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Mary Oliver was symbolizing this tree as something more than just a tree. I feel that the roots in the drain that were mentioned were symbolized as her family’s roots that are connected to that tree, and when she says the roots are in the cellar drains, to me that meant that those roots go back to a very long time ago, maybe as far back as to when the tree was planted or when the house that it stands over was built.

God’s command concerning the tree of the knowledge of good and evil provides man the moment of choice and self-determination, of free will.

Define the term Brahman and relate an illustration from the Upanishads seeking to explain it.

As time passes, the expectations that society has on women has changed. Many of these expectations had to be met for the woman to be ‘complete’ with her role in society. In Rowlandson’s time, her expectations were to be a housewife, a mother, and a religious follower. Rowlandson’s, “The sovereignty and Goodness of God” demonstrates the role she had when she was in the colonies and how that role changed as she became captive by the Natives. From her writings, one can infer her place at home and how that changed as she became captive.

Buddhism is the fourth largest religion on earth and is composed of three major traditions today; Theravada, Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism (“Lecture 5”). The founder of Buddhism, known as Buddha, was a royal prince named Siddhartha Guatama from Northern India. Siddhartha’s father kept him closely confined inside of a large palace, with the intention of preventing him from taking up a religious life, so that he too would one day become a great king. However, one day while Siddhartha was outside of the palace, he observed four sights that would change his destiny forever. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the four sights experienced by Siddhartha Guatama, their significance and examine why they led him to seek religious

When Siddhartha releases his grip on the tree, he says, in effect, that he believes there is nothing good or beautiful left in him. His time among the "child-like people" has rendered his attempts at reaching enlightenment meaningless and Nirvana is inaccessible to him for this lifetime, and, according to Hindu beliefs, he must endure millions more lifetimes as animals before he will have another life as a human. Of course, this is not a difficult decision for Siddhartha to make despite this, since he believes himself to be

The dark woods in itself can be seen as an allegory for Hell, twisted and warped, void of color, and fruitless. The unhealthy branches of the trees represent sin from each person, as nothing seems

The flowering stick shows a parallel pattern to the cycle of “mountain ascension”, which is a recurring theme in many other world religions, not just in indigenous cultures. Each of the four stages of ascending the mountain corresponds with a stage of the flowering stick (Lidke PPT 5, 12). The first stage is when things are “good”, there are no major issues, and the cycle is just beginning, similarly to the plating and

A: When Buddha was enlightened, he was sitting under a huge tree. That tree was the Bodhi (enlightenment) tree which was located at Bodh Gaya in India. People believe that the Bodhi tree now growing there comes from the original tree. The Bodhi tree is known to have a very thick trunk and an expansive canopy of branches with leaves. Because the Bodhi Tree is associated with Buddha, the tree is protected and revered. Buddhists make journeys to Bodh Gaya and other places where Buddha may have taught beneath Bodhi branches. With Buddhism, the Bodhi tree spread to far places such as China and Japan, its purposeful planting marks the cultural landscape of many towns and villages.

Religion is a time old method used universally to express beliefs and help us understand some mysteries of life before time, in the present, and the future life, or afterlife. Although, it is not that simple to comprehend. Over time, it has morphed and evolved into ideas and traditions completely different from what was previously known and taught. One of the biggest changes of all time in religious history was brought about when Jesus Christ, Son of God, became flesh here on Earth. Not only did this bring change, but it also caused many conflicts and doubts. In the book On The Incarnation Saint Athanasius resolves some of these issues and heresies by providing counter arguments to prove Jesus’ full humanity and divinity. He discusses

The sheer amount of weapons the bodhisattva, including the ax, trident, and spear, strikes fear in those who disobey. This image instills a sense of reverence because of the danger that could come from being bad in nature. It also promotes the desire to worship and become a devout Buddhist because of the consequences that one could face on other paths of life. If on Buddhist path, one has this bodhisattva to protect and guide them. It elevates the value of Buddhism and its teachings; the viewer will see Buddhism as the way of life that will help them reach Heaven and achieve an afterlife that other religions cannot achieve. To go along with the weapons, there are eight arms in total, all doing different things: between holding objects and signing mudras. It is overwhelming to see eight arms because of how otherworldly it is; furthermore, the arms all have their own function. This being has the capability to control more than two arms, without any difficulty. The admiration for the power and strength of the bodhisattva develops as the viewer takes in the the arms and weaponry. It would be necessary to take multiple visits to see the bodhisattva to begin to process everything the arms are doing and what their positions are. While this is outrightly stunning, the finer details remain to be found by the viewer, an example being the patterned

The peach being the main religious symbol for immortality, helps to make the views of each religion in the epic clearer. While Taoism focuses on achieving spiritual immortality through a series of tasks and confucianism focuses on becoming transcendent, it is Buddhism that seems to be the most dominant in religious importance to the characters within the novel. Sun Wukong and Xuanzang seem to look up to Buddha and buddhist practices more than any other religion presented in the novel, as well as journeying to find inner enlightenment through buddhist scriptures. Because buddhism plays such an immense role within the epic, it becomes explicit that the immortal peach is a distinct distraction from the path of enlightenment, mostly for Sun Wukong. In buddhist religion desiring a soul or ātman to be perpetual is a main consequence of ignorance.

The Phaedo and the Upanishads are two of the most influential philosophical texts that have ever existed. The Phaedo originates from traditional Greek western philosophy and the Upanishads originates from Hinduism. Plato’s Phaedo is one of the most important dialogues of his period. It depicts the death of Socrates and is also Plato’s fourth and last dialogue where he details the philosophers death. Throughout the book, Socrates discussed many aspects of philosophy such as: afterlife, ultimate reality, the Soul, mind/body, and also, put forth key arguments. The Upanishads contain the first concepts of some of the central religions such as: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The two Upanishads that were analyzed are the Katha Upanishad and the Mundaka Upanishad. The Katha Upanishad which is also termed “Death as Teacher” discusses Nachiketa’s encounter with Yama: The Hindu God of death. Yama teaches Nachiketa about “What is pleasant” and “What is beneficial”. The Mundaka Upanishad discusses and categorizes two different forms of knowledge that a person can possess. They can possess lower knowledge which essentially is knowledge of material world. It is knowledge that is not valuable, or they

Furthermore, the tree of knowledge of good and evil makes reference to the decay of humanity, in the Book of Genesis, because of Adam and Eve. The fifth stanza makes clearly the link between “the fruit of Deceit” in the poem and the forbidden fruit eaten by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The first two lines of the paragraph contain a contradiction between terms which are commonly not compatible: “And it bears the fruit of Deceit / Ruddy and sweet to eat”. Indeed, “the fruit of Deceit” reveals the decadence of humanity, the sins of human beings and also the end of innocence. Besides, only because of his appellation, this fruit is supposed to be bad and bearer of misfortune. Nonetheless, “the fruit of Deceit” is described as “ruddy and sweet to eat” which gives the urge to eat it. Thus, despite the contradictions, men are corrupted by their selfish desires because “Of the Mystery over his head”. Moreover, the tree of knowledge gives birth to the nest of raven which symbolizes death: “And the raven his nest has made / In its thickest shade”. Effectively, the paradox is that the tree carries the fruit of Deceit and the nest of the raven which both signify mortality and darkness. However, near these two symbols of death stands a gorgeous and

This poem is generally a pantheism statement exemplified since it equates nature to be having the same powers as God. The poet indeed starts off by stating clearly that "The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned" an indication that if man is inferior to God, yet God used nature