A River Sutra

How a Story Changes During Recycling Dôjôji in setsuwa, illustrated scroll and Noh play 9N135551 MaoYing Devastated by a young monk who refused to have a relationship with and ran away from her, a woman turned into serpent, chased the monk into a temple and finally destroyed him even though he hid himself carefully under the big temple bell . This is the summary of the Dōjōji legend, a story which has been recycled many times through history. Being one of the most popular themes in Japanese arts

ŚU 1.15: Like oil in sesame seeds and butter in curds, like water in the river- bed and fire in the fire-drills, so, when one seeks it with truth and austerity, one grasps the self (ātman) in the body (ātman) - that all- pervading self, which is contained [in the body], like butter in milk. ŚU 1.16: That is brahman, the highest objects of the teachings on hidden connections (Upaniṣad), an object rooted in

31 degrees north and 122 degrees east. Ancient China has many features that define it. For an example, it is built along two main rivers. They are the Yellow River and the Yangtze river. But it also has mountain ranges, deserts, and plains. The Grand Canal had a big role in ancient China. It was China's core economic and agricultural region away from the Yellow River, valley in the north and toward the southern provinces. The Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City is China’s most well know famous

What Goes Around, Comes Around Art is a physical expression of the human imagination. As it is viewed it can convey emotion and relationships between people, surmounting all language and cultural barriers. The film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring, is no exception (Spring, 2004). It presents the life of a Buddhist monk as he passes through different stages in his life, from childhood to adulthood. It is a contemplative film, selectively organized to clearly illustrate how human life is always

progress. Contrasting Sariputra’s silence is the second moment of silence of Vimalakirti. Where Śāriputra’s silence arises out of failure, Vimalakīrti's is a prelude to a more articulate Silence. Vimalakirti’s Thunderous Silence. The Vimalakirti Sutra reaches its height with Vimalakirti’s wordless teaching of

"Reclining Pan in the St. Louis Art Museum" Reclining Pan (St. Louis Art Museum, 138:1947) also known as Drunken Satyr, a marble sculpture modeled by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli in early 16th century, is portraying Pan, the god of the woods, fields, and flocks in the reclining position. The sculpture was owned by the powerful Barberini Family in Rome, then purchase by St. Louis Art Museum in1947.1 Reclining Pan at the St. Louis Art Museum under discussion presents a commanding image of the

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is a religion that many people in the world don't know about but is practiced by about 9 million people worldwide. With the roots of the religion coming from pre-historic India, Jainism is a dharmic religion. There is not an exact definition for the word dharma, it has several different meanings. It is used in most of the philosophies or religions originating in India, like Hinduism and Buddhism. Jainism is a very strict and intricate religion and its followers

to China, it was the Chinese who sifted through the contradictory sutras to make sense of the new branch’s teachings as they translated them from Sanskrit (LaFleur 24). Many early writers of Buddhist texts in China also worked hard to make their works appealing to Confucians, who were a tough crowd to impress. Ku-fa-lan and She Moteng (also known as Kasyapa Matanga), who were missionaries from India, wrote the Sutra of Forty-two Sayings for the Chinese Emperor Ming-Di in 67 A.D. They

word Hindu comes from the Sanskrit word sindhu, or river. The Hindu community define themselves as "those who believe in the Vedas", or also "those who follow the way, or dharma, of the four classes and the stages of life. The four classes being the varnas and the stages of life being the ashramas. Like Hinduism, Buddhism also started in India. It is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, who is called the Buddha or

and also demand the full experience of living in the present moment. The idea about living in the present is also seen when Basho visits the Taga castle. He talks about the impermanent nature of the world by mentioning about mountains collapsing, rivers shifting, paths being removed and old trees being replaced by young ones (Basho, 75). However, he mentions that with all these changes around him the only pleasure he had at that moment was the joy of being alive (Basho, 74). This supports the Zen