The Northern branch, on the other hand, led by Shen-hsiu only recognized gradual enlightenment. Debate arose again later between the Indian and Chinese parties at the Council of Lhasa in Tibet where an Indian monk defended the traditional Indian gradualist position towards enlightenment. Because the Chinese couldn’t fully accept the earliest Buddhist view which saw Samsara as impure and Nirvana as pure, the Chinese integrated the Mahayana teachings into their traditional perspectives of life. Once the Chinese integrated the Mahayana teachings they became fully aware of the inconsistency between non-duality and Gradual Enlightenment. This awareness became more and more amplified by the fact that Taoism, which also held to a non-dual view of reality, was more sympathetic to the sudden enlightenment approach.
• “It is the element within Tibetan Buddhism of magic and the supernatural, so remote from the original teachings and practices of Buddhism that has led to its designation as Lamaism, as if it were a separate religion.” (Lieberman, 2003) Conclusions concerning points of agreement and disagreement between Buddhism and Hinduism • Both Buddhism and Hinduism believe in reincarnation and salvation as the highest goal. • Buddhism is in opposition of the Hinduism Brahmanical religion. Brahmanism practices the value of sacrifice. • Hinduism & Buddhism have considerable influence in their practices and ideals, both strive for ultimate liberation and the correspondence of spirituality of renunciation. (Schmidt,2007) • Hinduism believes in Gods and Buddhism does not believe in Gods.
Early on I was struck by the similarity between the Tibetans, the Native Americans and the Guatemalan Indians (all of who share some basic moral precepts), but was distracted when I realized the compelling portrait that the documentary painted of Tibet as a nation committed to the concept of spiritual education. One analogy offered up by one of those interviewed I found especially compelling: Tibet was spending 85% of its budget on spiritual development, with 10% of its population in monasteries (this being the equivalent of America redirecting its entire defense budget toward education.) The documentary will clearly anger the Chinese, for it carefully itemizes the many ways in which Tibet is uniquely Tibetan, including in its language, greatly distant from Chinese. The documentary carefully covered the death of 30 million Chinese and half the Tibetan population that resulted from Mao Tse Tung's order that Tibet grow wheat instead of barley. A section of the documentary focuses on CIA training of the Tibetan resistance.
First of all, Vietnam is a country which is influenced by Buddhism. Buddhism has existed in Vietnam for over 2000 years, and Buddhism was the main religious for many dynasties in the past. According the “Vietnam Religion Overview” on the Hanoi Tour, there are 85% of Vietnamese identify with Buddhism. Therefore Vietnamese are affected by Buddhism ideology which assumes life is a sea of suffering. According to this ideology, Buddhists think that they should do good deeds and prevent jealous or compete with others.
New religions changed the social norms from only Hinduism to Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Jainism was a new religion promoted by Vardhamana Mahavira. Jainists practiced ahimsa, or total nonviolence, because they thought that everything had a soul. Buddhism is religion made popular by Siddhartha Guatama. It instructed its followers to follow the Dharma, or the Buddha Doctrine.
I would like to begin by discussing a philosophy of Buddhism that was apparent while reading the “Seven Taoist Masters”. The philosophy of the four noble truths played a major role in Ch’iu Ch’u-chi reaching the immortal realm. Three of the four noble truths states that life is dukkha (suffering), tanha (cravings/desires) causes dukkha, and we can overcome tanha. In the book Master Wang refused to accept Ch’iu Ch’u-chi as a student. This was because he saw a great amount of suffering in Ch’iu Ch’u-chi’s future, if he attempted to cultivate the Tao.
Kodak specialized in the photographic film and camera market which enabled them to rapidly expand their operations. However, technological changes in the industry saw a shift from the film to digital photography. Kodak was slow in responding to the market which led to its loss of market share to Fujifilm, a Japanese company. This assignment serves to analyze these two companies and compare their respective management approaches. Kodak has been known for its pioneering technology and innovative marketing.
Tabitha Parsons REL 2300-70c Fall 2013 Rountree Theravada Buddhism and Jainism Jainism and Theravada Buddhism share many things in common, including their origins in India. In fact, it is not uncommon for Jainism to be referenced in Buddhist literature or stories. Despite commonalities, there are also many differences that make these two faiths very distinct. The similarities and differences of these two systems are in areas such as their belief in God, nonviolence, the soul, and the role of woman. The Buddha and Mahavira, the founders, both taught different sets of beliefs, and offered followers assistance on how to end the negative feelings that cause humans to suffer.
The American movie industry makes many Chinese myths into movies with American imagination and culture such as “Kungfu Panda”. They just keep Chinese images in movie and change the Chinese spirit to American heroism. They also add many Chinese elements to attract more Chinese audience because China is the biggest potential movie market for Hollywood movies, which result more and more audiences prefer to watch Hollywood acting movies rather than Chinese movies. In recent years, a Hollywood movie like “Iron Man” has a Chinese version, which adds two famous actors in the movie for Chinese audiences. Moreover, Hollywood movies are defined as “big movies” and become a fashion in China.
This is done for several reasons which include the idea that an addition to the movie may enhance the story. *The book has more information about the story while movies are shortened and with less information. Also, for what the producer and director believe will enhance the entertainment aspect of the film, they made add information that was not at all seen in the book. So people should read the books before they watch the movie. The other aspect of the book vs the movie is the instant ability to re-read passages that at first the reader did not totally grasp.