1. My Religion
One of the greatest ways to gain an understanding of a culture is to plunge yourself into it. ... Many gods are worshiped on a daily basis throughout India and the Hindu world. Sanskrit, the word for culture means the most cultured language. ... There are many preconceptions about the Hindu culture, for example, Hindu's worship cows. ... All in all, Hinduism is such a unique culture with many branches within it. ...
BUDDHISM Buddhism is one of the biggest religions founded in India in the 6th and 5th cent. ... Since it was first introduced into China from India, Buddhism has had a history that has been characterized by periods of sometimes awkward and irregular development. This has mainly been the result of the clash of two cultures, each with a long history of tradition. Most of the difficulties have arisen due to the transplanting of an Indian religious/philosophical system onto a culture strongly dominated by indigenous secular, philosophical and religious systems. ...
Buddhism arose during the fifth century BCE in India and is currently practiced by approximately 500 million people throughout the world. ... Buddhist ideas became more known when Americans returned from Asia after the Second World War and the Korean War and brought back an interest in Asian culture. ...
The book is written by Herman Hesse, who traveled to India to extensively research the backgrounds of their religions. ... One last part of the book that can be inter-related between the different cultures is Siddhartha's encounter with Kamala. ...
Tang Dynasty I. Another high mark in Chinese politics, culture 1. Resembled Han but more of everything 2. Opened to the new and different, adopting the best of what the world offered 3. Chinese, particularly on the south also designated themselves asnen of Tang 4. Founding family intermarri...
The original doctrine of reincarnation was established in India around 9th century BCE. ... One theme I noticed in both books was that western cultures do not view reincarnation as the norm. ... "How does western culture view extreme religious ideas such as reincarnation? ...
Buddhism started in Nepal, India around 560 B.C founded by Gautama Buddha. ... Hindu's mainly practices in India but the Buddhist practices all over the continent except Antarctica. ... One of the reasons may be because it is part of the heritage of their culture. ...
It started in India and traveled into central Asia and continued on into Korea and Japan becoming one of the major religions in all of central China. ... Within the Gautama clan in India was a noble ranking man by the name of Siddhartha. ... His teachings continue to spread throughout India until 600 C.E. ... Failing to provide the people in India with the understanding of life, Buddhism faded within India, but then moved on into central Asia and China. ... The Shinto looked entirely to the external world, one without icons, whereas Buddhism brought to the Japanese culture the words for compas...
Vajrayana are people from India who chant mantras and use mandals in meditation to help them reach nirvana, while lead by the Dalai Lama. ... It is said that Buddhism has been sculpted by its surrounding culture. ... Different schools and branches developed from different lands and cultures. For example, Pure Land from Chinese culture and Vajrayana from Indian culture. ... Buddhist practice is originated from different cultures, locations, and schools. ...
Needless to say, for my exploration of culture, I chose Buddhism. ... The spread of Buddhism began when Emperor Asoka, made Buddhism the state religion of India. ... In India there were five hundred Buddhist sects, but universally two main divisions arose. ... The Hindu tradition put a damper on the success of Buddhism in India, but by the seventh century they were absorbed into each other. ...
Needless to say, for my exploration of culture, I chose Buddhism. ... The spread of Buddhism began when Emperor Asoka, made Buddhism the state religion of India. ... In India there were five hundred Buddhist sects, but universally two main divisions arose. ... The Hindu tradition put a damper on the success of Buddhism in India, but by the seventh century they were absorbed into each other. ...
Prior to Buddhism in the Indian culture, women were considered significantly inferior to men physically, and mentally as well as deemed a possession. ... In addition to the consideration of both men and women equal, in society and culture, each had important contributions to offer. ... As compared to other religious beliefs at the time, for example, Islam and Confucianism, daughters were not considered inferior or cause for "despair," at birth which, in the Indian culture in general, male babies were more highly valued (buddhanet.net). ... With women considered equal to the lowes...
The Sung Dynasty has been referred to the "golden age" of Chinese culture. ... Over time, Guanyin combined major elements from Chinese folk culture, including a growing feminization of the image type and its increasing association with aid in conception and childbirth. ... Chinese people were not able to fully understand and welcome the concept of enlightenment, which was established originally from India, because it did not have much appeal to them. ... Here, we see that culture strongly affected the artistic form of a religious deity. ...
Buddhism, arising in India, reached its peak between the eighth and sixteenth centuries C.E. ... Buddhism does have a perspective that may balance an over-emphasis on technology and scientism and thus has the potential to gain an increasing foothold in cultures of the West. ...
Buddhism dates back as far as the year 563 B.C. at Lumbini on India's border with Nepal, with the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, who was later known as the "Buddha" or "enlightened one". ... I believe that God is a single being and because our world has so many different cultures, God decided that it was necessary for those different cultures to have distinct teachers so that they can have someone they can relate to. ...
Contrasting Judaism's distribution, 90% of Hindu's live in India, while the majority of the other 10% are in surrounding countries. ... To be classified as an ethnic religion, the religion must be tailored for an individual culture and not attempt to appeal to all people. ...