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The Luohan earthenware piece in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is a beautiful representation of 12th century Chinese art that borrows techniques and style from the late 7th century Tang Dynasty. The Nelson-Atkin’s Luohan was brought to Kansas City for the opening of the museum in 1933 and was then acquired a year later. The museum's great seated Luohan is one of several similar sculptures there are discrepancies in exactly how many of these types of sculptures were actually produced. Goheen states

The Hsi Lai Buddhist temple is located in Hacienda Heights and is the largest Buddhist temple in the West. The building was constructed to be a religious site by a Buddhist organization in Taiwan. The first thing that catches the attention, is the Chinese architecture of the temple and all of the Chinese words on the outside of the temple. The words on the four pillars of the gate, represent the four Bodhisattva vows the Buddhists take to complete enlightenment. There are many rooms on the outside

Religion is one of the most vital and personal parts of a person’s spirituality. Christianity is the largest of these religions, with more than 2.2 billion adherents. Buddhism is also another religion practiced that has around 360 million followers. This paper will compare both of these religions according to their worldviews and also tie in their health care implications. A worldview helps to form a person’s thoughts and opinions. It determines someone’s values and decisions in life. Although

As Madhu Bazaz Wangu indicates, Buddhism is a path to spiritual discovery (8). Being Buddhism, a non-theistic religion, their disciples follow the monotheistic doctrine demonstrating they believe in only one deity. Siddhartha Gautama, mostly known as Buddha––the enlightened––, is the one deity Buddhists believe in. As Wangu writes, Siddhartha practiced severe self-denial and meditation before he could reach Nirvana (state of mind that ends the path of suffering) (8). Siddhartha came to the conclusion

Egyptian art is known widely for its hieroglyphics in temples/tombs as well as having a wide range of statues representing a spiritual future, while the Chinese stick to tradition sculptures, this includes but is not limited to small figures like a person, animal or an unlikely looking figure. Egyptian art is known to be descriptive each piece of art work is telling a story. Comparing the Ka statue from ancient Egypt dating back to Hor I/Autubre 13th Dynasty and the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara statue

Many of the mainline religions have the ultimate goal of receiving enlightenment. Most of which, enlightenment comes in the form of eternal afterlife in a superior setting with the higher power. Buddhism however, reaches enlightenment or also known as Nirvana by escaping the cycle of rebirth. Buddhism has been around as a religion for quite some time now an in today’s society it may seem too be viewed a bit different but still the main principles it was founded on still stand. Buddhism gets more

Introduction The famous president of united states made a wonderful statement regarding religion. He said: “what I do good I feel good. What I do bad I feel bad. That’s my religion.” This quote highlights that every human being on this planet have the right to transform any ideology or attitude as their personal religion. They are seeking for a spiritual guidance that can help them to accomplish their purpose in this life. That’s why today we have a religion called Buddhism. It’s one of the major

The White Lotus sect had an appeal to Chinese, most notably to the women and the poor of China, who found peace in worship of the “Eternal Mother” who was to gather all of her children at the millennium into one whole family (Wertz, ibiblio.org). The doctrine of the White Lotus includes a prediction to the arrival of the Buddha (Wertz). The White Lotus Sect was part of a millenarian movement with Buddhist traditions that across periods of times in history ignited enormous uprisings, that were very

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco at Civic Center offers a collection of artworks from Asia. Pieces of sculpture, carvings, paintings, and ornate jewelry from Asia that were on display were all shaped by the artists who created them who in turn is shaped by the culture and environment that surrounded them. This is particularly evident the Mathura and Gandhara region where the medium influences the sculpture greatly. The Serpent King (Nagaraja), Fig. 1, comes from the Mathura region of India

Buddhist and Christian Prayer: A Comparison in Practice and Purpose At first glance the traditions of Christianity and Buddhism appear very different from each other. One centers around a God that was at one time physically manifest on earth in the human form of his "son" Jesus Christ, the other primarily worships a historical figure that gained divine status through enlightenment. This assessment is broad at best, especially in the case of Buddhism where the Theravada and Mahayana traditions