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Buddhism and is
In addition, they have been converted to Zen Buddhism, with its glorification of all that is `` natural '' and mysteriously alive, the sense that everything in the world is flowing.
And Zen Buddhism, though it is extremely difficult to understand how these internal contradictions are reconciled, helps them in their struggle to achieve personal salvation through sexual release.
Love and compassion are components of all forms of Buddhism, and are focused on all beings equally: love is the wish that all beings be happy, and compassion is the wish that all beings be free from suffering.
" Many would agree with the Dalai Lama that Buddhism as a religion is kindness toward others.
In the context of larger ethical discussions on moral action and judgment, Buddhism is characterized by the belief that negative ( unhappy ) consequences of our actions derive not from punishment or correction based on moral judgment, but from the law of karma, which functions like a natural law of cause and effect.
In Buddhism, karma ( Pāli kamma ) is strictly distinguished from vipāka, meaning " fruit " or " result ".
In Buddhism, karma is not the only cause of all that happens.
This view of karma is in contradiction to Buddhism, Jainism and other Indian religions that do view karma as a law of cause and effect.
Many religions, whether they believe in the soul's existence in another world like Christianity, Islam and many pagan belief systems, or in reincarnation like many forms of Hinduism and Buddhism, believe that one's status in the afterlife is a reward or punishment for their conduct during life.
Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to Theyyam gods, despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Theyyam deities are propitiated through the cock sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.
In fact, Buddhism, in its fundamental form, does not define what is right and what is wrong in absolute terms for lay followers.
Therefore the interpretation of what kinds of sexual activity are acceptable for a layman is not a religious matter as far as Buddhism is concerned.
Buddhism teaches that all craving, including sexual craving, is a hindrance to enlightenment.
It is an important tenet of some Indian religions ( Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism ).
Another view of the Buddhist theory of the self, especially in early Buddhism, is that the Buddhist theory is essentially an eliminativist theory.
In Buddhism, a bodhisattva ( bodhisattva ; bodhisatta ) is either an enlightened ( bodhi ) existence ( sattva ) or an enlightenment-being or, given the variant Sanskrit spelling satva rather than sattva, " heroic-minded one ( satva ) for enlightenment ( bodhi ).
Mahāyāna Buddhism is based principally upon the path of a bodhisattva.
In Mahāyāna Buddhism life in this world is compared to people living in a house that is on fire.

Buddhism and generally
Members of some generally non-theistic religions such as Buddhism, tend to believe in an afterlife, but without reference to a God.
In Buddhism, the consumption of intoxicants is generally discouraged for both monastics and lay followers.
Founded by Maharaja Sri-Gupta, the dynasty was the model of a classical civilization. Maurya and Gupta empires are called as the Golden Age of India and were marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, art, religion and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Indian culture. The religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, which began in India, were an important influence on South, East and Southeast Asia
In his book The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender, professor Bernard Faure of Columbia University argued generally that " Buddhism is paradoxically neither as sexist nor as egalitarian as is usually thought.
Buddhism deals less with metaphysics and more with ontological questions and is generally not concerned with the existence of a creator God but focuses on a state called Nirvana ( see also Mu ).
Other fragments in the Buddhist scripture can be found that seem to treat polygamy unfavorably, leading some authors to conclude that Buddhism generally does not approve of it or alternatively that it is a tolerated, but subordinate marital model.
Due to the syncretic nature of Shinto and Buddhism, most " life " events are handled by Shinto and " death " or " afterlife " events are handled by Buddhism — for example, it is typical in Japan to register or celebrate a birth at a Shinto shrine, while funeral arrangements are generally dictated by Buddhist tradition — although the division is not exclusive.
In the 1961 decision, Justice Hugo Black commented in a footnote, " Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism, and others.
In Buddhism, both " almsgiving " and, more generally, " giving " are called " dāna " ( Pāli ).
As such, it is generally manifested more as an opposition to belief in a god ( to theism per se ) than as opposition to gods themselves, making it more associated with antireligion, although Buddhism is generally considered to be a religion despite its status with respect to theism being more nebulous.
Members of some generally non-theistic religions such as Buddhism, tend to believe in an afterlife like reincarnation but without reference to God.
Buddhism and Taoism generally prohibit killing of animals ; some animal offerings, such as fowl, pigs, goats, fish, or other livestock, are accepted in some Taoism sects and beliefs in Chinese folk religion.
The numbers could be much higher, as Buddhism has also influenced many other ethnic groups that are generally considered animist.
These āgamas comprise the only other complete surviving Sūtra Piṭaka, which is generally comparable to the Pali Sutta Pitaka of Theravada Buddhism.
In other respects, however, the tengu's original behavior differs markedly from that of the garuda, which is generally friendly towards Buddhism.
The schools of Buddhism that had existed in China prior to the emergence of the Tiantai are generally believed to represent direct transplantations from India, with little modification to their basic doctrines and methods.
What is generally accepted in Buddhism is that effects arise from causation.
Zhiyi (; ) ( 538 597 CE ) is traditionally listed as the fourth patriarch, but is generally considered the founder of the Tiantai tradition of Buddhism in China.
While the Japanese term " kenshō " is generally used by practitioners of Zen Buddhism, the insight it refers to is not limited to Japanese Zen Buddhism, or even to Buddhism in general.

Buddhism and believed
In Buddhism, it is believed that those who have extensively practiced Buddhist meditation and have reached a higher level of consciousness can activate their " third ear " and hear the music of the spheres ; i. e. the music of the celestial gandharvas.
During the Northern Wei, Buddhism flourished, and became an important tool for the emperors of the Northern Wei, since they were believed to be living incarnations of Buddha.
In fact until the Meiji government declared their separation in the mid 19th Century, many Japanese people believed that Buddhism and Shinto were one religion.
Based on his study of Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, Taoism, and other traditions, Jung believed that this journey of transformation, which he called individuation, is at the mystical heart of all religions.
The syllabic nature and dictionary order of the modern kana system of Japanese writing is believed to be descended from the Indic scripts, most likely through the spread of Buddhism.
Another characteristic feature of Tangut Buddhism was similar to the Buddhist beliefs in the Khitan kingdom of Liao: a number of texts previously believed to be of native Tangut origin, turned out to be translations of Khitan source texts.
The origins of the Tangut Chan can be also traced deeper, than it was previously believed: information on Bao-tang Wu-zhu ( 保唐无住720 ~ 794 ) travels in North-Western China from the Notes on Transmitting the Dharma Treasure through Generations implies that at the period of 760's some sort of Buddhism was spread in the region of Helanshan, where the Tangut were already residing.
Other religions such as Buddhism, Islam and Sikhism also create and maintain hagiographical texts ( such as the Sikh Janamsakhis ) concerning saints, gurus and other individuals believed to be imbued with sacred power.
Adityawarman, a follower of Tantric Buddhism with ties to the Singhasari and Majapahit kingdoms of Java, is believed to have founded a kingdom in the Minangkabau highlands at Pagaruyung and ruled between 1347 and 1375, most likely to control the local gold trade.
Ejo, like Dōgen, believed in the primacy of Zen Buddhism.
He has drawn parallels between Buddhism and the spirit of the Romantics, who believed that what art reveals has great moral and spiritual significance, and has written of " the religion of art.
Wheat gluten, called miàn jīn in Chinese ( traditional:, simplified:, literally " noodle / dough tendon "; also spelled mien chin or mien ching ) is believed to have originated in ancient China, as a meat substitute for adherents of Buddhism, particularly some Mahayana Buddhist monks, who are strict vegetarians ( see Buddhist cuisine ).
There is concrete evidence of an earlier introduction of Buddhism than traditionally believed.
Also, she is believed by Tendai Buddhism to be the essence of kami Ugajin, whose effigy she sometimes carries on her head together with a torii ( see photo above ).
The Punden step pyramid is believed to be the predecessor and basic design of later Hindu-Buddhist temples structure in Java after the adoption of Hinduism and Buddhism by native population.
He wrote extensively on Buddhism and its antiquity and believed that it was the original religion followed in India.
The central figure of Buddhism, Siddhartha is believed to have achieved Nirvana and awakening after much meditation, thus becoming the Buddha Shakyamuni.
In some schools of Buddhism it is believed that there are 108 defilements.
The Ambedkarite people in India celebrate this festival as Ashok Vijayadashmi, since the Mauryan Emperor Asoka is believed to have converted to Buddhism on this day.
He also had a strong interest in Buddhism and believed strongly in reincarnation.
" Bigelow accepted both material and spiritual evolution, he believed Buddhism and science were compatible.
He is believed to have built as many as 84, 000 stupas across India i. e. Sanchi and Mahabodhi Temple, and he increased the popularity of Buddhism in Afghanistan, Thailand and North Asia including Siberia.
The use of burial mounds is believed to have gradually stopped either with the introduction of Buddhism in Japan in the sixth-century AD or with the establishment of the capital in Nara by Empress Gemmei in 710.

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