these initiation rites hold a deep meaning in their respective societies. The Kurnai of Australia have an initiation rite for the sons of married men in their perspective villages. Within a section by A. W. Howitt‚ in Eliade’s book‚ From Primitives to Zen: A thematic Sourcebook of the History of Religions ‚ a ceremony known as the "Showing the Grandfather" is described(Eliade‚ p. 288) In this initiation the Kurnai have a formal way of bringing a man’s son into the highest‚ and most secret realm of their
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The Lotus Sutra An important Mahayana text The Mahayana Scriptures • Mahayana scriptures have their own sacred texts called sutras (pali: suttas). • Earliest Mahayana scriptures were written down in the ancient Indian language of sanskrit between the first century B.C.E. and 150 C.E. (Some scholars say they were not complete until the 5th century C.E.). There is NO belief in an oral tradition like that of Theravada Buddhists. • These were also translated into other languages such as Tibetan‚ Chinese
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TASK 2 (1) Barret’s taxonomy The Barrett Taxonomy (Clymer‚ 1968)‚ designed originally to assist classroom teachers in developing comprehension questions and / or test questions for reading‚ is especially useful for classroom questioning in other content areas as well. Therefore‚ as much or more can be gained for teacher and for students from a lesson with only a few higher level questions and the varied responses‚ since all the “facts” are checked while the students get practice in using
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Liberal Arts‚ and the Advantages of Being Useless| 1 Nicholaos Jones Department of Philosophy University of Alabama in Huntsville nick[DOT]jones[AT]uah[DOT]edu 1 Introductory Remarks The trees of the mountain bring their own destruction. The oil in the lamp burns itself. The cinnamon tree is edible‚ so it is cut down. The varnish tree is useful so it is cut apart. All know the advantage of being useful‚ but no one knows the advantage of being useless. - 莊子 [Zhuangzi] (364-290 BCE)‚ Zhuangzi‚
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Thomas W.‚ trans. 1881. Buddhist Sutras (F. Max Müller‚ ed.‚ Sacred Books of the East‚ 11). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ______‚ trans. 1880. The Questions of King Milinda‚ Part I (sbe‚ 35). Oxford: Clarendon Press. Suzuki‚ D.T. 1991. An Introduction to Zen Buddhism. New York: Grove Press. Tsunoda‚ Ryusaku. 1958. Sources of Japanese Tradition. New York: Columbia University Press.
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[Writer Name] [Supervisor Name] [Subject] [Date] Christianity vs. Jainism I have selected Christianity and Jainism‚ two of the foremost world beliefs as the two beliefs I would like to compare. I chose these two beliefs because of my familiarity with Christianity and my concern in liking to discover more about Jainism. I begun my study by liking to understand about their likenesses but completed up discovering many more about their differences. I will start by giving a short abstract on each
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The samurai is a class of highly skilled warriors‚ constantly developed in Japan after Taika reform of 646 CE. The reforms included land redistribution and heavy new taxes‚ meant to support and elaborate Chinese-style empire. Samurai is usually assigned in Japanese as bush or buke‚ were the military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan. The samurai indicate their origins to the Heian Period expedition to conquer the native Emishi people in the Tohoku Region. At the same time‚ warriors were
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picture scrolls told famous Japanese stories such as‚ ‘Tale of Genji’‚ or stories of Japanese heroes. Sometimes‚ artists created elegant portraits of nobles and monks. Both colourful Shinto religious paintings and monochrome ink landscapes created by Zen Buddhist monks were significant in the Muromachi
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PLEASE DONT COPY WORD FROM WORD.!!!!!! Chapter 13: The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan‚ Korea‚ and Vietnam Social: 1) Japan * Emperor -> aristocracy -> nobles/ warriors -> local leaders-> peasants -> farmers * Male and female barriers * Females can’t rule or get into political businesses no matter how high up you are. * Determing rank solely by birth * Men and women in aristocratic classes are mandatory to have polite behaviors * Social status was everything and
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