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- 161: The Different Faces of Yoga
- ... Patanjali and is probably the most well known of the different branches. At the core of this path is the eight step path to enlightenment. In many ways it resembles the eight-fold path of Buddhism. The steps in order are, yama (self-control), niyama (religious observance), asanas (body posturing), pranayama (breathing exercises), pratyahara (withdrawal from sense-desires), dharana (concentration on an object), dhyana (meditation on the Divine), and samadhi (union ...
- 162: Vegetarianism
- ... A third reason why people don't eat meat is because they feel that each animal has a right to live and should not be killed for one's intake. Religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism either require or strongly reco mmend a vegetarian diet because of the belief that they have been or could become an animal through reincarnation. Yet another reason why some choose to abstain from meat is ...
- 163: Oedipus: Fates
- Oedipus: Fates D.T. Suzuki, a renowned expert on Zen Buddhism, called attention to the topic of free will in one of his lectures by stating that it was the battle of "God versus Man, Man versus God, God versus Nature, Nature versus God, Man versus ...
- 164: Oedipus
- Oedipus D.T. Suzuki, a renowned expert on Zen Buddhism, called attention to the topic of free will in one of his lectures by stating that it was the battle of "God versus Man, Man versus God, God versus Nature, Nature versus God, Man versus ...
- 165: Thailand
- ... very happy. Thailands old name used to be Siam. Now it is Thailand or in the Thai language it is Muang Thai, which means land of the free. The main religion in Thailand is Buddhism. Ninety five percent of the people are Buddhists. They believe that Buddha (their god) lived around in the 500s or 400s B.C. His real name was Siddhartha Gautama. The people called him ...
- 166: Architecture in India
- ... be separated from eternity. By carving stone, caves and mountainsides, the artists were fusing nature and eternity with the powerful art of their day thereby glorifying the mystery in these conflicts. With the advent of Buddhism came the first historical period of this type of Indian architecture. The Indian king Asoka (250 BC) gave imperial patronage to Buddha and had many monuments built for religious purposes. The stupa, a dome shaped ...
- 167: Korea
- ... War. Neither country has shown signs of changing its ways. The differences that divide the two countries cannot be overstated. South Korea is a very open society. South Korea contains many types of practiced religion. Buddhism has the largest amount of followers. In South Korea, education is used to teach the cultural heritage of the country and to promote democratic institutions. Both education and religion are considered vital to the people ...
- 168: Thailand
- ... almost all very orthodox in their ways. They believe that pain and evil are caused by desire and that to conquer desire is to attain Nirvana. Nirvana is the highest attainable state of bliss in Buddhism, in which all desire and suffering are extinguished and the soul is absorbed into the supreme universal soul. The other 5% of the people are Moslems or followers of Islam. They face the holy city ...
- 169: Japan
- ... Relationship with the people Just about every single person is a Shinto and three quarters of people are also buddhists. This shows that religon is very important to their everyday life. Which religons are prominent Buddhism and Shinto are the two most prominent religons in Japan by a long way. Membership of each religon Most Japanese observe both Shinto and Buddhist rites so the percentages add to more than 100% Shinto ...
- 170: India
- ... the priests, came to hold a most prominent place in Vedic society. By about the forth century B.C. Hinduism had supplanted the older Vedic faith and became supreme. During this period two new religions Buddhism and Jainism developed out of Hinduism. The basic institution of the society was the extended family. The family consisted of eldest male and his wife, their sons, grandsons and heir wives and children and unmarried ...
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