Buddhism Buddha taught that in order to live a life that is free from pain and suffering people must eliminate any attachments to worldly goods. Only then will they gain a kind of peace and happiness. They must rid themselves of greed, hatred, and ignorance. They strive to cultivate four attitudes, loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. The basic moral code prohibi

Buddhism BUDDHISM Buddhism is one of the biggest religions founded in India in the 6th and 5th cent. BC by Siddhartha Gautama, called the Buddha. One of the great Asian religions teaches the practice of the observance of moral precepts. The basic doctrines include the four noble truths taught by the Buddha. Since it was first introduced into China from India, Buddhism has had a histor

Buddhism “Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religions for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology, it covers both the natural and spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.” (Albert Einstein) Known as one of the world’s great re

Buddhism Buddhism Buddhism to me has always seemed to be something similar to that of a fairytale. Not knowing much about the religion, I couldn’t understand how you could live happily ever after by looking up to a fat guy and making weird chanting sounds to who knows who. Needless to say, for my exploration of culture, I chose Buddhism. To pursue my study, I attended a class at t

Buddhism To summarise, once we are able to recognise what suffering really is, then we can start to remove its causes. To stop these activities that have no merits, we have to “dig out the root of defilement” (Cush, 1994). To eradicate personal defilement, one needs to remove their heart, which is this belief in a self. If one does that, then one will eventually come to realise the wisdo

Buddhism Buddhism is one of the biggest religion founded in India in the 6th and 5th cent. B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama, called the Buddha. One of the great Asian religions, it teaches the practice of and the observance of moral precepts. The basic doctrines include the four noble truths taught by the Buddha. Since it was first introduced into China from India, Buddhism has had a history w

Buddhism Beliefnet and Buddhism As I entered the online realm of www.beliefnet.com, I actually found a place for myself there. The website has pages upon pages of all different religions, ranging from Baha’I to Zoroastrianism. With yoga being a hobby of mine, I chose to explore Beliefnet’s page about Buddhism. There were many different links on the Buddhism page that included: “

Buddhism Throughout history, Buddhism was a central component of the development of Chinese and Japanese societies. Although Buddhism was a defining characteristic in both societies, it did not endure the same experiences in China as it did Japan due to differences in social and political aspects. In China, Buddhism underwent a short period of popularity during the Tang dynasty and lat

Buddhism The Bhagavad Gita is a very unique scripture. When I read it, it showed me in a very comprehensive way, the very soul of the ancient vedic religion of India. In its seven hundred verses, it holds a very important message for us and for all mankind to come. It contains a revelation of an age-old mystery of man (existence of universe and God). It gives us practical instructions on

Buddhism THE story of Gautama, the Buddha (the enlightened one), is well known. He expounded the four noble truths (Arya Satya) concerning suffering, its cause, its destruction and the way to the elimination of sorrow. He was against the extremes of both self-indulgence and self-mortification. A Middle Path was advocated consisting of right views, right aspirations, right speech, right c

Buddhism In America E Pluribus Unum, a phrase that we hear more and more ever since September 11th. By now we all know its meaning, “From Many, One”. This phrase applies more today than ever. Today our cultural differences are magnified with the new immigration. It’s not just Swedes and Italians, Lutherans and Catholics, but Russian and Iranian Jews, Pakistani and Bengali Muslims, T

Buddhism Vs Christianity Buddhism Buddhism to me has always seemed to be something similar to that of a fairytale. Not knowing much about the religion, I couldn’t understand how you could live happily ever after by looking up to a fat guy and making weird chanting sounds to who knows who. Needless to say, for my exploration of culture, I chose Buddhism. To pursue my study, I atten

Buddhism Buddha (563' -483' BC). Indian Philosopher and the founder of Buddhism, born in Kapilavastu, India, just inside present-day Nepal. The name Gautama Buddha is a combination of the family name Gautama and the appellation Buddha, meaning “Enlightened One.” Buddhism was carried into Japan from Korea. It was known to the Japanese earlier, but the official date for its introduction is

Building Programs When a church grows the apparent would be that the church building grows with it, right' Well in some cases I believe this would be the best for the church, but in others all you need to do is reorganize things and continue on until you are in need a new facility. However when a church does need a new building, whether that be a new Worship Center, Family Life Center,

Abortion Abortion is when a growing foetus is removed from the womb. There are two different types of abortion, procured abortion, which is when the foetus is deliberately killed, and natural abortion, which is often known as a miscarriage, when the mother naturally loses the foetus through no fault of her own. When the mother chooses to have a procured abortion, she is given general an

By the Waters of Babylon By the Waters of Babylon By the Waters of Babylon” is a fantasy title taken from Psalm 137 in the Bible. The Psalm tells of the Israelites’ great sorrow over the destruction of their temple in Jerusalem (Zion) and the enslavement of Babylon. The Psalm opens “By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remember Zion.” Steven Vincent Benet,

Byzantine Catholic Church Visit Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Parish (a reflection of mass) The divine liturgy for Sunday December 15th, 2002 was one filled with experience and amazement. As I drove up the church looked like another ordinary church which I had attended many. As I approached the church I walked through the main doors and there was a small lobby where a few people wa

Byzantine Church We learn much about people from being in their homes, and we can learn about the Eastern Christian community by seeing the place where they express their relationship to God and to each other. The church building, then, helps us, see the church. It shows what the Church is about, being a communion of God and His people. The Narthex, which is the entrance Hall, shows

C. S. Lewis There are a few grammer mistakes but this is a good paper on Lewis and his book lion the witch and the wardrobe. C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis is a writer of Christian literature. He wrote The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in 1950. C.S. Lewis, Chri

Calvinism Calvinism is a belief in that man is totally depraved, there is an unconditional election, only limited atonement, God’s grace is irresistible, and belief in the perseverance of the saints. Although some of these beliefs maybe true somewhat, they are for the most part against the teachings of God found in the Bible. This paper will help show you what I have found to be true acc

Can Religion Now Dispense With God Can religion now dispense with God' This might well seem to many to be a particularly stupid question somewhat akin to the suggestion that trade unionism can dispense with politics for instance, to conceive of a religion without a god is ludicrous. However it can be argued that from the beginning Christianity has been modelling itself to a philosoph

Capital Punishment In The Religious Perspective Capital Punishment in the Religious Perspective Some Christians believe that capital punishment does not apply to the New Testament and church age. First we must acknowledge that God gave the principle of capital punishment even before the institution of the Old Testament law code. In Genesis 9:6 we read that "Whoever sheds man's blood by

Catholic Abuse In the wake of the current scandal over child abuse by priests, I received a letter from an American woman in her mid-forties who was brought up Roman Catholic. She has two strong recollections from when she was seven. She was sexually abused by her parish priest in his car. And around the same time, a little school friend of hers, who had t

Catholicism In Irish Literature Irish literature involves largely the prestigious Catholic religion among the people and its affect on their lives. In Angela’s Ashes and in Great Irish Short Stories, the word of the priest was not one to argue against and the Catholic teachings and Bible were a way of life. Due to the rule and power of the Catholic Church over the Irish community, sexual

Catholicisms View On Life After Death Catholicism’s beliefs in Afterlife Roman Catholicism has been around for a long time, nearly 2000 years. Due to this long history, tradition plays a very important role in this belief. Roman Catholicism’s distinctive tradition is the backbone to their beliefs and rituals of death and afterlife. These beliefs explain to them the ways to achieve t

Catholisicism By: Dick Blizzy Richard A. Ballard T-Th 5:00-6:15 pm Asteroids In our solar system today there are over 30,000 asteroids flying around in all direction colliding with other asteroids and planets, without a care about the destruction they might convey. Our planet Earth is caught right in the middle of all of this action and is liable to entire extinction of any life form

A Hindu Creation Story: Rig Veda A Hindu Creation Story: Rig Veda The story of creation as depicted by the Hindu religion is very similar to that of Christianity. In both religions there is the presence of an almighty being that is responsible for the creation of life. The act of sacrifice by these almighty gods allows for the world to evolve. In the case of the Hindu, the sacrifice o

Charles Spurgeon Spurgeon Heir of the Puritans by Ernest W. Bacon Spurgeon Heir of the Puritans is the biography of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, one of the greatest and most popular preaches who ever lived. Spurgeon was born on June 19, 1834, in Kelvedon, Essex, to John and Eliza Spurgeon. At the age of 18 months, for reasons unknown, Charles was sen

Cinco De Mayo Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Mexican Independence Day. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated more by Latinos in the United States, as opposed to 16 de Septiembre (September 16th), which is the day that celebrates Mexican Independence from Spain, and is the day that is celebrated in Mexico as Mexican Independence Day. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, th

Christian Forefather Of Our Country As I relaxed upon the couch a few days ago and began to read the freshly printed pages of Catherin Millard’s The Rewriting of America’s History I began to feel as warm and cozy about our countries past and the role Christianity played in it as the freshly printed paper in my hands. It seems Millard set out to find this “lost chapter” in American histo