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Meditation as a whole and not just Buddhist meditation is a process that a person uses to quiet the mind and body so one can become away of a higher truth. Meditation has been incorporated in virtually all religions around the world. Of course not all religions use the actual term "meditation", it can be referred to as praying the rosary and so on. Meditation is not always and does not need to be associated with religion. There are plenty of people that meditate daily who have no religious affiliation

Rooted in the Buddhist religious practices, meditation is rapidly being implemented into the mainstream system of health care. Numerous studies have indicated that extensive meditation training may lead to functional and structural changes within the brain (e.g. Cahn & Polich, 2006; Carter et al., 2005; Slagter et al., 2007). Therefore, suggesting that the continuous practice of Buddhist meditation is associated with cognitive, emotional, and neurophysiological changes (e.g. Davidson et al., 2003;

has been severely disapproved of in the Buddhist tradition. It is also equally clear that abortion has been tolerated in Buddhist Japan and accommodated under exceptional circumstances by some modern Buddhists in the U.S. The situation is similar to that of Roman Catholicism, where abortion, though disapproved of in the strongest terms by Church authorities, is still practiced by a large number of devoted Catholics and defended by at least a few. As a Buddhist, I would most likely still be for abortion

Over this past year I have been involved in a buddhist meditation practice, I have been through stages of resisting, doubting, and now more accepting this practice. The buddhist meditation practice I participated in is a controversial religion in Taiwan. Even though the religion has almost a hundred thousand followers including celebrities and business leaders, the religion itself is still being judged by others due to its beliefs. The leader himself, Miao Chan, used to be a stuntman and established

Both the Yoga sutras and early Buddhist meditation studies the eightfold or eight limbs practices and principles. The eightfold of the early Buddhist meditation practices includes the right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. The eight limbs of Yoga sutra meditation similarly practices five restraints, five observances, postures, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, contemplation, and meditative

Pensive Bodhisattva and Korean Buddhist Art Our lives are closely connected with an art. People easily regard an artwork as something that is far from our lives, but it is always around us. Now, I would like to introduce one of Buddhist artworks of Korea. The title is Pensive Bodhisattva. The artist is unknown. However, it was made in mid-7th century during the Three Kingdom Period. The dimension of this artwork is 8 7/8-inch and the medium is gilt bronze. It is located in Gallery 233 among other

Buddhist patients believe that space has a great impact on their lives. They believe that the space they inhabit directly affects their health (Das,1997). Spatial interactions can be manifested as patients bringing items from home to the hospital in order to create a healing space for themselves, or it can simply be a patient meditating in their room in order to change the energy in the space. Each patient will have his or her own personal view on space, and the nurse should be sensitive to this

articulations of those societies. The Mahaparinirvana Sutra (an antiquated Buddhist content portraying the most recent days of the Buddha) guarantees that after the Buddha passed away, his devotees partitioned his cremated stays into eight segments. Each of the eight kingdoms in which the Buddha had lived gotten one part of the relics, and a stupa was raised in every kingdom keeping in mind the end goal to house the remaining parts. Buddhist sources assert that amid the third century BCE, the Mauryan Emperor

The Buddhist Crisis as a Turning Point in the Vietnam War Anonymous March 24, 2013 There were several events during the Vietnam War that can be considered “turning points”, which can be described as the occurrence of an event that changed the course of history. One such event was the Buddhist crisis in 1963. The Buddhists of South Vietnam had experienced decades of religious persecution during French colonialism that continued with the Catholic government, which was backed by

far east. There are many practices and beliefs that are of great relevance to western society. Three of these beliefs and practices are; the Buddhist views on women and children, meditation, and Dana. There are central Buddhist beliefs and practices that can help rectify some of the great issues we are plagued with in the western world. According to Buddhist philosophy men and women are equals. Women are not the property of men. The physical abuse of women and children is not tolerated. According