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    Short story is a favourite form in literature in this modern age. It is a story which can be easily read in a sitting and which a type is of prose fiction or short fiction. It has separated norms for itself. It will give pleasure to the reader. According to Edgar Allan Poe, “Short story is a prose narrative requiring form half an hour to one or two hours in its personal.” (Vasans 68) Short story separated form literary form of literature which is distinguished from other forms of literature. Short

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    themselves and escape from the dust laden, smoke-infested atmosphere of their congested homes. Of course, it would not be quite right to say that these parks are a characteristic of the modern city alone. We find mention of groves and gardens in the jatakas. We recall the mango-grove of Benares where Buddha preached. Caesar, we know from Plutarch, gave away his walks and pleasant gardens to the romans: “what had been delights of lords became the delights of the people” (martial). Something of the same

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    with a soul, which makes them ”sentient beings” capable of enlightenment over the course of many lives. The mindfulness of animals as sentient beings is found directly in the writings about the life of the Bodhisattva. In Buddhist texts, the famous Jataka Tales of the Bodhisattva defines the premise of karma as a form of reincarnation in the Buddhist tradition. The Bodhisattva was said to have been a lion in a previous life, which states the

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    Scene Is A Public Park

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    themselves and escape from the dust laden, smoke-infested atmosphere of their congested homes. Of course, it would not be quite right to say that these parks are a characteristic of the modern city alone. We find mention of groves and gardens in the jatakas. We recall the mango-grove of Benares where Buddha preached. Caesar, we know from

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    Pocahontas : Disney vs. History Disney’s Pocahontas is a great movie, but is it historically correct? Well the answer is both yes and no. There are similarities between the history of it and movie, but there’s also differences. Why don 't I tell you about them. Let’s talk about Disney first and foremost. In the Disney movie she is portrayed as a beautiful, young, skinny, Indian woman. She is the only daughter of Chief Powhatan and speaks English very well(so does the rest of the tribe). John Smith

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    Religion is a subject matter that we unexpectedly experience on a daily basis. Religion may affect us in a number of ways. It could have an impact on us because we follow a particular faith and the understood regulations or principles governing it, or because we live in a society where people assert their faith towards the religion boldly, or maybe because we know that it is a very sensitive and important subject of discussion in the social conversations (Ammerman, 2013). Sometimes it’s better to

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    Jupiter Transit

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    Exalted Gurū/ Guru in the Lagna should be considered with reference to the horoscope of Bhagwāna Śrī Rāma/ Bhagwan Shri Rama who had Gurū/ Guru exalted in the natal Lagna in the Rāśi/ Rashi Chakra. So with this transit, the message from the Jātaka/ Jataka of the Viṣṇu Avatāra/ Vishnu Avatara, or the teaching is that we must aspire to the highest morality and the highest value system. Cancer Ascendant will do well to abide by this. The position might be different for those who have Karkaṭa Ārūḍha

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    Self Immolation Essay

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    On the 11th of June, 1963, a monk named Thích Quảng Đức burned himself alive on a busy Vietnamese intersection. An action that, in five months time, led to the assassination of the Buddhist-opposing president of the Republic of Vietnam. Self-immolation, a form of protest in which one sacrifices themselves, usually with fire, has returned, and has brought with it a multitude of issues. First, a bit of history, although the death of Thích Quảng Đức was the first documented case of self-immolation as

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    Art has always been an interesting and creative way for people to express themselves and what they believe in. Through art, people’s actions speak louder than their words and they are able to communicate so many thoughts and feelings simply through painting or drawing. Dating back to prehistoric times, mural paintings on cave walls were a major piece of Indian history. Typically found on the face of a mountain, people would both carve and paint on the cave walls, depicting designs ranging from portraits

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    1. Feminine divine traits – Buddhism/Christianity Whether it is in a polytheistic or a monotheistic religion, the gender of divinity is always a topic given great attention. Although Buddhism doesn’t put much focus on gods in the teaching, it does include certain religious aspects such as praying to the higher beings. The feminine divine traits in Buddhism can be found with a closer examination on the feminine metaphors in the Buddhist scriptures. While Buddhas are predominantly in male form, divine

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