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I was indecisive on where to go do my site visit. While I thought about if for a couple of days, I decided I wanted to learn more about Buddhism. I was unaware that there was a temple in Grand Island until my teacher mentioned something about it in class. I also felt more comfortable that the teacher and other classmates were going to be there too. As the time got closer to go, I got a little more nervous and was really thinking about it. I was thinking about how to not be disrespectful in their temple. For instance, remembering to take off my shoes and not to shake the monks hand when I introduced myself. I was aware about Buddhism before I went there, but still did not know a lot about the religion. For example, I knew they meditated and sat on the floor in front of a big statue named Buddha. I thought I was going to see a “fat” Buddha because that is what I have seen in movies.

The translation of “E Ala E” to English is available here. " E ala E" invokes a call to wake up, not just literally, but also spiritually and emotionally. It relates to a spiritual awakening, approaching everyday as a new day, filled with hope and gratitude. After researching, I found this song was written to serve as an anthem to the Hawaiian people as they acquire proper recognition as the indigenous people of Hawaii.

As a college student that has lived and grown up in western New York, I do not have too much experience with the other religions of the world. I have grown up a Christian Protestant my whole life, and I am a firm believer in my religion. Soon after reading the chapter on Buddhism in Huston Smith’s book The World’s Religions, I came to understand and respect the Buddhist religion. I came to learn who the Buddha as a man really was, and the steps he took in becoming a religious icon. I know understand that Buddhism is not all meditation and relaxing. There is a strict code of the four noble truths and the prescription of getting through them called the eightfold path. Much like Christianity Buddhism also has many different views

It goes without saying that I learned so much in Religious Studies 101. I was introduced to multiple world religions that were foreign to me prior to taking the class. I never felt the need to explore any other religion besides Christianity because I was content with my faith. However, after learning about different religions and interacting with people that are not Christian, and grew up with different beliefs and values, I now find myself questioning reconsidering my beliefs. By being exposed to the rituals and ideas of cultures and religions across the globe, I find myself wondering what it would be like to follow some of these principles or to try some of these practices for myself. I find myself trying to follow the moral guidelines and principles of the traditions I learn about all the time. It has helped me ask even more questions and broadened my horizons. It 's helping me shape my beliefs and find out who I want to become. I was especially fascinated with Buddhism and have grown a huge admiration for it. In my learning portfolio I will examine what I learned about Buddhism and what about it is so appealing to me. I will also briefly summarize that I learned that Buddhism – just like any other religions, is not flawless and cannot provide a perfect view of life that would be influential enough for me to devote my faith to it. However, there are certain

The concept of Buddhism is primarily that life doesn’t simply beginning with birth nor shall in end in death. Buddhist believe that we live several lives which can be based upon the lesson we haven’t learned and may also be directly link to acts committed in our previous life. Thai people go to a “BOT”in order to pray to Buddha, which is a main building within the temple. Before you enter the temple, you will need three sticks of incense that you will light and promptly put out by waving them above your head. As all three incense continue to burn, you will hold them between your palms and up against your forehead. If you hold the incense any lower then your head, it will be viewed as a sign of disrespect to Buddha. You must bow down three times in the direction of the temple, and repeat the same steps three more times in three different directions. Then you will discard your incense in a bronze smoking bathtub with legs in a courtyard. When entering the temple, you must enter with you right foot first and after your prayer exit with your left foot. When you’re in the temple, you can choose to stand or kneel. If you kneel you must bow down, allowing your forehead and palms to touch the ground three times. (The World of Chinese,

Throughout my life I have been exposed to Christianity. My parents are Christians, and that is all I have known my whole life. When I enrolled in this class I knew that I would be challenged to go to another religion service and I looked forward to it. It was a different, but interesting experience for me. I chose to go to the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Louisville, Ky Inc. I will talk about the assumptions I had regarding the tradition before I discuss my experience at the temple. I came in knowing more than I would have because we had already discussed the Buddhist religion in class. The perception I had going in was very different than what I experienced. I thought that it was going to

Edgar Allan Poe is known for the suspenseful and mysterious nature in his short stories, and to achieve this he uses repetitive symbolism. In the “Fall of the House of Usher”, the narrator gets a letter from an old friend saying that he needs his help. When he arrives he starts to hear voices that eventually cause the house to fall and results in the death of usher and Madeline. Poe's “The fall of the House of Usher” portrays a melancholy setting and utilizes a motif of the supernatural, however, the symbolism conveys the evil of the people and the house which ultimately revealing Poe's overwhelming prevalence of symbolism and fascination with the superstitions of his time.

Buddhists have the beliefs of six different places or realms of rebirth. They are the realm of the Deva, or Gods, the realm of Humans, the realm of Asura, or Demigods, animals, the realm of hungry ghosts, and Hell. (Onmarkproductions.com) This can be very strange to others because they have a chance to be reborn in six possible places 3 of which are good and three of which are bad. Things such as this might even be complicated to people that are Buddhists because of the complexity of what goes on in each of the different beings of reincarnation or the realms of reincarnation. The different places/beings of reincarnation can be viewed as either negative or positive such as things such as Hell, Animals, and the realm of Ghosts are thought of as negative, whereas The realms of Humans, gods, and demigods are all thought of as positive. If you are sent to the realm of the demigods you are in a bit of a mix up because they are not always that good as they sometimes have their jealousy get the best of them and are not perfect beings such as the god like beings so as the Demigods are not perfect they are good enough to where you would have had to live a life of a good bit of peace and prosperity to get into a place like

To begin, I lack belief in Buddha or reincarnation, but I have empathy for those within the Buddhist religion, because of the mistreatment by the

I had no previous knowledge about this religion other than it existed. The most important concept I feel that I learned from Buddhism is part of the three marks of reality. These are made up of, change, no permanent identity and suffering. In no permanent identity each person and each thing is changing and made up of parts that are also constantly changing. It means that people have no permanent soul or no self. (Molloy133). In suffering it is the fact of life that when life is lived conventionally it can never be fully satisfying because of change. (Molloy pg 134) The mark of reality I found the most interesting is change. The concept of change in Buddhism has us look at life as it really is. Things change gradually and we notice the changes over time. We don’t expect change but nothing ever remains the same. (Molloy132) When I learned this I looked over my life and have to admit, that much has changed over time. No matter how we try and keep things the same it is impossible. Children grow up, our body ages, our relationships change. Even things in the world things are constantly changing, landscapes change naturally from things like the tide or erosion, and seasons come and go. In Buddhism the belief is that we are responsible for accepting this and not trying to change the outside world but we need to change ourselves and the way we experience the world. (Molloy 134)

My first experience in a Buddhist temple was quite different than anything I have experienced religion-wise. I visited the Quan Am Monastery (Vietnamese-American Buddhist) at 3500 South Goodlet. I got to experience first-hand how meditation in a Buddhist temple actually works. I was very intrigued to find out how someone outside of the Christian faith, worshipped. As one might expect, the atmosphere was very tranquil. My group members and I called ahead a few days earlier and a man answered the phone and it was very hard to understand what he saying but I know I heard him say “come on Friday so that’s what we did. When we arrived we stepped outside the vehicle we took a look around and there were two buildings outside. One that had

A sense of spirituality is definitely present, but the specific beliefs of the singer are quite open to interpretation.

Unlike the Egyptians that believe in life after death. The Buddhism's believe that once you die you die, and your heart doesn’t come back to life. In Hinduism, they believe in the reincarnation. Which is when you die and you have bad karma you have to go through the reincarnation stage over and over again. Which if you die by murder, or suicide, then you soul gets to roam around wherever you died for years as a ghost. Buddhists are way different than every other religion. Which is a good thing that they are different but also a bad thing, because then a lot of people might not go to the religion. I think this because everyone knows how all the other religions operate. But in Buddhism once you die you die and you just sit there. Your soul doesn’t roam around the yard, but it says in your soul. In my opinion it would be very creepy to walk past somewhere, and someone’s soul is roaming around you and touching your body or the things around

The main goal of any religion is to gain an idea of understanding and reasoning in one’s life. Religion is a vast hole with endless conceptions concerning the purpose for existence, as well as moral principles for how individuals should live their one life. Religion is sacred and vital in the Japanese society. Japan is a remarkable country with endless temples and shrines for praying, donating, and ceremonies. Yet, the modern lifestyle and urbanization in Japan continues to emerge. This realization had me contemplating the notion of how people can adjust towards contemporary ideals and newly-found social orders, but continue to keep ancient beliefs and teachings like Buddhism. Buddhism arrived in the sixth century in Japan from the Kingdom of Baekje in Korea, roughly 552 A.D. However, it began in India with Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha lived within a royal family and was protected from the “real world” for most of his childhood until he witnessed the trials of sickness, aging, and death from a local monk. He wanted to find a way to live his life with those trials, or somehow accept them. Siddhartha craved for a life of no pain and suffering, so he left his comfortable home and strived to live towards Hindu teachings and nothing else. He desired to reach enlightenment and after meditating for

One of the ideas I was wrong about Buddhism is that I thought that they worshipped a deity which was Buddha and that Buddhists pray to him just like Catholics pray to God. In the lectures, I learned that Buddhism didn’t have a god which was weird for me to learn because all the religions that we’ve learned before had a type of God. I found it interesting that Buddha was seen as a teacher and was never turned into a God like in Christianity, he was seen as a revered teacher and great influence to look up to for Buddhists. The lectures also taught me that Buddha himself didn’t believe in a higher power but believed that a person could reach nirvana for themselves and not because a higher power was telling them too because that’s why he did it. He did it for himself when he meditated under the tree so that he could learn about himself and how the world works and its secrets. Learning that Buddhism had no God to obey, I felt like