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the teaching of Buddhism to bring the student to the level of satori or enlightenment. According to D T Suzuki in An Introduction To Zen Buddhism, the word Koan “…now denotes some anecdote of an ancient master, or a dialogue between master and monks,
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Introduction
Islam and Buddhism are two distinct religious traditions that provide their own meaningful responses to the fundamental questions about life. Their views on issues relating to the possibility of a Supreme Being, the purpose of
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divine imagine facing her. On the
alter was a folded white robe with a sword upon it. A initiated member of the inner circle
lit white candles and incense while another switched on a powerful twin light to
illuminate the divinely image. The highest
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scar; there it is, plain as day (no two-level, deep meanings attached). My scar isn't external, nor, do I suppose, is it internal. Heck, I don't know what it is but all my life I know it's been my scar, my burden.
I have a problem with Christianity.
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and crisis. These crises often manifest themselves as moral dilemmas and are a part of being human. But the question that arises is what causes us to handle ourselves the way we do in those situations. Some people might say faith, but the true
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and religious traditions that originated in China. Taoism began the sixth century BCE. And Buddhism came to China from India around the second century of the Common Era. These two religions have shaped Chinese life and thought for nearly twenty-five
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rich with meaning and lessons to be learned. I found Job to be one of the most interesting accounts in the Bible, especially because it attempts to rationalize human suffering and the ways of the Lord. It seems to me that the idea came first, and a
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Religion and Personal Experience
. Thomas Merton and Mahatma Gandhi both speak of God in a personal way. They both speak of God as truth. Famous Thomas Merton, Trappist American monk,
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for a Western paradigm portrays
Christ as a warrior. The Anglo-Saxon tradions emphasises Christainity as a herioc code,
yet sometimes contradicting to traditional Christain values. Is Beowulf a Christain poem?
Luke 11:4. Forgiveness, an important
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is displayed through a
terrifying account of a Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy
into an agonized witness to the death of his family, his innocence, and his
God. Night is similar to All Quiet on the Western Front in a number of
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