|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 931 - 940 of 1053 matching essays
- 931: Taoism and Confucianism
- ... extremely active. Whatever the truth, Taoism and Confucianism have to be seen side-by-side as two distinct responses to the social, political and philosophical conditions of life two and a half millennia ago in China. Whereas Confucianism is greatly concerned with social relations, conduct and human society, Taoism has a much more individualistic and mystical character, greatly influenced by nature.
- 932: Buddha
- ... in many values of today. Buddhism has even had a major effect on politics in Asia. Tibet used to be controlled a system of theocracy ruled by a Buddhist Priest, or the Dalai Lama. In China and Japan, Zen Buddhism has been used in the practices of Yoga that many people study everyday. He was one of the greatest prophets ever to walk the earth and his teachings will be remembered ...
- 933: Buddhism
- ... over 2000 years Buddhism has existed as an organized religion. By religion we mean that it has a concept of the profane, the sacred, and approaches to the sacred. It has been established in India, China, Japan and other eastern cultures for almost 2000 years and has gained a strong foothold in North America and Europe in the past few centuries. However, one might ask; what fate would Buddhism face had ...
- 934: Hinduism and Buddhism
- ... differences. The area of greatest concentration for Hinduism is India. India is where Buddhism originated, but Hinduism eventually was a more appealing religion and it died out. Buddhism is found mostly in East Asia, inside China and Mongolia. These areas prefer having many, many small gods, as opposed to the Hindus only having three major ones and then smaller, less important gods. Buddhism was founded by Suddartha Gautama, or the Buddha ...
- 935: Buddhism
- ... statue of him. There are different customs in Buddhism. The three places that these different customs come from are from the Theravadas, the Mahayanas, and the Zens. The Zens are the group that originated in China. The marriage and death follow the different customs. The Theravadas have a wedding by going to a monastery, after the legal wedding. There they give a generous gift to the sangha. They get a special ...
- 936: Genocide
- ... carrying out the killing by a secret network (Armenian Genocide). The decision to eradicate the Armenians was not an impulsive decision, but "the result of extensive and profound deliberations" (Armenian Genocide). In the case with China, genocide resulted in the extermination of the newly born female infants. Since ancient times, the Chinese have regarded the males to be precious and more prestigious than the females. The birth of a boy signifies ...
- 937: Buddha
- ... in many values of today. Buddhism has even had a major effect on politics in Asia. Tibet used to be controlled a system of theocracy ruled by a Buddhist Priest, or the Dalai Lama. In China and Japan, Zen Buddhism has been used in the practices of Yoga that many people study everyday. He was one of the greatest prophets ever to walk the earth and his teachings will be remembered ...
- 938: Shakespeare's Sonnet Number 126: Critique
- ... thy sweet love rememb'red such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings. To give a more modern contrast, he wouldn't change his life for all the tea in China. Shakespeare is recognized as the penultimate playwright of our planet. A plethora of Ps, how perfectly prosaic. His sonnets are less well known than his plays but no less skillfully written. His poetry in fact ...
- 939: Origins and History of The Dulcimer
- ... wooden hammer. It is commonly believed that the dulcimer came to Europe from the East sometime in the fifteenth century. This cannot be true. The dulcimer is closely related to the yang ch'in from China. However, the yang ch'in was introduced to the Chinese around 1800. A similar traditional dulcimer found its way to Korea in about 1725. The dulcimer originated as the santir in what is now Iraq ...
- 940: Karate and Tae Kwon do
- ... in Okinawa. It was a sport taught to the entire population as self-defense against invading armies such as the Samari of Japan. Over time, karate became a way of life for almost all of China. The fighting styles of tae kwon do and karate differ greatly. As karate expanded throughout eastern Asia, there have been many adaptations in its fighting style, but it has never strayed from its focus. Karate ...
Search results 931 - 940 of 1053 matching essays
|
