Buddhism Reports Samples For Students

Introduction

Lumbini is a garden which is the birthplace of the Buddha known as Siddharta Gautama. Siddharta Gautama is the founder of Buddhism. He was born in the sixth or seventh century BC. This garden became a site of pilgrimage up until the 15th century. This site is only visited by a person of great devotion. In the year 246 BC, Emperor Ashoka, a Buddhist convert, visited Lumbini and ordered the creation of a stone pillar and four stupas. Today, Lumbini is visited by pilgrims from all over the world seeking enlightenment and as a tourist attraction. The site is surrounded by favorable agricultural and natural ...

The culture of Cambodia is an exotic and fascinating one, combining a great number of spiritual and religious beliefs to form a central and cohesive part of its culture. The people of Cambodia enjoy a rich and vibrant society, filled with music, architecture, and spirituality that has lasted for millennia. Despite having been ousted from their country due to a horrifying genocide in the 1970s, Cambodian-Americans manage to find ways to express their culture in myriad ways in America. By exploring the long and storied history and culture of Cambodia, it is possible to understand just how to relate to Cambodians both in ...

Reincarnation seems to be a common believe in the society especially western society. Human beings have developed a desire to continue looking for the answers about the life they live and afterlife. However, different religions facilitate the views in different ways. For instance, Hinduism has brought a significant influence in the society than any other religion, excluding Christianity. The pantheism views that, there is a god in nature, who lives among us and among all creatures living in land, water and in air. Other religions that are associated with this belief include Buddhism and Sikhism. I believe that this belief has caused a noticeable ...

In the world of religion, Buddhism is among the major religions. Certainly, the religion began in the 16th century, B.C.E. The religion is believed to have spread to southeast and central Asia, through Japan, Korea and China. In the 21st century, Buddhists are believed to be all over the world. My visit to the temple was interesting, but also shocking, since I learned a lot of new and different Buddhists traditions. The visit came with a lot of experience, impressions, analytic thoughts, as well as personal reflections. Some of the Buddhism traditions included food, family dynamics, touching and cleaning the body, ...

Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Taoism and Buddhism are the major religions in the world. Each of these religions has undergone development now and again in various regions across the globe with the basic aim of giving guidance to people to undertake their everyday activities in the most excellent and “welfaristic” way possible in any existing circumstances (Kumar 1). The religions are based on various principles and this makes them to be different from each other. However, these religions are in one way or the other similar to one other, and especially in regard to the beliefs held and the ...

I. Introduction of the religion

I am particularly fascinated by the religion Buddhism and this report is about this significant world religion. Talking about Buddhism, one is reminded of zen. It is a perfect state of peace and I relate it to the experience of being with God or seeing God. The most fascinating thing about Buddhism is that is represents the most graphic state of this bliss. The controversy here lies in the practical sense that Buddhism does not believe in the existence of God. According to Keown (2000), the Buddhists do not believe in a Supreme Being or in a personal soul. In this religion, ...

Executive summary

Everyone citizen belongs to a number of unique groups that maintain certain values. These values remain unconscious to those who hold them and are the core thing in culture. Being broad tendencies, which prefer particular state of affairs, they vary from country to country or populations to populations. This report is prepared to focus on the comparison between Canada and Thailand. In the report, key concepts are analysed through a comparison of the two different cultures in these two countries.

Introduction

Culture is extremely essential in the organization of groups of people. People usually carry several mental programming, which usually corresponds to ...

In the article, Desire and Disgust, Meditations on the Impure Body in Medieval Japanese Narrative, by RAJYASHREE PANDEY, the aspects of Buddhist religion with respect to desire and hope re well elaborated. The author claims that the actions of the past has a direct impact on our lives. It is also stated all bodies are subject to destruction. The rebirths are as a result of the past activities performed by individuals while the good births are associated with blessings. Buddhism provides that desire plays an important role in causing suffering in the lives of individuals. Desire leads to the aspects of ...

Haniwa Horse

Description of the historical work in Ceramic Media
Haniwa Horse encompasses a small horse hollow terracotta statue placed in aristocratic graves during the Kofun period in ancient Japan (Haniwa uma 43). Haniwa is Japanese word that means circle of clay to refer to the unglazed red clay cylinders put around the burial mounds. Haniwa horse supports the ground on the imperial burial mound to provide stability and support the roof of the tomb.
The artisans of the Kofun era were the first to design the Haniwa Horse during Japan’s Iron Age. The Kofun means an old tomb ...

Question 1

In terms of art, Ashikaga (Muromachi) period (1338 – 1573 A.D.) is characterized by the emergence of the flower arrangements and landscape gardening, introduced by the Zen monks, who brought these artistic expressions from China. Although this type of art has Chinese influences, its adoption and adaptation to Japanese style, in constructions such as Golden and Silver Pavillions and Ryoanji rock garden indicate that the Japanese art is linked with nature, as it finds its inspiration in this source. Moreover, Shinto, a representative Japanese religion, worships nature, translating the emotional connection between man and nature through art. Therefore, the religious confessions ...

Introduction

According to the CIA fact book (1), Japan is a country in the Eastern Asia. It is an island located between the Sea of Japan and the North Pacific Ocean, and East of the Korean Peninsula. The total area of the country is 377,915 sq km, of which 364,485 sq km are dry land while the remaining 13,430 sq km is made up of water bodies. Given that the country itself is an island, it has other minor islands which combine to make up the Japanese country. These are Ogasawara-gunto, also called the Bonin Islands, Okinotori-shima, Volcano ...