Buddhism America Essays and Term Papers
725 Essays on Buddhism America. Documents 76 - 100
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The History of Buddhism
Soon after Buddha's death or parinirvana, five hundred monks met at the first council at Rajagrha, under the leadership of Kashyapa. Upali recited the monastic code, Vinaya, as he remembered it. Ananda, Buddha's cousin, friend, and favorite disciple, and a man of prodigious memory, recited Buddha's lessons, the Sutras. The monks debated details and voted on final versions. These were then committed to memory by other monks, to be translated into the many languages of
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Dear America
Dear America, And so it has come to this. Your once-great nation has fallen into madness, an affliction of mass denial that brings shivers up the spines of millions outside your borders. Your’s is a sick nation. But most of you carry on as though nothing at all is the matter. Dark, evil operations run rampant in the secret corners of your government institutions. A dubiously constituted government pursues war at will anywhere on earth,
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America
The history of American religions is dominated by the presence of Christianity brought to the New World by European settlers. Columbus's discovery in 1492 marked the beginning of a massive "white" invasion that would consume the entire continent of North America over the next four centuries. Although Christianity manifested itself in countless denominations, it was, nevertheless, the umbrella under which most Europeans in America gathered. It served as common ground on which white settlers could
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Illiteracy in America
America, the most technologically advanced and affluent of all nations on the earth, seems to have an increasingly larger illiteracy rate every year. This has become and continues to be a critical problem throughout our society as we know it. According to the National Adult Literacy survey, 42 million adult Americans can’t read; 50 million are limited to a 4th or 5th grade reading level; one in every four teenagers drops out of high school,
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Obesity in America
Obesity in America Obesity today is a widely spread nutritional disorder that can affect anybody at any age across North America, majority of the reason being because there are so many fast food restaurants at just about every corner. With its low prices people are not going to be making the right decisions in what type of food they consume in their diet. Some examples of the junk food would be: Microwave dinners, snack foods
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Nietzsche on Buddhism
Nietzsche repeatedly refers to Buddhism as a decadent and nihilistic religion. It seems to be a textbook case of just what Nietzsche is out to remedy in human thinking. It devalues the world as illusory and merely apparent, instead looking to an underlying reality for value and meaning. Its stated goals seem to be negative and escapist, Nietzsche sometimes seems to praise certain aspects of Buddhist teaching—and some of his own core ideas bear a
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Roman Civilization and Contemporary America
Roman Civilization and Contemporary America The civilization of the Roman Republic and the Empire that followed it was the first of its kind. Earlier civilizations had been based on a more abstract worldview that led humans to be creative for the will of the gods or to preserve the institutions that fostered rational thought. Rome started as a simple, self-reliant nation made up of farmers who lived the best they could to support their families
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Buddhism and Celibacy
A Life of Celibacy; Buddhism and Sex Buddhism which just may be the most tolerant religion in the world, constitutes teachings that can coexist with almost any other religions. Buddhism began with Siddhartha Gautama who lived in northern India in the sixth or fifth century B.C.E. The religion has guidelines in two forms in which Buddhist followers must follow. These are the Four Noble Truths and the Eight fold Path. Buddha taught that man is
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Absence of Historical Sense in America
Absence of Historical Sense in America American culture focuses on the future and ignores the past. We ask our youths, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” The technology of today attempts to advance towards the future. The popular phrase “the future is now” embodies the future-centric attitude of America. George Santayana stated, “Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” While his words ring true, most Americans
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Policing in America
Policing as we know it today has developed from various political, economic, and social forces. To better understand the role of police in United States society, one has to know the history of how policing became what it is today. The following paper discusses the views of the historical context of police which helps us better understand how political, economic, and social forces have shaped the social institution of policing. First, in "The Evolving Strategy
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Is Wal-Mart Bad for America?
In 1962, Wal-Mart opened their first store in Rogers, Arkansas. In 1970, Wal-Mart’s first distribution center and home office in Bentonville, Ark. open and Wal-Mart went public on the New York Stock Exchange. Just nine years from that, Wal-Mart’s annual sales exceeded one billion dollars. In 1988, Wal-Mart super centers opened across the country. In a merely three years from that, Wal-Mart opened their own store in Mexico City, Mexico; making Wal-Mart an international corporation.
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Comparing and Contrasting Female Figures from Ancient Mesopotamia and Central America
Running head: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING FEMALE FIGURES FROM ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA AND CENTRAL AMERICA Comparing and Contrasting Female Figures from Ancient Mesopotamia and Central America Jose Limardo March 31, 2007 The Female figurine from the Halaf period (6th millennium B.C.) shown here, (http://www.louvre.fr/media/repository/ressources/sources/illustration/atlas/image_65162_v2_m565769830698503.jpg,) is a full-round, painted terracotta sculpture measuring 8.2 cm (3.2 in.) tall by 5 cm (2 in.) wide by 5.4 cm (2.13 in.) in depth. This symmetrical and smooth textured sculpture depicts a
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Latin America - Colonialism and Dependence
Colonialism and Dependence In "Imperialism, the Highest State of Capitalism", Lenin warned, in refuting Kautsky, that the domination of finance capital not only does not lessen the inequalities and contradictions present in the world economy, but on the contrary accentuates them. Time has passed and proven him right. The inequalities have become sharper. Historical research has shown that the distance that separated the standard of living in the wealthy countries from that of the poor
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Immigration in America
Immigration in America “…Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” (Lazarus l.10-12). These powerful words are inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, which extend an invitation to immigrants who desire to seek a better life in America. Many immigrants come to the United States with a vision of improving their lives by taking advantage of America’s many positive qualities. Immigration to the United States is one
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Jazz: America’s Classical
Jazz has been called, among other things, America’s “only original form,” showing it’s clear cultural roots in America. In addition, jazz historians have touted jazz’s pedigree as “American’s Classical Music.” An appreciation and analysis of jazz history forces one to question both the “American” and “Classical” descriptors that past historians have used to label jazz music. Using primarily sources such as “From Somewhere in France” by Charles Delaunay and “An Interview with Wynton Marsalis”
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Dream America
America is viewed by its residences in many different perspectives it can be a nightmare to be able to survive in this country, or in an instant you can become a greater power house to our country. In America many people gain power and respect by the money they have and the connections they have made, in this perspective you can live wealthy and happy until the day you die. America’s basis is on freedom
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Comparisons of Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism
As the Greeks began to invade the Indian subcontinent, their culture slowly assimilated with that of the Indians. The overthrown dynasties were often associated with a homeland religion. For example, Chandragupta Maurya became a Jain, Ashoka (his grandson) became a Buddhist and Several Gupta emperors obsessed over Hinduism. The religions had many different appeals that attracted various social classes, branches that could support ordinary people (that couldn’t fulfill the duties of a more-sophisticated branch) and
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Regional Integration in North America
Regional Paper Steve Porter MGT 448 John Jaggi April 11, 2007 Regional Integration in North America “Regional integration is a process in which states enter into a supranational regional organization in order to increase regional cooperation and diffuse regional tensions.”(Regional, n.d.) Agrrements in regional integration can be made to reduce, and ultimately remove, tariff and non-tariff barriers to the free flow of goods, services, and factors of production between countries.(Hill, 2004 ch. 8) The
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Obesity in America: The New Epidemic
There is a huge problem spreading across this nation. It’s affecting adults and children alike. It’ this nation’s newest epidemic, it has even been compared to other epidemics such as cigarettes and drugs. The epidemic is obesity and it is sweeping the nation. Americans are now considered to be the fattest people on earth (Pollan, par. 1). The worst part about this epidemic however is not how it is affecting adults but how it is
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Buddhism
A question asked by many people is What is the difference between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism? To find the answer let us look at the history of Buddhism and compare and contrast the beliefs and philosophies of the two. The Buddah, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the 6th century B.C.E. in Northwestern India. The Buddah was the son of an aristocrat and grew up in a world of affluence and privilege. His father, Suddhodana took
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Neo-Nazi’s in America
The American Neo -Nazi movement started in the streets in the middle 1980's, in the U.S. The movement is an act to keep alive the beliefs and actions of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Regime. Believers and activist in the movement are known as Skinhead, or "Skins." Some are dresses like a lot like the original British movement, which was started by some rough looking teenagers in combat boots hanging out on the streets. The
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Facism in America
Since mainstream left-liberal media do not seriously ask this question, the analysis of what has gone wrong and where we are heading has been mostly off-base. Investigation of the kinds of under-handed, criminal tactics fascist regimes undertake to legitimize their agenda and accelerate the rate of change in their favor is dismissed as indulging in "conspiracy theory." Liberals insist that this regime must be treated under the rules of "politics as usual." But this doesn't
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Ira 2: America as a one-Party State
INTRODUCTION: Our current period of single-party dominance is the key topic of Robert Kuttner in his article “America as a One-Party State”. He lists three reasons that America could become a nation where the dominant party rules, primarily in the House of Representatives. He then states that “the internal workings” of major legislation has radically changed. The most drastic of these changes occurring since the induction of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas in
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America and the War on Drugs
Sarah Urbanek May 6, 2000 Perhaps Americans take what they have for granted and forget that there are other countries with problems. Why does America care about what is happening in other countries like Columbia, when they have their own problems with drugs? The Untied States of America has a rather large drug trafficking problem but compared to Columbia it is fairly small. To help Columbia solve their problem the U.S. senate has decided to
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Challenges Facing America
America is on the world’s leading industrial and technical giants. Despite that our country seems unconquerable; we still have pressing problems attacking the nation. High crime rates, education of our citizens, and discrimination are only a few on the list of challenges facing America today. America is a large dominant country that can’t deny it has a violent society. The problem with violence is more severe today than ever before with our young adults. A
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