After Tantra was brought to China by traveling monks, it was combined with Taoist philosophy and Chinese medical theory, and was used by those who sought to increase health and (in some cases) achieve physical immortality (through sexual techniques thought to prolong the vitality of its participants). ... It is the most ancient system of knowledge in recorded history. ... Sacred sex harnesses the power of sexuality for the purposes of accelerating personal transformation and enhancing spiritual growth and has been practiced throughout recorded history: in India, Tibet and China; and througho...

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According to "The History Place," website, The Great Potato Famine of 1845 in Ireland was one of the final straws in a class struggle that led to revolution of the Irish against the British Crown and, "as a result, violence erupted between British forces in Ireland and the Irish Republican Army (IRA)," [The14]. ... Other tactics such as peaceful activism have been used, some of the most renowned examples being the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's in the U.S. and the Chinese protests led by students in 1989 in Tiananmen Square. ... Besides social unrest there is also...

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Zen and Chan are, respectively, Japanese and Chinese attempts to render the Sanskrit word for meditation, dhyana (Coomaraswamy 94). ... Like other Chinese Buddhist sects, Chan first established itself as a lineage of masters emphasizing the teachings of a particular text, in this case the Lankavatara Sutra (Coomaraswamy 96). Bodhidharma, the first Chan patriarch in China, who is said to have arrived there from India in 470 A.D., was a master of this text. ... The subsequent history of Chan in China was mixed. ... During the Song dynasty (960-1279), Chan again prospered and was a leading ...

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Among those countries are China, India and Japan. ... According to iloveindia.com education makes a person a responsible citizen whether its history or our duties. ... Many kids in India and China are strongly forced to compete in school and become the best student in school. ... Another Country that has very high parental pressure levels is China, mainly because China now feels that they must do everything the best and they are competing with the US. ... " (China Seeks to Lower Pressure on Young Students, but Will It Work?) ...

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Nationalism forges together a sense of people hood or belongingness based on common history, ancestry, culture, language or religion. ... The civil war of the year 1918 has been considered as one of the darkest periods in the history of independent Finland. ...

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James Lull (1993) views this nightmare to be impossible since culture is dependant on history, and ultimately its involvement of the current culture. So since the history any society is different this globalization seems unlikely. ... Examples of such occurrences are frequent and one such example includes the STAR satellite, capable of broadcasting from China to India. ...

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Second only to China. India's long history stretches back to the Indus Valley Civilization of about 2500-1700 BC. ... The central government has power over the states, including the power to redraw state boundaries, but the states, that usually have a large population sharing the same caste, language, culture, and history often times have an identity that is more significant than that of the country as a whole. ... Over the last 300 years of Indian history, there have been three events that shaped the India we see today. ...

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Tibetan Buddhism The traditional account of Buddhism's origin was introduced into Tibet in the seventh century by a Nepali and a Chinese princess who became the wives of the Tibetan king Srongtsen Gampo. ... When Tibet was invaded by the Chinese in their early history, it was said that the people predicted the attack and that many rituals were performed. However, since the Tibetan people's negative karma was too strong to be taken over by the rituals, they sustained a full attack by the Chinese. ...

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India Report "India is the cradle of human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great-grandmother of tradition." Mark Twain History The Indian civilization has been around for over 5,000 years. ... Straight to the north is an Asian country known as China. ...

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Part A In the The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, the main character Balram writes a letter to the Premier of China, Wen Jiabao. ... Part B "Never before in human history have so few owed so much to so many, Mr. ...

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The governments of India and other countries like China and Pakistan that have this problem should work together to impose penalties against the companies who are violating child labor laws. ... The United Nations has adopted many laws related to child labor, including one that requires countries to recognize the right of a child (History of Child Labor). ... The main cause is poverty (History of Child Labor). ...

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Since before recorded history humans have found the need to group and organize almost every part of their lives. ... The Mongoloid centers around the Pacific Ocean and includes the Malayan, northern and southern Chinese, Mongolian, Siberian, Eskimo, and American Indian. ...

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