In order to enter the state of nirvana one must enter the homeless state of a monk. Theravada Buddhists speak of Buddha, their master, as the human Buddha. They call him “the great enlightened man”. According to the Anatomy of the Sacred, sutra literature is the first division of the official Theravada canon which is in relation to the Pali Canon described as the Word of the Buddha. It is believed that there is a karma-samsara theodicy which
of the research paper ordered in class, I decided to visit a Theravada Buddhist temple. This temple is located in 15200 SW 240th St, Homestead, FL, Miami, and it is called “Wat Buddharangsi of Miami.” Before visiting this site, I did some researches about the building of this temple. The design of the temple was conceived by Noppom Poochareon, an architect from Miami. He built this structure thinking in a refuge for the local Buddhist community. His vision for the sanctuary was a peaceful place,
of the research paper ordered in class, I decided to visit a Theravada Buddhist temple. This temple is located in 15200 SW 240th St, Homestead, FL, Miami, and it is called “Wat Buddharangsi of Miami.” Before visiting this site, I did some researches about the building of this temple. The design of the temple was conceived by Noppom Poochareon, an architect from Miami. He built this structure thinking in a refuge for the local Buddhist community. His vision for the sanctuary was a peaceful place,
On Sunday, March 5th, 2017, I visited Muddy Water Zen Temple in Royal Oak, Michigan to complete the Field Experience Report for this course and it was a spiritually rewarding. I have always wanted to visit a Buddhist temple, but never made the effort to actually go. Muddy Water Zen Temple practices Mahayana Buddhism Taego Order in which they emphasize meditation, discipline, and individual effort to reach nirvana. Before participating in the public religious service, I acquired background knowledge
Joel Lopez 05/25/2014 Person Interviewed: Sanit Songphrawas Wat Buddharangsi Theravada Religious Exploration through Buddhism There are over 7 billion people on this world and over four-fifths of these people identify with a religion in one way or another (Livingston). Upon the hundreds of religions on Earth it is difficult to even begin to comprehend all their most basic beliefs, their scriptures, or even to whom they worship. The least any person can do is to learn about one of them and
Christianity and Islam were both spread in socially and economically similar and politically different. They both had an important people that role and spread of the religions. Christianity included the individuals of who believe in Jesus Christ. Christians are the flowers of the Christ who often believed is the son of the God (“the father”); Christians strongly believe that Christ will return after the next life; the end of the world. Islam consists of individuals who believe in Allah, the god teaches