Essays on Impermanence

Lily-Love Toppar

Cornell University, Country in Arial 9 Roxanne Grenier North America Abstract As of 2014, 38 million people worldwide have been driven out of their own homes by internal instabilities, armed conflict, and outbreaks of violence. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) alone accounts for 2.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). In response, relief-driven charitable practices have consequently created a condition of permanent impermanence, perpetuating the problem of dependency, unemployment, and instability. This forced movement of culturally and geographically heterogeneous groups evokes questions of housing stability: How does migration impact the social, economic, and political standing of the refugees? Given ...

Philosophy 223

Exam is open book, open notes, however, there should be no internet use or looking at other sources (besides the Kyabgon Traleg book The Essence of Buddhism and The Monk and the Philosopher) and no talking to anyone about the exam, etc.

Remember, “Karma means nobody gets away with nothing.” Ruth Denison

Please observe the academic honesty policies of the College. I am obliged to report any suspicion of violation. See the Dean’s office or me if you have any questions. Especially in a take-home exam situation, it is important to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Also, give credit to other sources, even if just to say, ...

Philosophy 223

Exam is open book, open notes, however, there should be no internet use or looking at other sources (besides the Kyabgon Traleg book The Essence of Buddhism and The Monk and the Philosopher) and no talking to anyone about the exam, etc.

Remember, “Karma means nobody gets away with nothing.” Ruth Denison

Please observe the academic honesty policies of the College. I am obliged to report any suspicion of violation. See the Dean’s office or me if you have any questions. Especially in a take-home exam situation, it is important to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Also, give credit to other sources, even if just to say, ...

26th of April 2016

There is nothing wrong in the fact that we admire the Louvre and the Parthenon, Mediterranean villas and Swiss chalets, or inspired by the new architectural forms and objects of the interior of other countries, and show our desire to bring them into our reality. The bad thing is that this does not go beyond stylization of the surface. As a result, when we want to create the interior in the conditional "Japanese style", we simply get wallpaper with Japanese cherries, hand fans on the walls and furniture made of particleboard in the dark colors, instead of creating an ...

Introduction

As very well stated by Jeff Wilson (2014) in his book Mindful America, “How Buddhism moves into new cultures and becomes domesticated: in each case, members of the new culture take from Buddhism what they believe will relieve their culture-specific distresses and concerns, in the process spawning new Buddhism (sometimes, crypto-Buddhism) that better fit their needs” (Wilson, 2014, p. 3). Mindfulness in its true form is practicing and taming the mind to learn to live in the present without thinking about past or present while observing from a distance our own self and our thoughts which continue to flow ...

Introduction

Historical origins of Buddhism may be traced back to the founding father or simply the founder the Buddha or the awakened one. According to Johnson (344), the Buddha was a royal prince named Siddhartha Gautama born in the place now referred to as Nepal. The teachings Buddha taught started in northern India over 500 years before the establishment of Christianity by Jesus Christ. Buddhism has influenced other religions in Asia such as Hinduism. The two religions have developed to maturity levels in constant contact. The impression and mark that Buddhism has made on Hinduism have made Buddhism be able ...

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Introduction People often associate art with beauty such that art forms appeal to the audience because of their aesthetic qualities. Nonetheless, as we explore various theories, concepts, and approaches in art design, we discover that beauty is diverse. As the famous saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which means that the standard and quality of beauty differs based on varying constructs and views of beauty. The conflict and exchange between perfection and imperfection, for instance, illustrates the variability of beauty as a construct in art design (Bailey & Peoples, 2010). Beauty is not merely a creation or ...

Buddhism has been widely preached and practiced in most parts of the world, commonly present at countries of Far-East Asia. Currently, it has been listed as fourth largest religion of the world, with about 376 million followers. The history of religion has its roots to 500BC, when Siddhartha Gautama was born to a king in Northern India and then awarded with enlightenment (Robinson 2011). The four noble teachings are amongst the initial discourses of Buddha, upon which he based his further teachings as well. He said that “I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path. That's all I ...

The knowledge above all is a key aspect in the Hindu spiritual tradition. The desire to know more about the depths of life and death cannot be bribed. Death offers Naicketas pleasures, happiness, wealth, many years of life, for him and his family in order to make him take back his question about a man who is considered death, although some other people consider him alive.

“Choose sons and grandsons who’d live a hundred years!/Plenty of livestock and elephants, horses and gold! Choose as your domain a wide expanse of earth” (Olivelle 234) and even offers free desires, at the ...

Discussion on the Record of Linji

It is for this reason that his question to the head priest, Huangbo, brought him the beating that is the norm in the Buddhist teachings. Huangbo hit him with the rattan, which was a ten-foot bamboo pole, used for this purpose. The teachings that Linji adhered to were part of the Buddhist monastery teaching that involved beating and shouting. He asked the question three times, and was beaten three times. The idea was for him to receive enlightenment, but he clearly did not get that. If he had been mindful and enlightened, there would have been no need for him ...

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Please type your Instructor name here English Introduction to the Epic of Gilgamesh Introduction – Authorship and publication details Gilgamesh is a long narrative poem that is actually a Babylonian epic. The epic of Gilgamesh essentially focuses on a single hero as its primary theme and narrates the heroic acts of that particular hero. It is a work that can either be written text or an oral narration that was the main source of transition along significant cultural tales prior to the evolution of writing. This epic was translated into English by George Smith and was published for the first ...

Through the book The World We Have by Thich Nhat Hahn, it is clear that there is a relationship between the way people live and the place they live in. He makes an urgent call for people to take care of their environment because this directly affects the way people live. The central tenets upon which he bases his argument encompass the notion of social responsibility that transcends personal needs and reaches out to preserving the environment. This he argues will ensure the sustainability of nature and mother earth. This will go a long way in ensuring that the future generations ...

Introduction

Poetry is an art-form which has been for a long time and for different reasons. This is because of the intense value and wealth in knowledge that poems have been used to convey. Poems have been passed down generations as a way of passing knowledge. The Heian period was no exception. People utilized poetry as a form of expression for thoughts and feeling. This is partly because it was pleasing aesthetically and because poetry was easy to develop with puns and aesthetics. The Tale of the Genji is clearly depicts this. The story employs a wealth of poems to show their usage in ...

Suffering is among the acute most as well as hard human problems. All people at a particular point will face as well as the struggle with suffering. This is a problem not meant for just believers in God but also for non believers. Suffering may be regarded to be among the most widespread human problems. For a few of believers, suffering turns to be the obstacle in their religious journey. Some refuse God due to spiritual or physical pain, which they go through. Others, nevertheless, utilize it as a way of purification and sanctification. The suffering problem has never been effectively and successfully ...

What do a Victorian poet laureate and an American poetess from the heart of conservative Massachusetts have in common? They both have written poems that obsess about death. In the case of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, it was the death of his best friend, Arthur Henry Hallam that triggered a giant poetic eulogy that took nearly two decades to write. In the case of Emily Dickinson's, on the other hand, it was one of her many poetic works that brings out her rather morbid attraction towards death. Though the works of these two writers may seem different at first sight, they are ...