http://www.shvoong.com/tags/buddhism/rss.xml Summaries, Abstracts, Synopses Reviews, Notes & Short Essays on Buddhism Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:53:00 GMT The HAN Yu Phenomenon is a perplexing case. The profound paradox in itself has become an odd sight in the history of Tang Poetry. Han Yu assigns himse http://www.shvoong.com/f/business-management/1606168-discerning-buddhism-han-yu-poetry/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/business-management/1606168-discerning-buddhism-han-yu-poetry/ Sun, 23 May 2004 21:00:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - The Buddhism Culture of Murong Xianbei Race, On the base of sporadic record, the time of Murong Xianbei race contacted with Buddhism is after Murong Wei entered Jicheng possibly, round about the http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/1613719-buddhism-culture-murong-xianbei-race/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/1613719-buddhism-culture-murong-xianbei-race/ Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:00:00 GMT BUDDHISM IN INDIA: CHALLENGING BRAHMANISM AND CASTE The starting-point of this book, in its Introduction, is B.R. Ambedkar’s interpretation of Buddhi http://www.shvoong.com/social-sciences/sociology/89236-buddhism-india-challenging-brahmanism-caste/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/social-sciences/sociology/89236-buddhism-india-challenging-brahmanism-caste/ Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:58:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, Introduction For more than 2,500 years, the religion we know today as Buddhism has been the primary inspiration behind many successful civilizations, http://www.shvoong.com/books/112873-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/112873-buddhism/ Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:53:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - BUDDHISM: THE WISDOM OF COMPASSION AND AWAKENING COMPASSION AND AWAKENING, Buddha is a Sanskrit word, meaning “wisdom and enlightenment”. Why was it transliterated as Buddha and not translated into wisdom and enlightenment? T http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/425387-buddhism-wisdom-compassion-awakening-compassion/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/425387-buddhism-wisdom-compassion-awakening-compassion/ Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:23:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, This paper compares the religion of Buddhism to the practice of psychoanalysis and claims that these two practices are the only way in which to live a http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/427374-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/427374-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:08:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Christianity and Buddhism, This paper analyzes Buddhism including its history, culture and beliefs. It explains how other religions perceive Buddhism and the superior attitude t http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/428474-christianity-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/428474-christianity-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:09:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, Zen and Tantric, An analysis of the rise and spread of Buddhism by retelling famous stories of creation and revelation which occurred to the prince Siddhartha and his http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/428998-buddhism-zen-tantric/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/428998-buddhism-zen-tantric/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:09:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Moral Conduct in Buddhism, An analysis of the basis for moral human conduct as taught by Buddhism. Themes covered include: 1) avoid harming or killing any living thing; (2) avoi http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/429014-moral-conduct-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/429014-moral-conduct-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:09:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, This paper examines the works and life of Siddharta Gautama, considered to be the primary and first Buddha to achieve enlightenment and pass away atta http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/432561-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/432561-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:12:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism and the Beats, This paper is an in-depth examination of the emergence of Buddhism on the American cultural scene in the 1950s. It discusses Beat literature, the orig http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/433107-buddhism-beats/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/433107-buddhism-beats/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:13:00 GMT Discusses history of the Buddhist religion in Asia, starting in India and spreading to China, Japan and Korea. How each country developed its own form http://www.shvoong.com/f/social-sciences/anthropology/435164-buddhism-east-asian-culture/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/social-sciences/anthropology/435164-buddhism-east-asian-culture/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:14:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Christianity, Hinduism And Buddhism, Compares and contrasts the three religions. Their origins and basic beliefs. Idea of suffering. Hinduism's vision of existence. Belief in reincarnati http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/435010-christianity-hinduism-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/435010-christianity-hinduism-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:14:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, This paper provides a background to the start and rise of Buddhism. It then looks at how this Eastern religion influenced ancient Greek and Roman phil http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_philosophy/438597-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_philosophy/438597-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:16:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Theravada Buddhism, This paper deals with two major questions regarding Asian politics and religious involvement in political affairs. Part one deals with the rise and fa http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/439330-theravada-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/439330-theravada-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:17:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Exporting Buddhism's Moral Authority, This paper discusses how by exporting the ideas attributed to the Buddha, those who commissioned artworks at the time were attempting to impose their http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/art-history/440595-exporting-buddhism-moral-authority/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/art-history/440595-exporting-buddhism-moral-authority/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:18:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - The Monasticism and Training of Zen Buddhism, It will be seen that even in this tradition, there exist different approaches to the training and practice of Buddhism, which are usually termed &quot http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/440853-monasticism-training-zen-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/440853-monasticism-training-zen-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:18:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Meditation Techniques in Zen Buddhism, An attempt to describe the meditation techniques used in Japanese Buddhism is faced with the problem of the diversity of Buddhist systems and practice http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/440966-meditation-techniques-zen-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/440966-meditation-techniques-zen-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:18:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Koryo and Buddhism: Their Governing Ideology, Any assessment of the role of Buddhism as the governing ideology of Koryo is complicated by the existence of multiple classes in Korean society at the http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/440977-koryo-buddhism-governing-ideology/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/440977-koryo-buddhism-governing-ideology/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:18:00 GMT This essay provides an analysis of the cultural geography of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. It focuses on a discussion of the different cultural expressi http://www.shvoong.com/f/social-sciences/anthropology/442396-buddhism-ethnicity/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/social-sciences/anthropology/442396-buddhism-ethnicity/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:19:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism and the Ming Dynasty., This essay will examine the political involvement of Buddhism in the period of the Ming dynasty. It will be seen that this political involvement must http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_history/442495-buddhism-ming-dynasty/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_history/442495-buddhism-ming-dynasty/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:19:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, This paper will be in two parts. Part I will examine the heart of Buddhism in the Four Noble Truths. Part 2 will offer an understanding of the Indian http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/444549-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/444549-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:21:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism during the Period of Division, This paper examines the appeal of Buddhism in the historical context of the Period of Division. It explains that Buddhism's rise was answering the ne http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_history/446892-buddhism-period-division/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_history/446892-buddhism-period-division/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:23:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, This paper explains what Buddhism is and how it is practiced in today's world. The writer shows how Buddhism focuses on how life occurs and how one c http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/448720-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/448720-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:24:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, This paper discusses discipline, virtue, altruism, and engagement as styles of Buddhist ethics. The paper shows that discipline and virtue are charact http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/448740-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/448740-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:24:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism in East Asia, Buddhism began in India and made its way to China and Korea. From there, it ended up in Japan. This paper discusses the many different periods Buddhis http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_history/448305-buddhism-east-asia/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_history/448305-buddhism-east-asia/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:24:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism and Christianity, This paper examines the history of Zen Buddhism and how it became a part of the Japanese, Chinese, and Indian cultures. It looks at how the Buddhist b http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/452122-buddhism-christianity/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/452122-buddhism-christianity/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:26:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Taoism as Differentiated from Buddhism and Confucianism, This paper examines how Chinese thought derives its basis from an indigenous religion preexisting Confucianism and Buddhism and how its development th http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/452342-taoism-differentiated-buddhism-confucianism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/452342-taoism-differentiated-buddhism-confucianism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:26:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - "Buddhism in Chinese History", This paper examines how Wright deals with the question of defining the political, social, and cultural conditions that permitted the spread of Buddhis http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_history/454194-buddhism-chinese-history/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_history/454194-buddhism-chinese-history/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:28:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, This paper looks at the origins of Buddhism and how its popularity has spread in recent years. The roots of the religion are discussed in the context http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/459123-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/459123-buddhism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:30:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism as a Reflection of Late Vedic Society, While Buddhism exists today as a guiding philosophy for people throughout the world, much of the original Buddhist canon was a reaction to the society http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_history/459709-buddhism-reflection-late-vedic-society/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/h_history/459709-buddhism-reflection-late-vedic-society/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:31:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Christianity, Buddhism and Women, This paper examines the place that women had in ancient times, and the ways in which the arrival of Christ and then Buddha changed their lives in diff http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/459991-christianity-buddhism-women/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/459991-christianity-buddhism-women/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:31:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism in Korea, This paper details Korean Buddhist thought, philosophy and the various stages of evolution. The author explains how Buddhists were first introduced to http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/461339-buddhism-korea/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/461339-buddhism-korea/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:32:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism and Hinduism, This paper examines the origins of both Hinduism and Buddhism and looks at how they are very similar religions in comparison to the monotheistic relig http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/462242-buddhism-hinduism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/religious-studies/462242-buddhism-hinduism/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:32:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism and Mastery of the Mind, This paper assesses how Buddhism views enlightenment and gaining mastery over the mind. 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They do not understand that Buddhism is not a religion, that we do not worship th http://www.shvoong.com/books/1618951-art-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/1618951-art-buddhism/ Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:50:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, Good and Evil Good and evil have often been looked upon as diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. But in a real, practical sense, such a sim http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/far-east-religion-studies/1626938-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/far-east-religion-studies/1626938-buddhism/ Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:17:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - Basics of Buddhism - The Buddha, born into a wealthyfamily and until the age of 29 lived a life of luxury and pleasure. He came torealize, however, that such pleasure was temporary http://www.shvoong.com/books/1638250-basics-buddhism-buddha/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/1638250-basics-buddhism-buddha/ Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:53:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism for Today, Dear Reader,<br /> if you find Lotus Sutra as strange and weard book that suggest way of life that is not useful for today, you can have faith in Bud http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/far-east-religion-studies/1668457-buddhism-today/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/far-east-religion-studies/1668457-buddhism-today/ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:27:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, All About Buddhism <br /><br />Buddhism is one of the biggest religions founded in India in the 6th and 5th century B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama, also k http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1670612-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1670612-buddhism/ Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:42:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - An Essence of Buddhism:A comprahensive book on Buddhism., Originally written in English,this book acquired the status of holy book of o http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/religious-studies/1676073-essence-buddhism-comprahensive-book-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/religious-studies/1676073-essence-buddhism-comprahensive-book-buddhism/ Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:12:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Birth of Buddhism, http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1689286-birth-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1689286-birth-buddhism/ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:14:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism Anagarika Dharmapala, We all know about Swami Vivekananda and his speech at the World Parliament of Religions held in 1893 at Chicago representing Hinduism. Anagari http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/religious-studies/1694250-buddhism-anagarika-dharmapala/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/religious-studies/1694250-buddhism-anagarika-dharmapala/ Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:51:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism in India, Buddhism in India Gail Omvedt (New Delhi: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd., 2003), pages 314, price – Rs. 350/- Dr. Gail Omvedt, a prolifi http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/h_philosophy/1745202-buddhism-india/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/h_philosophy/1745202-buddhism-india/ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:42:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism in today''s day context, BUDDHISM in today’s context. The history of the modern world would probably have been a mere bundle of pages, short of its merit to exist without its http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1746687-buddhism-today-day-context/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1746687-buddhism-today-day-context/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:03:00 GMT   Buddhism is a search for enlightenment without any god. It had been, till the turn of the 20th century,  an Asian relig http://www.shvoong.com/social-sciences/1820310-buddhism-religion-god/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/social-sciences/1820310-buddhism-religion-god/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:20:00 GMT Buddhism-2 Buddha’s teachings  are found in  31 books organized into 3 collections called Tipitaka (meaning 3 baskets) We also come t http://www.shvoong.com/social-sciences/1820311-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/social-sciences/1820311-buddhism/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:22:00 GMT Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com - An Introduction to Early Buddhism, It is all the life of Gautama Buddha.About the premonition, his brith, his early life,the four great signs,the great renunciation,the elightenment. http://www.shvoong.com/books/1864980-introduction-early-buddhism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/books/1864980-introduction-early-buddhism/ Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:45:00 GMT Summary for an article by support@shvoong.com - Buddhism, This was the secret of the success of Buddhism. 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