’s seminal work. Whilst Zen catalogues one man’s personal odyssey both literally and philosophically‚ Miss Pierson’s journey not only encompasses those liberally sampled intellectual
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contrast appeals to the audience on a physical and emotional level‚ providing a much more immediate experience than traditional theatre” ~ (Artmedia Publishing in Zen Zen Zo’s “The Tempest” Teacher’s Notes) “…Then you realise that theatre is a more personal experience.” (Stephen Atkins‚ Dante’s Inferno Director) After viewing Zen Zen Zo’s physical theatre reincarnation of the philosophical poem‚ Inferno by Dante Alighieri ‚ it was clear that the combinations of various dramatic languages ultimately
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It is estimated that 1.2 million people and 40 percent of those people living in Southern California make up the Buddhist population in America. Saying that‚ California also has the most temples out of any state in America with 435 . Recently‚ many Zen Buddhist Centers have been related to scandals across the United States. There has been over 9 sex scandals that have happened in over the last 30 years (Eck 2001). However‚ there has been good things that have happened recent years as well. In 2006
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Religions And Japanese Culture Many religions are popular within the Japanese culture. Two of the most influential religions‚ Shinto and Buddhism that help shaped a lot of Japanese values are Shinto and Buddhism‚ played a large role in shaping Japanese values. Numerous similarities and differences run between these two religions; nonetheless‚ the Japanese often believe in more than one religion at the same time. This is possible due to the polytheistic nature of most popular religions in Japan
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