Journey To The West Character Analysis

In I-Tsing’s, A Record of Buddhist Practices, the Chinese monk describes his long journey from boyhood to becoming a buddhist monk, and his opportunity to teach people around the world about Buddhism. I-Tsing not only describes his personal journey and thoughts, but he also describes the ways of his masters, or teachers, throughout his journey. He almost exclusively chooses to write about his teacher in reading, Shan-yii , and his teacher in meditation, Hui-Hsi. Although this text is filled with interesting stories and memoirs, this essay will focus on the seventh virtue of Shan-yii on page 322.

One of the most significant teachings of the Buddha that was evident throughout this film was his selflessness and renouncement of worldly pleasures. There were multiple instances throughout the film in which the monks of the monastery gave up something of their own for the

The calm tone of the author in the book reminds me of the bonzes at Phat Quang Pagoda, perhaps the bonzes of every pagoda that I have ever visited in my entire life. They always seem like a mountain that will never totter in front of temptation. I was admired them for that characteristic, however, I was not willing to give up my original life to start a new one. Initially, I used to observe the head tonsuring ceremony, which was when the abbot shaved the hair of the bonzes. Their hair represents their renunciation of worldly desires. I also noticed that the more the bonzes’ hair was falling down, the more their face seemed peaceful. Nevertheless, their family cried a lot because it was like they were losing their father, their son, or their brother. From the point where they had no hair on their head, they made a commitment to the Buddha that their life is the pursuit of the realm of

Alex Estrada, a graduate of San Francisco State University’s Journalism Department who has a passion and interest in studying world religions, expresses in great detail my topic of Buddhist Mysticism. Her writing allows outsiders of the Buddhist religion, to easily comprehend since she frequently compares each point made to that of Christian beliefs. Her contrasts are clear and thought provoking, such as her research of scholar D.T. Suzuki’s book, who she quotes, “crucifixion that most Christians are fixated on, is more than just a bodily sacrifice and crucifixion, but also the crucifixion of egos. Buddhist philosophy rids the ego…”. As well, she enlightens readers through her strong vocabulary and creative writing, such as when comparing Buddhist to the Christian Mysticism experience, “Buddhist philosophy… allows the mystical experience to be more pleasant, joyful and allow those experiencing to be more at the moment, rather than contemplate their soul’s future”.

Individualism is depicted in the story. The practice of Zen Buddhism depicts an aspect of Japanese culture in man searching for the truth. During his journey the experience helped him in providing a clearer understanding of his purpose. The decision by the individual reflects self-reliance and personal dependence.

It was a rather casual Wednesday morning when I arrived at the gate of the Fo Guang Shan Hsi Fang Temple. As the dews drip from the tall bush of grass in front of the red gate, I rang the bell to ask for permission to enter the sacred Buddhist Temple. A female monk named Miaozang slowly opens the door to let me and a fellow student in. Having been born and raised in Vietnam, which is predominantly a Buddhist influenced country, yet grew up in the States in a Catholic high school, I did not strongly identify with any particular religion. Thus, I took this opportunity to learn more about Buddhism by interviewing the monk and took part in a guided meditation session. Each small details from the moment I entered such as the sense of the incense, the lion statues, the mild background chanting, and so on are intentionally set up to make sure that I, the visitor, can have the most wholesome Buddhist experience while being inside the temple. Buddhism, through its teachings, which are called Buddha Dharma, and other rituals such as meditations and chanting, strives to set up an environment that helps its practitioners reach the state of enlightenment, where one can see the reality of the world and the truth behind everything.

There are so many different religions in the world, and its keep expanding every day. Each religion as it own characteristic also gives its followers instruction to believe what is right and what is wrong in their daily. Religion is the self-consciousness and self-perception of each person who neither finds themselves nor has lost themselves. With the purpose of this assignment, I decided to do the research about Buddhism. The reason I picked Buddhism is it had a very rich historical background, as I known Buddhism is not a system of faith and worship, nor does it require blind faith, but must rely on knowledge of the truth. Buddhism is not just kept in scriptures, nor is it a topic for people to study from the literary and historical point

Today, I persuaded some of the Buddhist guards at the Yemen Pass to let me pass to start my journey. I escaped through Liangzhou and Qinghai. The emperors didn’t let any travels to the west to prevent the attacks of Turks. I had to go to India from Chang’an whether he approved or not. I rather die facing the west than return to live in the east. My horse and I started our journey on and were saved when we found the pond of fresh water.

Little Buddha is a powerful and entertaining movie that retells the mythological tale of Buddha. The film also tells the captivating story of a Buddhist monk, named Lama Norbu, who travels from a peaceful monastery in Nepal to the busy city of Seattle. Lama Norbu’s fellow monks have discovered a boy, named Jesse, who they believe might be the reincarnation of Lama Norbu’s former teacher, Lama Dorje. After they meet, Lama Norbu gives Jesse, who is very fascinated with the monks, a children’s book called “Little Buddha: The Story of Prince Siddhartha”, so he can learn about the Buddhist religion and Siddhartha’s journey to enlightenment. Lama Norbu insists that Jesse accompanies the monks on their journey to Bhutan, where the monks will test Jesse, to discover if he is the true reincarnation of Lama Dorje. As the storyline continues, the plot switches back and forth between the myth of Siddhartha, from Jesse’s book, and the story of the search for the reincarnation of Lama Dorje. Although most movies based on mythological stories tend to have one point of view, the myth itself, Little Buddha retells the myth, while intertwining a present-day sequence of monks teaching and traveling with Jesse, which allows the movie to teach a deeper understanding of the myth itself, the Buddhist religion, and those who practice it.

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Another heavy theme in the film is the focus on religion. The protagonists must protect a caravan, and guide it to the capital. They later find out that the caravan holds the remains of a Buddhist monk. This is a powerful relic that could control the country due to its influential hold on the religious people and its actual mystical power. This shows how important and influential Buddhism was and still is to China.

Originally, I planned to write a more theoretical approach to my Monk essay, that dealt with the myths that encompassed his whole life which both hindered and promoted his music. I had written the outline and the general thesis and conclusion and was left with a fill in the gap essay. However, since the audience changed, Dr. Robinson to a communal function, I decided that my original approach would be a difficult essay to interpret and deconstruct without any prior knowledge of Thelonious. With that said this is the reasoning for my essay in its present state as a way to help everyone who is not familiar with Monk and his compositions to better understand his way of life, circumstances, compositions, and the lasting effects he had on people.

The story Little Buddha begins with a Buddhist monk named Lama Norbu, who visits Seattle in the search of a boy named Jesse Conrad, who he believes is the reincarnation of Lama Dorje, their dearly loved teacher. This whole movie focuses on the journey of Lama Norbu and his monks to America, and of Jesse and his family to Tibet and is displayed as a spiritual voyage. When Lama Norbu and his encompasses find out where Jesse and his family are located, Norbu gives Jesse the book called Little Buddha, which he reads throughout the course of the movie to gain insight on the basic principles of Buddhism. As Jesse starts reading the book, he starts practicing and learning part of the Buddhism religion by going to the Monastery to learn about the monks and their religious practices. This movie moves closer to a more enlightened concept of the world and is reflected by the story within a story that is told by Lama Norbu himself. Jesse becomes very interested in Buddhism, even though it was very difficult to convince his parents to go to Tibet. Jesse’s dad Dean Conrad finally decides to go when he hears about one of his colleges passing away and concludes that there is more to life and is willing to find that out.

Whether it was the beliefs, or how their people carried themselves that attracted you to the religion you currently believe in, something caught your attention and in turn you got curious. People worldwide always want something to believe in, and a sense of purpose which they have a tendency to find in one of the collections of religion. Then the religion isn 't just a believe but rather a way of life. The religion that we are going to be exploring and know the way of their life is Buddhism. Now whether you think of the Bodhi tree, the chubby man statue or the lotus flower when you hear about the religion of Buddhism just know that there is so much more to this religion then these symbols. In this essay I’m going to be discussing the many

In Mandala, Kim presents the story of a young itinerant Buddhist called Bobun who in his journey arrives in the Byongsa temple and meets an older monk by the name Yisan. At first, Bobun is outraged by Yisan's constant drinking and disrespectful words as well as actions, but he is forced to share the guest room with the older monk; which leads Bobun to confront Yisan about his actions and eventually both monks engage in deep conversations regarding what is right and what is wrong, what monks should and shouldn't do, and what Buddhism really means.