Buddhism: The culture and the individual (Option #3) With the rise of the Asian population in the U.S., Buddhism has made a tremendous impact in the United States. Cultural changes in America inclined many to seek alternatives to Western traditions, and some of the disillusioned found their way to Asian religious communities (Tweed, 2). ... This popularity has been brought both through import/export and baggage practices of Asian Buddhists (Frankenburg lecture), as well as the mass media attention focused on Buddhism. The Asian religion of Buddhism has been so fully blended into American cu...

• Word Count: 985
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Certain European, Asian, Latin American regimes and the republics of the former Soviet Union regime were able to claim that they had a new democratic order, something they could never before experience. ...

• Word Count: 433
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The environmental issue has certainly been at the very top of the American agenda, as the nation seeks ways to preserve and conserve. ... Buddhism is an offspring of Hinduism and magnifies traditional Asian cultural values which "include respects for animals and plants as well as human life; personal achievement may be sought but not at another's expense, and always "exploitation, confrontation, and competition are to avoided" . ... However, over the years, the ideals of Buddhism have grown distant to the realities of Asian culture (from which it was developed). ...

• Word Count: 1393
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Traditionally three major religions–Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism made deep impact on the South Asian societies. ... (Khatiwada) The differences between roles of Asian Islamic, Middle East and western exist not in small scale but vastly. The general views are that western women are more independent while Middle East women are least while Asian Islamic societies are more lenient towards allowing its women to contribute to the economic growth. ... Some Americans believe that Muslim women are oppressed by their religion, forced to cover themselves completely, denied education and other basi...

• Word Count: 2081
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Muslim's life, all aspects are to be conformed to serving Allah and have expanded outside of its birthplace of Arabian Peninsula, to have significant influence in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas[ CITATION Fie13 l 1033 ]. ...

• Word Count: 877
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate